Vite

Create project

Start by creating a new React project using vite:

npm create vite@latest

Add Tailwind and its configuration

Install tailwindcss and its peer dependencies, then generate your tailwind.config.js and postcss.config.js files:

npm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer

npx tailwindcss init -p

Add this import header in your main css file, src/index.css in our case:

@tailwind base; 
@tailwind components; 
@tailwind utilities; 
/* ... */

Configure the tailwind template paths in tailwind.config.js:

/** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */
module.exports = {
  content: ["./index.html", "./src/**/*.{ts,tsx,js,jsx}"], 
  theme: {
    extend: {},
  },
  plugins: [],
}

Edit tsconfig.json file

The current version of Vite splits TypeScript configuration into three files, two of which need to be edited. Add the baseUrl and paths properties to the compilerOptions section of the tsconfig.json and tsconfig.app.json files:

{
  "files": [],
  "references": [
    {
      "path": "./tsconfig.app.json"
    },
    {
      "path": "./tsconfig.node.json"
    }
  ],
  "compilerOptions": {
    "baseUrl": ".",
    "paths": {
      "@/*": ["./src/*"]
    }
  }
}

Edit tsconfig.app.json file

Add the following code to the tsconfig.app.json file to resolve paths, for your IDE:

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    // ...
    "baseUrl": ".",
    "paths": {
      "@/*": [
        "./src/*"
      ]
    }
    // ...
  }
}

Update vite.config.ts

Add the following code to the vite.config.ts so your app can resolve paths without error:

npm install -D @types/node

import path from "path"
import react from "@vitejs/plugin-react"
import { defineConfig } from "vite"
 
export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [react()],
  resolve: {
    alias: {
      "@": path.resolve(__dirname, "./src"),
    },
  },
})

Now run this cli

You can now start adding components to your project.

npx shadcn@latest add https://shadwui.com/button.json

Configure components.json

You will be asked a few questions to configure components.json:

You need to create a components.json file to add components. Proceed? ... yes
Which color would you like to use as the base color? » Neutral
Writing components.json.

That's it

The command above will add the Button component to your project. You can then import it like this:

import { Button } from "@/components/shadwui/button"
 
export default function Home() {
  return (
    <div> 
      <Button>Click me <Button>
    </div>
  )
}

Now You can add the desired components