--- title: Build a Kanban Board With Drag-and-Drop in React with Shadcn description: Step-by-step guide to building a Trello-like Kanban board with React, featuring drag-and-drop functionality using @hello-pangea/dnd, Shadcn Admin Kit for UI... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-kanban-board-with-drag-and-drop-in-react-with-shadcn-qjknskkwi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Build a Kanban Board With Drag-and-Drop in React with Shadcn | daily.dev og:description: Step-by-step guide to building a Trello-like Kanban board with React, featuring drag-and-drop functionality using @hello-pangea/dnd, Shadcn Admin Kit for UI... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-kanban-board-with-drag-and-drop-in-react-with-shadcn-qjknskkwi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/QjKNSKKWI.png og:image:alt: Build a Kanban Board With Drag-and-Drop in React with Shadcn og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Build a Kanban Board With Drag-and-Drop in React with Shadcn **[marmelab](https://daily.dev/sources/Marmelab)** · 12 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Step-by-step guide to building a Trello-like Kanban board with React, featuring drag-and-drop functionality using @hello-pangea/dnd, Shadcn Admin Kit for UI components, and optimistic updates for instant feedback. Covers project setup with Vite and TypeScript, three-column board layout, drag-and-drop implementation with order recalculation, and modal-based CRUD operations. Includes handling of flicker-free interactions through optimistic UI updates and state synchronization with backend data. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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