What is this?
Cult UI is a free, open-source collection of 150+ animated React components built with Tailwind CSS and Motion, distributed as shadcn/ui registry items so you can drop them straight into any shadcn/ui project.
Cult UI is a free, open-source collection of 150+ animated React components built with Tailwind CSS and Motion, distributed as shadcn/ui registry items so you can drop them straight into any shadcn/ui project.Is this a component library or a full UI framework?It is a library of individual shadcn/ui registry components, not a framework — each component's source is copied directly into your project so you own and can edit the code.
It is a library of individual shadcn/ui registry components, not a framework — each component's source is copied directly into your project so you own and can edit the code.How do I add a component to my project?Register the Cult UI namespace once in your components.json, then install any component by name with the shadcn CLI, which copies its source straight into your codebase.
Register the Cult UI namespace once in your components.json, then install any component by name with the shadcn CLI, which copies its source straight into your codebase.Do I need Tailwind CSS and Motion already set up?Yes — components use Tailwind CSS v4 and shadcn theme tokens, and most are animated with the Motion library; each docs page lists its exact dependencies.
Yes — components use Tailwind CSS v4 and shadcn theme tokens, and most are animated with the Motion library; each docs page lists its exact dependencies.Is Cult UI really free, or is some part paid?The component library itself is free and MIT licensed; the studio funds its upkeep through a separate paid product, AI SDK Agents, built on top of these components.
The component library itself is free and MIT licensed; the studio funds its upkeep through a separate paid product, AI SDK Agents, built on top of these components.How does the shadcn MCP server help with Cult UI?It lets AI coding tools like Cursor, Claude Code and VS Code search and install Cult UI components directly from a prompt instead of browsing docs manually.
It lets AI coding tools like Cursor, Claude Code and VS Code search and install Cult UI components directly from a prompt instead of browsing docs manually.Can AI coding agents read the Cult UI docs directly?Yes — llms.txt indexes every doc page and llms-full.txt bundles the full docs in one file, and appending .md to any docs URL returns clean markdown.
Yes — llms.txt indexes every doc page and llms-full.txt bundles the full docs in one file, and appending .md to any docs URL returns clean markdown.What's new in the latest update?58 new components were just added, including illustrations, device mockups and cards, installable with the same one-line CLI command as the rest of the library.
58 new components were just added, including illustrations, device mockups and cards, installable with the same one-line CLI command as the rest of the library.What is AI SDK Agents and how does it relate to Cult UI?It's Nolly Studio's paid product with 100+ Vercel AI SDK agent patterns and live previews, built from Cult UI components; it's what funds the free library.
It's Nolly Studio's paid product with 100+ Vercel AI SDK agent patterns and live previews, built from Cult UI components; it's what funds the free library.What are similar projects?magicui, canvas-ui, rare-ui, arc-library, open-claude-ui, Monocharts, heroui, ui
magicui, canvas-ui, rare-ui, arc-library, open-claude-ui, Monocharts, heroui, uiWhich topics is it in?framer-motion, shadcn-ui, components, ui-library, vscode, tailwindcss, component-library, nextjs, cursor, ui-components, animation, css
framer-motion, shadcn-ui, components, ui-library, vscode, tailwindcss, component-library, nextjs, cursor, ui-components, animation, css