# ReUI

> Curated shadcn/ui components, application blocks, animated elements, and MCP server.

ReUI is a design system platform expanding shadcn/ui with over a thousand free components, animated special effects, and production-ready application blocks. It supports quick installation via shadcn CLI and integrates with coding agents through a hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) server.

Website: https://reui.io/

## What it is for

- Install animated components like marquees and text reveals directly using the shadcn CLI
- Connect an MCP server to Cursor or Claude Code to let AI agents build interfaces using prebuilt blocks
- Assemble full SaaS dashboards, data grids, or landing pages from copy-paste templates and components

## Features

- Direct CLI installation compatible with the shadcn/ui registry workflow
- Over 1,000 free components including interactive UI and animated text or backgrounds
- Library of 600+ prebuilt application and marketing Pro blocks
- Hosted MCP server integration for AI coding assistants like Claude, Cursor, and v0
- Full-app starter templates for Next.js, Vite, TanStack Start, and Laravel Inertia
- Animated interactive icon library

## Pricing

Freemium. Free components and MCP server; Pro all-access lifetime license for $249

## Details

- Type: Website
- Category: [Development](https://xiry.app/topics/development.md)
- Topic: [UI Components](https://xiry.app/topics/development/ui-components.md)
- Open source: no
- Platforms: Web, Code library, Command line
- For: React and Next.js developers building modern web applications with Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui.
- Alternative to: shadcn/ui, Magic UI, Aceternity UI, Tailwind UI
- Tags: shadcn, react, tailwind, components, mcp, nextjs

## Why it was saved

- [@reui_io, 7 August 2025](https://x.com/reui_io/status/1953373408554545331): Copy-paste animated building blocks (marquees, text animations, background effects) that install straight into a shadcn/ui project via CLI and come with documented props.
- [@shuxer, 18 October 2026](https://x.com/shuxer/status/2111715175308857835): Gives a ready-made advanced data grid with spreadsheet-grade interactions for building order, planning or inventory tools: one-click order staging with undo, drag-fill of ranges, typing inline into cells, swapping suppliers from a cell dropdown, re-sorting columns by biggest gap, a per-item cost log, hold/stage actions and CSV export.

## Compare

- [Alternatives to Tailwind UI](https://xiry.app/alternatives/tailwind-ui.md)
- [Alternatives to Aceternity UI](https://xiry.app/alternatives/aceternity-ui.md)
- [Alternatives to Magic UI](https://xiry.app/alternatives/magic-ui.md)
- [Alternatives to shadcn/ui](https://xiry.app/alternatives/shadcn-ui.md)

## Related

- [shadcn/ui](https://xiry.app/resources/shadcn-ui-1902): Copy-paste React UI components built with Tailwind CSS and Radix primitives. (Website, Open source)
- [Efferd](https://xiry.app/resources/efferd): Pre-built, responsive shadcn/ui blocks and layouts for React applications (Web app, Freemium)
- [Motion](https://xiry.app/resources/motion): Open-source animation library for React, Vue, and vanilla JavaScript (Website, Freemium)
- [React Bits](https://xiry.app/resources/react-bits): Open-source animated and interactive React UI components and backgrounds (Website, Freemium)
- [21st.dev](https://xiry.app/resources/21st-dev): Curated directory of crafted React, Tailwind, and shadcn UI components. (Website, Freemium)
- [lucide-animated](https://xiry.app/resources/lucide-animated): Open-source animated React icons built with Lucide and Motion (Web app, Open source)

Updated 10 October 2026. Page: https://xiry.app/resources/reui

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