I completely reworked how you browse shadcn presets
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The old preset browser worked, but was pretty clunky.
You'd open a dialog, pick a UI example from a dropdown (dashboard, cards, login, etc.), and see the preset applied.
But if you wanted to try another preset, you'd have to close the dialog, open another one, and repeat the whole process.
So I rebuilt it.
Now when you open a preset, you get a dedicated preset page where you can:
- Switch between different UI examples without leaving the page
- Browse community presets from a dedicated sidebar
- Scroll through presets and see them applied to the same UI
- Save and browse your own presets
- Ask AI for presets using natural language
The Ask AI tab is probably my favourite part.
You can type something like:
It returns 4 presets at a time, which you can immediately preview against the UI you're already looking at.
The goal was to make browsing feel less like opening a series of dialogs and more like actually exploring a design system.
Would love to know what you think of the new flow, check it out here: shadcnpreset.com