Is shadcn/ui free for commercial use?

Yes. shadcn/ui is free, and its license allows commercial use.

“Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software” raw.githubusercontent.com/shadcn-ui/ui/main/L...

Read on the official page raw.githubusercontent.com/shadcn-ui/ui/main/LICENSE.md on Oct 21, 2026. Not legal advice: terms change, check the page before you ship.

Price

Free

Fully free.

Commercial use

Yes

MIT

Credit the author

Not needed

No credit needed

Do you need to credit shadcn/ui?

No credit needed. You can use it without naming the source.

“The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.” raw.githubusercontent.com/shadcn-ui/ui/main/L...

Can you ship shadcn/ui content inside an app or game?

Can ship inside your app.

Same clause as quoted for commercial use.

Rules to follow

Keep the MIT notice if you redistribute the code.
Third-party registries listed in the directory have their own licences; check each.

Rules for your agent

- shadcn/ui (UI kits and website templates). Open-source set of accessible React components and blocks that you copy into your own codebase through a CLI and registries. Price: free; commercial use OK; no credit needed. Style: minimal, monochrome, flat.
  Connect: official MCP server https://ui.shadcn.com/docs/mcp; npm shadcn.
  Get files: npx shadcn@latest init, then npx shadcn@latest add <component or block>; official MCP: pnpm dlx shadcn@latest mcp init --client claude (html, css, json).
  Not allowed: Needs React and Tailwind CSS
  Not allowed: Third-party registry items carry their own licences
  Rule: Keep the MIT notice if you redistribute the code.
  Rule: Third-party registries listed in the directory have their own licences; check each.
  License: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shadcn-ui/ui/main/LICENSE.md (checked 2026-10-21; details: https://agentgid.com/assets/shadcn-ui/)

shadcn/ui: full license, pricing and API details →

Free for commercial use: other ui kits and website templates

All 12 sources

Source	Price	License	Agent access
Aceternity UI Animated React, Tailwind and Motion components, blocks and templates for landing pages; part is free, the rest sold as Pro. gradientglassmorphismcolorful agent.md	Free tier	Commercial OK	MCP
daisyUI Free Tailwind CSS plugin that adds semantic component class names (btn, card, ...) and themes; paid templates, charts and a Figma library are sold in a separate store. colorfulplayfulflat Used in 60 AI-agent projects (1.2% of JS) agent.md	Free tier	Commercial OK No credit	MCP `daisyui`
Flowbite Open-source Tailwind CSS component library (MIT) with copy-paste HTML components, plugin JS and framework guides; a paid Flowbite Pro adds blocks and templates. minimalflatcorporate Used in 9 AI-agent projects (0.2% of JS) agent.md	Free tier	Commercial OK No credit	MCP `flowbite`
HeroUI Open-source React UI components built on React Aria and Tailwind CSS v4, with a CLI, llms.txt and an MCP server. minimalflatcolorful Used in 18 AI-agent projects (0.4% of JS) agent.md	Free	Commercial OK	MCP `@heroui/react`
Magic UI Copy-and-paste animated React/Tailwind components for landing pages, installable via the shadcn CLI; a paid Pro adds templates and premium components. gradientcolorfulminimal agent.md	Free tier	Commercial OK No credit	MCP
Tremor Open-source React and Tailwind components for charts and dashboards (copy-paste or @tremor/react), plus blocks and templates at blocks.tremor.so. minimalcorporateflat Used in 6 AI-agent projects (0.1% of JS) agent.md	Free	Commercial OK	npm `@tremor/react`