Max — Creative Developer

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

Single-page creative-developer portfolio — bold typography hero with clip-path entrance, “Worked With” brand-list marquee, project showcase grid, long-form testimonial sections, and a contact-first CTA. 18+ section components, light + dark mode, full TypeScript types, and the editable Figma source.

Both. The personal-brand framing leans solo (single hero name + outsized typography), but the project showcase grid and brand-list sections scale cleanly to a 2–5 person studio. Add team members to the about section and the rest of the layout still reads correctly.

Yes — the headline scales from `text-6xl` on mobile to `text-7xl` on desktop and `text-[88px]` at 2xl. The clip-path entrance animation downgrades gracefully at smaller sizes, and the `tracking-tighter` adjusts so long names don't break awkwardly.

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

Max 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 Max 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 Max. 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 Max 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. Max 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 Max page. It goes to your dashboard (/dashboard/template), where Max 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 Max 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.

Yes. Project case studies live in a typed array in `lib/projects.ts` (each entry has `title`, `role`, `year`, `cover`, `metrics`). The brand list is a single string array in `lib/brands.ts` — drop in your client names and the marquee renders them in order.

Yes. Colors flow through Tailwind v4's CSS variables (edit OKLCH values in `app/globals.css` or paste any shadcn/ui theme). The default uses Cabinet Grotesk; swap via the `next/font` import in `app/layout.tsx` to match your personal type system.

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

Yes. Max 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.