Uxie
Uxie is an intelligent PDF reader application that started as a first-place hackathon project and evolved into a comprehensive learning platform combining PDF annotation, note-taking, real-time collaboration, and AI-powered features including chat, flashcard generation with AI feedback, text-to-speech, and OCR capabilities.
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About Uxie
Built with Next.js, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, shadcn/ui components, tRPC for type-safe APIs, Prisma ORM for database management, Supabase for backend services, Vercel AI SDK and Langchain for AI features, Pinecone for vector embeddings, Next Auth for authentication, and Liveblocks for real-time collaboration, this full-stack application transforms static PDFs into interactive learning experiences. The platform features comprehensive PDF annotation tools with highlighting, underlining, and margin notes, intelligent note-taking with custom editor blocks and AI-powered text autocompletion, AI chat functionality that answers questions about document content using RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation), automatic flashcard generation from document content with LLM-generated feedback on answers, sentence-by-sentence text-to-speech with visual highlighting (English only), OCR support for extracting text from scanned documents and images, real-time collaborative editing powered by Liveblocks allowing multiple users to annotate simultaneously, and vector embedding storage in Pinecone for semantic search and AI context. The AI integration uses the Vercel AI SDK and Langchain to provide contextual understanding of PDFs, enabling students to ask questions and receive answers grounded in the actual document content.
This application is invaluable for students who want to enhance their study sessions with AI-powered learning tools, researchers annotating academic papers and collaborating on document analysis, professionals reviewing contracts or reports with team members, educators creating interactive reading materials with embedded questions and flashcards, and anyone who learns better through active engagement rather than passive reading. Uxie demonstrates how to build AI-enhanced document viewers, implement real-time collaboration in React applications, integrate vector databases for semantic search, create custom text editors with AI features, and design engaging learning experiences through technology.
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Free, open source, and ready to ship.
Clone the repo, install dependencies, and start customising. Uxie is free and open source: its license is in the repository.
- Clone the Uxie 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/zeus-12/uxie $ cd uxie $ npm install $ npm run dev
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Everything you need to know before you ship with Uxie.
Uxie is an intelligent PDF reader application that started as a first-place hackathon project and evolved into a comprehensive learning platform combining PDF annotation, note-taking, real-time collaboration, and AI-powered features including chat, flashcard generation with AI feedback, text-to-speech, and OCR capabilities. It is an open source template in the shadcn.io collection of 215.
Uxie is made by Zeus 12, an independent developer; shadcn.io lists it but did not make it. Zeus 12 has 1 template in the collection, and the author's page lists them.
The listing tags Uxie with Next.js, React, Tailwind, Prisma and Full-stack. Those are its categories, not a dependency list: the exact packages and versions are in the repository's package.json.
Yes. The Uxie page embeds its live demo from uxie.vercel.app, and links to it so you can open the real deployment before you clone.
The Uxie 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/zeus-12/uxie), then follow the README. The Uxie 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 Uxie repository says which package manager and environment variables it needs.
No. Uxie 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.
Uxie is tagged Next.js, so it deploys wherever a Next.js app does, such as Vercel, a Node.js server or a container. Its README may add steps for its own services.
The Uxie listing doesn't record a license. Check the LICENSE file in its repository (https://github.com/zeus-12/uxie), and ask the author if there isn't one.
That depends on Uxie'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 Uxie'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. Uxie is the author's project, under the terms in its repository.
Zeus 12 supports Uxie, 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, Uxie 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 Uxie 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 Uxie for you. Your files stay on your machine.
The collection has 21 other open source Prisma templates like Uxie, shown at the foot of its page with the ones sharing most categories first. All of them are at /template/category/prisma.
Zeus 12 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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