Description
Cult UI is a collection of React components that plug into a project the same way shadcn/ui does, on a copy-and-paste basis: instead of a classic npm dependency, the source code of each component lands directly in your own repository and can be freely edited there. Installation runs through the registry extension of the shadcn CLI (npx shadcn@beta add @cult-ui/<component>), once the Cult UI registry URL has been added to components.json for the project. The catalog ranges from cards with texture and neumorphic effects, through animated buttons and shader hero sections, to input elements such as tag inputs and sortable lists, plus a catalog of 92 prebuilt AI agent patterns and complete marketing sections.
Technically, Cult UI is built on React with TypeScript, Tailwind CSS v4, and the motion animation library instead of framer-motion, complemented by the usual shadcn helpers clsx, tailwind-merge, and a cn utility function. Installing through the namespaced syntax @cult-ui/<name> requires a beta version of the shadcn CLI, and the components are written against Tailwind v4's new @theme syntax, which means they only run on Tailwind v3 with manually ported keyframes. The included accent colors are kept generic and need to be overridden for your own brand identity.
Cult UI adds components with a distinctive visual character on top of the brand-neutral shadcn baseline, for example hero sections with shader effects or cards with texture and depth. For projects that require consistently brand-neutral, flat primitives, the standard shadcn library remains the better fit, because Cult UI components carry a recognizable aesthetic of their own. The base library is open source under the MIT license and free to use, while a paid "Cult Pro" offering with AI agent patterns, premium blocks, and starter templates sits separately licensed above it.
