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Basecoat

Basecoat is a free, open-source UI component library built with HTML, Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui. A components library built with Tailwind CSS that works with any web stack. It has 4,414 GitHub stars and is released under the MIT license.

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Copy the files into a new folder with degit (no git history), or clone the repository with git.

Copy with degit
npx degit hunvreus/basecoat my-ui
cd my-ui
Or clone with git
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hunvreus/basecoat.git my-ui

Sources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.

About Basecoat

Basecoat is a Tailwind CSS, vanilla HTML/CSS/JavaScript implementation of the shadcn/ui design system. It provides shadcn-style components for any web stack without React, Radix, or framework runtime dependencies.

Built with

  • HTML
  • Tailwind CSS
  • shadcn/ui
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How do I use Basecoat?

Copy the files into a new folder with npx degit hunvreus/basecoat my-ui (no git history), or fork the repository on GitHub. Then follow the README for the install and dev commands.

Can I use Basecoat for commercial projects?

Yes. Basecoat is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows commercial use as long as you keep the copyright and license notice. Third-party assets bundled with it (images, fonts, icons) may have their own terms.

Is Basecoat maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 23, 2026. Its latest release is 1.1.0. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.