--- title: July 2025 - Local File Support | daily.dev description: The shadcn CLI now supports initializing projects and adding components, themes, hooks, and utils directly from local JSON files instead of requiring a remote... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/july-2025---local-file-support-iqsjor3an twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: July 2025 - Local File Support | daily.dev og:description: The shadcn CLI now supports initializing projects and adding components, themes, hooks, and utils directly from local JSON files instead of requiring a remote... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/july-2025---local-file-support-iqsjor3an og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IqSJOr3AN.png og:image:alt: July 2025 - Local File Support 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. # July 2025 - Local File Support **[The Foundation for your Design System - shadcn/ui](https://daily.dev/sources/shadcn-ui)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The shadcn CLI now supports initializing projects and adding components, themes, hooks, and utils directly from local JSON files instead of requiring a remote registry. This enables zero-setup workflows, faster local testing of registry items before publishing, better support for agent and MCP-driven workflows, and the ability to keep proprietary components private and local. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I use the shadcn CLI to add components from a local JSON file instead of a remote registry? The shadcn CLI now supports initializing projects and adding components, themes, hooks, and utils directly from local JSON files rather than requiring a remote registry. This allows zero-setup usage, faster local testing of registry items before publishing, better workflows for agents and MCP tooling, and keeping proprietary components private and local. _Developers adopting new shadcn CLI workflows can track 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), [#cli](https://daily.dev/tags/cli), [#shadcn](https://daily.dev/tags/shadcn) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/july-2025---local-file-support-iqsjor3an) ```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":"July 2025 - Local File Support","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/july-2025---local-file-support-iqsjor3an","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/july-2025---local-file-support-iqsjor3an"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T12:17:37.055Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T12:24:20.440Z","description":"The shadcn CLI now supports initializing projects and adding components, themes, hooks, and utils directly from local JSON files instead of requiring a remote...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3cddf83948b3757bfd946087a9ca746e?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3cddf83948b3757bfd946087a9ca746e?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Foundation for your Design System - shadcn/ui","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Foundation for your Design System - shadcn/ui","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--GiOq6F7Y--/f_auto,q_auto/v1787487441/logos/shadcn-ui?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/shadcn-ui"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/july-2025---local-file-support-iqsjor3an","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"react,cli,shadcn","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Foundation for your Design System - shadcn/ui","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/shadcn-ui"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"July 2025 - Local File Support"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/july-2025---local-file-support-iqsjor3an#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I use the shadcn CLI to add components from a local JSON file instead of a remote registry?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The shadcn CLI now supports initializing projects and adding components, themes, hooks, and utils directly from local JSON files rather than requiring a remote registry. 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