shadcn/create turns projects into shareable presets
The beta positions presets as a portable design-system snapshot covering colors, fonts, radius, and icon libraries, while the companion shadcn apply command updates an existing project in place.
The real win here is that shadcn is moving presets from a one-time setup artifact into something you can iterate on, share, and reapply across projects without rebuilding the whole design system.
- –Existing projects can now be converted into presets, which lowers the friction of standardizing or remixing a live codebase.
- –The beta create flow is useful for testing theme changes like colors, fonts, and icon libraries against real components before committing.
- –`shadcn apply` closes the loop by pushing preset changes back into an existing project, including theme and component updates.
- –This is especially strong for teams that want a lightweight, shareable design-system handoff instead of a heavyweight theme migration.
DISCOVERED
57d ago
2026-04-16
PUBLISHED
58d ago
2026-04-15
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shadcn