Franken UI
Franken UI is an HTML-first, open-source component library built on UIkit 3 and extended with LitElement, featuring a design aesthetic inspired by shadcn/ui.
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About Franken UI
Written primarily in TypeScript with Tailwind CSS styling, it provides a feature-complete collection of UI components optimized for Svelte and built with Vite. The library emphasizes an HTML-first approach, allowing developers to use components with minimal JavaScript while maintaining modern functionality through web components. Franken UI is currently in Version 2 and actively maintained with a focus on stability and gradual improvements.
The MIT-licensed project offers a unique blend of UIkit's robust component foundation with modern web component architecture and shadcn/ui's clean design principles. Perfect for developers seeking HTML-centric components with the flexibility of web components, Franken UI provides a stable, well-maintained alternative for building modern web applications with Svelte, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript.
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Free, open source, and ready to ship.
Clone the repo, install dependencies, and start customising. Franken UI is free and open source: its license is in the repository.
- Clone the Franken UI repository from GitHub.
- Run
npm installorpnpm installto install all required packages. - Run
npm run devto start the development server and begin customizing. - Check the repository’s README and license before you ship.
Terminal
$ git clone https://github.com/franken-ui/ui $ cd ui $ npm install $ npm run dev
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Everything you need to know before you ship with Franken UI.
Franken UI is an HTML-first, open-source component library built on UIkit 3 and extended with LitElement, featuring a design aesthetic inspired by shadcn/ui. It is an open source template in the shadcn.io collection of 215.
Franken UI is made by Franken ui, an independent developer; shadcn.io lists it but did not make it. Franken ui has 1 template in the collection, and the author's page lists them.
The listing tags Franken UI with Svelte, Vite and Tailwind. Those are its categories, not a dependency list: the exact packages and versions are in the repository's package.json.
Yes. The Franken UI page embeds its live demo from franken-ui.dev, and links to it so you can open the real deployment before you clone.
The Franken UI listing was last updated on October 8, 2025. That date is the listing's, not the repository's: check the repository's commits for recent activity.
Clone the repository (git clone https://github.com/franken-ui/ui), then follow the README. The Franken UI page shows the usual steps and a terminal block with the commands to copy.
Install dependencies with npm install or pnpm install, then run npm run dev. The README in the Franken UI repository says which package manager and environment variables it needs.
No. Franken UI is cloned from its own GitHub repository, so shadcn.io isn't involved. Browsing the page and its live demo need no account either; Pro adds the premium templates, the blocks and the MCP server.
Follow the deployment notes in the Franken UI README: the right host depends on its framework and any services it needs. The page's categories show what it is built for.
The Franken UI listing doesn't record a license. Check the LICENSE file in its repository (https://github.com/franken-ui/ui), and ask the author if there isn't one.
That depends on Franken UI's license in its repository, which shadcn.io does not set. Read the LICENSE file before you use it in a client or paid project, and ask the author if it is unclear.
Attribution follows Franken UI's license. Many permissive licenses ask you to keep the copyright notice and license text in your copy; its LICENSE file says exactly what.
No. The Pro license covers shadcn.io's own Pro code, blocks and premium templates. Franken UI is the author's project, under the terms in its repository.
Franken ui supports Franken UI, through its GitHub repository: read the docs, open an issue or look for discussions. shadcn.io does not maintain it.
Yes. Once you clone it, Franken UI is your own code: change the theme, add pages and connect your backend. It uses shadcn/ui, so you can also add more components the same way.
Yes. Components are free with a free account and the blocks are in Pro; both are copied into your project with the shadcn CLI. Check that Franken UI uses Tailwind CSS and the shadcn/ui setup (a components.json) before you add them, and pick the base library your project already uses.
Yes, with Pro. The shadcn.io MCP server's search_templates tool finds templates by what they are, and returns each one's repository and live demo, so your editor can set up Franken UI for you. Your files stay on your machine.
The collection has 4 other open source Svelte templates like Franken UI, shown at the foot of its page with the ones sharing most categories first. All of them are at /template/category/svelte.
Franken ui has no other templates in the collection.
Yes. The 14 premium templates (Solaris, Reframe Labs, Spherule and Max and more) are built by shadcn.io and come with every Pro plan, if you want maintained code with a design file.
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