About shadcn/ui Builder
Making form building accessible, beautiful, and fun for everyone
The Story Behind the Builder
"Every great tool starts with a frustration, and mine began with the countless hours I spent building forms from scratch, over and over again."
It was a typical Saturday morning when the idea for shadcn/ui Builder was born. As a developer, I found myself repeatedly building the same form components, styling them with Tailwind CSS, and ensuring they worked perfectly with React Hook Form and Zod validation. The pattern was always the same, but the implementation took hours every single time.
The breakthrough moment came when I discoveredshadcn/ui- a beautifully designed component library that perfectly balanced aesthetics with functionality. I realized that if I could create a visual form builder using these components as the foundation, I could solve not just my own problem, but help thousands of other developers too.
What started as a late-night weekend side project quickly evolved into something much bigger. I envisioned a tool that would make form building as simple as drag-and-drop, while still generating clean, production-ready React code that developers could be proud of.
My Journey So Far
The Idea Phase
Late nights and countless coffee sessions figuring out the perfect form builder that developers would actually want to use.
First Prototype
Built the initial drag-and-drop interface and component system. The magic moment when I saw components come to life!
Beta Launch
Released my first public beta with core form components and code generation capabilities.
Community Growth
Amazing feedback from early adopters helping me shape the roadmap and improve the user experience.
Built on Solid Foundations
I built shadcn/ui Builder using the same modern stack that powers today's best web applications:
React + TypeScript
Type-safe components
Next.js
Full-stack framework
shadcn/ui
Beautiful components
Tailwind CSS
Utility-first styling
To democratize form building by providing a powerful, intuitive visual builder that generates clean, maintainable React code using the best practices and modern web standards.
A world where creating beautiful, accessible, and functional forms takes minutes, not hours, and where both developers and non-developers can build professional web forms effortlessly.
What Drives Me
Complex problems deserve simple solutions. We believe powerful tools don't have to be complicated.
Generated code should be clean, readable, and maintainable - code you'd be proud to write yourself.
Built by developers, for developers, with feedback and contributions from the community.
What's Next
I'm just getting started! My roadmap includes advanced validation rules, custom component support, form analytics, team collaboration features, and integrations with popular services. But most importantly, I'm building what the community needs.
Join the Journey
Whether you're a developer looking to speed up your workflow, or someone who wants to build beautiful forms without code, I'd love to have you as part of this community.