--- title: Best shadcn/ui posts — December 2025 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted shadcn/ui posts from December 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/shadcn/best-of/2025/12 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/shadcn/best-of/2025/12 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best shadcn/ui posts — December 2025 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted shadcn/ui posts from December 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of shadcn/ui — December 2025 1. 1 [](/posts/shadcn-just-changed-forever-uy2wff1te "Shadcn just changed forever") Video Theo - t3․gg · 42w Shadcn just changed forever Shadcn UI introduced a major update called Shadcn Create that puts customization front and center. Instead of websites looking identical with default components, developers can now configure presets, colors, fonts, icon sets, and styles before generating a project. The system supports multiple component libraries (Radix UI and Base UI), offers various design presets (Vega, Nova, Maya, Lyra, Mirror), and allows extensive theming options. Testing shows that providing AI coding assistants with a well-structured component library significantly improves UI generation quality, even for models typically weak at design. The update maintains Shadcn's philosophy of code ownership while making it easier to start with a unique design system. 89 5 2. 2 [](/posts/cascader-shadcn-a-simple-cascader-component-for-shadcn-rwpluqibm "Cascader-shadcn: A simple Cascader component for Shadcn") Article Daily Open Source Tools · 44w Cascader-shadcn: A simple Cascader component for Shadcn Cascader-Shadcn is a new open-source cascading dropdown component for Shadcn UI that provides hierarchical menu navigation with click or hover expansion. It supports icons, custom labels, and per-option disabling, offering similar functionality to Ant Design and React Suite cascaders in a lightweight, Shadcn-compatible package. 76 6 3. 3 [](/posts/cascader-shadcn-a-simple-cascader-component-for-shadcn-hhp236lcp "Cascader-shadcn: A simple Cascader component for Shadcn") Article Daily Open Source Tools · 44w Cascader-shadcn: A simple Cascader component for Shadcn Cascader-Shadcn is a new open-source cascading dropdown component for Shadcn UI that provides hierarchical menu navigation with click or hover expansion. It supports icons, custom labels, and per-option disabling, offering similar functionality to Ant Design and React Suite cascaders in a lightweight, Shadcn-compatible package. 39 [See all shadcn/ui archives](/tags/shadcn/best-of) ```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","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/tags/shadcn/best-of/2025/12#page","url":"https://daily.dev/tags/shadcn/best-of/2025/12","name":"Best shadcn/ui Posts — December 2025","description":"The most upvoted shadcn/ui posts from December 2025, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/tags/shadcn/best-of/2025/12#items","numberOfItems":3,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/shadcn-just-changed-forever-uy2wff1te","name":"Shadcn just changed forever"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/cascader-shadcn-a-simple-cascader-component-for-shadcn-rwpluqibm","name":"Cascader-shadcn: A simple Cascader component for Shadcn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/cascader-shadcn-a-simple-cascader-component-for-shadcn-hhp236lcp","name":"Cascader-shadcn: A simple Cascader component for Shadcn"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tags","item":"https://daily.dev/tags"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"shadcn/ui","item":"https://daily.dev/tags/shadcn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/tags/shadcn/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"December 2025"}]}]} ```