Description
Starwind UI is a collection of roughly 40 component groups for Astro, including dialogs, tabs, dropdowns, carousels, form elements, and a color picker, totaling around 193 individual .astro files. Instead of installing the components as a package, a dedicated command line interface copies the source code directly into the project, so styling, functionality, and behavior can be freely customized. The library is built purely with Astro components and vanilla JavaScript, styled with Tailwind CSS v4, keyboard navigable, and designed with accessibility in mind, following the approach and ergonomics of shadcn/ui.
The stable core targets Astro projects and does not require a React runtime; a cross-framework runtime that additionally ships a React adapter is, according to the project documentation, currently in the beta channel. Multi-part components such as the dropdown element consist of several files that belong together and must be adopted as a unit; copying only some of the parts leads to errors. Before adding components through the CLI for the first time, a one-time initialization step is required. Anyone choosing manual installation instead of the CLI has to set up dependencies and a base CSS file themselves.
Compared with React-based component libraries such as the original shadcn/ui, Starwind UI is the choice for Astro targets that need interactive primitives without a React island. For ready-made marketing sections such as hero areas, pricing tables, or calls to action, the project offers Starwind Pro, which includes more than 200 blocks, both free and premium blocks that require Pro access; the free base library itself focuses on individual, reusable controls rather than finished page sections.
