--- title: February 2025 - Updated Registry Schema | daily.dev description: shadcn's registry schema has been updated to support defining code as a flat JSON file distributed via the CLI. New capabilities include bringing custom design... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/february-2025---updated-registry-schema-opakrcvoz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: February 2025 - Updated Registry Schema | daily.dev og:description: shadcn's registry schema has been updated to support defining code as a flat JSON file distributed via the CLI. New capabilities include bringing custom design... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/february-2025---updated-registry-schema-opakrcvoz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/opAKRCVoZ.png og:image:alt: February 2025 - Updated Registry Schema 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. # February 2025 - Updated Registry Schema **[The Foundation for your Design System - shadcn/ui](https://daily.dev/sources/shadcn-ui)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary shadcn's registry schema has been updated to support defining code as a flat JSON file distributed via the CLI. New capabilities include bringing custom design systems, components, and tokens; extending or mixing components from third-party registries and LLMs; and installing themes, CSS variables, hooks, animations, and Tailwind layers and utilities. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What new capabilities does the updated shadcn registry schema support? The updated shadcn registry schema lets you define code as a flat JSON file distributed via the CLI. It supports bringing your own custom design system, components, and tokens, extending or mixing components from third-party registries and LLMs, and installing themes, CSS variables, hooks, animations, and Tailwind layers and utilities. _Developers tracking shadcn registry changes can follow ecosystem updates like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [I tried Shadcn CLI 3.0 — here’s what I learned](https://daily.dev/posts/i-tried-shadcn-cli-3-0-here-s-what-i-learned-ktnfpprm4) · LogRocket · 7 upvotes · 0 comments - [shadcn spooky szn](https://daily.dev/posts/shadcn-spooky-szn-okmlrbq9x) · Bytes by ui.dev · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [How to Set Up a Registry in shadcn](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-registry-in-shadcn-jgueeze0o) · freeCodeCamp · 3 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#tailwind-css](https://daily.dev/tags/tailwind-css), [#shadcn](https://daily.dev/tags/shadcn) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/february-2025---updated-registry-schema-opakrcvoz) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"February 2025 - Updated Registry Schema","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/february-2025---updated-registry-schema-opakrcvoz","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/february-2025---updated-registry-schema-opakrcvoz"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T12:17:36.352Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T12:58:34.619Z","description":"shadcn's registry schema has been updated to support defining code as a flat JSON file distributed via the CLI. 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