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phantom-ui vs shadcn/ui
shadcn/ui provides ready-made UI components, whereas phantom-ui generates loading placeholders.
phantom-uiSkeleton loaders that generate themselves from your real DOM
shadcn/uiOpen-source React components you copy into your appWhich to pick
Pick phantom-ui if you want…
- Auto-generated skeleton loaders
- Integrations with Vue, Svelte or Angular (on phantom-ui's list, not shadcn/ui's)
Pick shadcn/ui if you want…
- Composable, accessible React UI components
- Ready UI components
- A free, open-source tool
Side by side
- What it is
- phantom-ui:phantom-ui is an 8 KB web component that auto-generates aligned skeleton loaders from your real DOM.
- shadcn/ui:shadcn/ui provides open-source, composable React components you can copy and customize in your app.
- Best for
- phantom-ui:Auto-generated skeleton loaders
- shadcn/ui:Composable, accessible React UI components
- Who it’s for
- phantom-ui:Frontend developers who need quick, maintainable loading placeholders.
- shadcn/ui:React developers building custom design systems or UI libraries.
- Pricing
- phantom-ui:Paid
- shadcn/ui:Open source
- Open source
- phantom-ui:Yes, 801 GitHub stars
- shadcn/ui:Yes, 124,955 GitHub stars
- Works with
- phantom-ui:React, Vue, Svelte, Angular, HTMX, HTML
- shadcn/ui:React
phantom-ui features
- Self-measuring markup. Wraps real DOM and measures it to create perfectly-aligned shimmer blocks.
- No build step. Works out-of-the-box without any compilation or bundling.
- Framework agnostic. Compatible with React, Vue, Svelte, Angular, HTMX and plain HTML.
- Multiple animation modes. Provides four shimmer styles plus staggered transitions.
- Repeat mode. Generates multiple skeleton rows from a single template using a count attribute.
- Customizable appearance. Adjust color, duration, radius, and reveal timing via attributes.
shadcn/ui features
- Composable components. Combine small, reusable pieces to build complex UIs.
- Accessible by default. Components follow ARIA best practices out of the box.
- Customizable code. Copy the source, extend it, and tailor styles to your brand.
- Open-source. Free to use, modify, and contribute under an MIT license.
phantom-ui vs shadcn/ui FAQ
Is phantom-ui or shadcn/ui free?+
phantom-ui is paid. shadcn/ui is free and open source.
Is phantom-ui or shadcn/ui open source?+
Yes, both are open source: phantom-ui (Aejkatappaja/phantom-ui on GitHub, MIT license) and shadcn/ui (shadcn-ui/ui on GitHub, MIT license).
Do phantom-ui and shadcn/ui integrate with the same tools?+
Partly. Both list React. phantom-ui also lists Vue, Svelte, Angular, HTMX and 1 more.
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