Arete — Freelance Creative Developer

Story-driven Next.js + shadcn/ui portfolio template for freelance creative developers. It is one of the 14 premium templates built by shadcn.io, in Pro.

Multi-page creative-developer portfolio — magazine-scale hero (a single word at `text-[12rem]`), animated services list (“How can I help you?”), esteemed-clients roster, project showcase, per-project case-study pages, and a story-first contact CTA. 22+ section components, light + dark mode, full TypeScript types, and the editable Figma source.

Both. The template positions itself as a creative-developer portfolio (the live demo is for a developer based in Accra), but the structure — magazine hero, services list, client roster, case studies — works for designers, art directors, motion artists, and any craft-led freelancer who sells engagements rather than products.

Yes — the hero headline scales from `text-[4.2rem]` on mobile to `text-[12rem]` on desktop. Cabinet Grotesk handles the tight tracking at every size, and the entrance animation downgrades to a static layout on slow networks or `prefers-reduced-motion`.

Yes. The Arete page embeds its live demo (shadcn.io/demos/arete) and shows 5 screens and a video tour. Previews are free for everyone; only the code needs Pro.

Arete is built with React 19.0.0, Next.js 15.4.0, TypeScript 5.6.3, shadcn/ui and Tailwind CSS 4.0, and its stack lists Figma for the design file. The Arete page shows these badges under its cover.

Yes. Blocks and components are React code you copy with the shadcn CLI, so they fit a Next.js and Tailwind CSS project like Arete. Pick the base library (Base UI, Radix UI, React Aria or Ark UI) that matches the one your project already uses.

Partly. The shadcn.io MCP server (Pro) finds templates like Arete from a description and can add components and blocks to your project, but a premium template's code comes from its page: download it there with Pro, then let your editor work in it. The MCP's files stay on your machine.

Yes. Arete and every other shadcn.io template, block, and component are bundled in the Pro plan. Monthly, yearly or lifetime — see /pricing for the breakdown.

Yes. Every Pro plan includes updates, and Lifetime keeps them coming for good. New sections, bug fixes, and shadcn/ui major-version upgrades land via the shadcn CLI or the MCP server.

With a Pro plan, open Download on the Arete page. It goes to your dashboard (/dashboard/template), where Arete downloads as a zip of its repository. Without Pro the download is refused.

The Individual license is for personal, non-commercial use, and the Team (up to 5 seats in one company) and Organization (unlimited seats) licenses cover commercial use. Client work and anything your users pay for is commercial use.

No. You can use Arete as the start of your own site or product, but you can't redistribute it on its own, or inside a template, starter kit or website builder.

If your plan ends, you keep using what you already accessed in your existing projects, but you get no new downloads or updates. A Lifetime license includes all future updates.

Services live in `lib/services.ts` (each entry: `title`, `slug`, `oneLiner`, `deliverables`). Client roster is a string array in `lib/clients.ts`. Drop in your engagements and both the services list + esteemed-clients section render automatically.

Yes. Colors flow through Tailwind v4's CSS variables (edit OKLCH values in `app/globals.css` or paste any shadcn/ui theme). Fonts swap via the `next/font` import in `app/layout.tsx` — Cabinet Grotesk + General Sans are the defaults; any heavy display face works for the hero.

Arete is a Next.js app, so it deploys wherever Next.js does, such as Vercel, a Node.js server or a container. Run the build script from its package.json and deploy the output as you would for any Next.js project.

Solaris, Reframe Labs, Spherule, Max and Zel Designs are among the other 13 premium templates, all included with the same Pro plan. The Arete page lists more of them.

Yes. Arete is premium, and its code isn't public; the collection also has 215 open source templates by community developers that you can clone from GitHub for free. Browse them at /template, and check each repository's LICENSE before you use one.