Kivi UI is a modern component library that helps developers build interfaces quickly using direct copy-and-paste code.
This project is built with Next.js, React, and TypeScript. For styling and motion, it uses Tailwind CSS and Framer Motion, and Shiki is used for code highlighting across documentation pages.
Components are fully responsive and polished, with smooth hover, initial, and exit animations.
You can explore Kivi UI here. The source code will be made public soon.
Kivi UI provides a broad set of components and features to help you build faster. You can copy and paste code directly into your project and start shipping immediately. You can browse the complete library here.
Kivi UI supports the shadcn CLI and also includes its own built-in kivi-ui CLI. It offers both CLI-based and manual setup options, making adoption easier across workflows. The documentation uses code and preview tabs for faster implementation, while components remain responsive and animation-ready. Shiki keeps code examples clean and visually consistent across themes.
The library focuses on practical building blocks that are polished, reusable, and easy to integrate into production projects.
One major challenge was building a robust preview and code-preview system. I wanted users to see the live component and the implementation code side by side without friction.
Another challenge was integrating the shadcn CLI so users could add components directly to their projects without manual copy-pasting.
A third challenge was making the full library and docs consistently responsive across mobile, tablet, and desktop.
I designed and developed the overall component library experience, with a focus on usability for developers. I also built the documentation flow and integrated animation behavior with code-preview patterns to make implementation easier.
This project reinforced how much clear documentation patterns improve developer experience. It also showed that a built-in CLI can significantly reduce adoption friction, and that subtle animation details can noticeably improve perceived UI quality.
Future improvements include adding more production-ready components and layout primitives, expanding the documentation with deeper real-world examples, and improving CLI customization options along with broader theme support.