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Manual Installation

Add dependencies to your project manually.

Add Tailwind CSS

Components are styled using Tailwind CSS. You need to install Tailwind CSS in your project.

Follow the Tailwind CSS installation instructions to get started.

Add Dependencies

Install the required dependencies for Zaidan components:

Configure Path Aliases

Update your tsconfig.json with path aliases:

tsconfig.json
{
"compilerOptions": {
"baseUrl": ".",
"paths": {
"@/*": ["./src/*"]
}
}
}

The @ alias is a preference. You can use other aliases if you want.

Configure Styles

Create or update your global CSS file with Zaidan's CSS variables. Add the following to your CSS:

src/index.css
@import "tailwindcss";
@import "tw-animate-css";
@custom-variant dark (&:is(.dark *));
:root {
--background: oklch(1 0 0);
--foreground: oklch(0.145 0 0);
--card: oklch(1 0 0);
--card-foreground: oklch(0.145 0 0);
--popover: oklch(1 0 0);
--popover-foreground: oklch(0.145 0 0);
--primary: oklch(0.205 0 0);
--primary-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--secondary: oklch(0.97 0 0);
--secondary-foreground: oklch(0.205 0 0);
--muted: oklch(0.97 0 0);
--muted-foreground: oklch(0.556 0 0);
--accent: oklch(0.97 0 0);
--accent-foreground: oklch(0.205 0 0);
--destructive: oklch(0.577 0.245 27.325);
--destructive-foreground: oklch(0.577 0.245 27.325);
--border: oklch(0.922 0 0);
--input: oklch(0.922 0 0);
--ring: oklch(0.708 0 0);
--chart-1: oklch(0.646 0.222 41.116);
--chart-2: oklch(0.6 0.118 184.704);
--chart-3: oklch(0.398 0.07 227.392);
--chart-4: oklch(0.828 0.189 84.429);
--chart-5: oklch(0.769 0.188 70.08);
--radius: 0.625rem;
--sidebar: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--sidebar-foreground: oklch(0.145 0 0);
--sidebar-primary: oklch(0.205 0 0);
--sidebar-primary-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--sidebar-accent: oklch(0.97 0 0);
--sidebar-accent-foreground: oklch(0.205 0 0);
--sidebar-border: oklch(0.922 0 0);
--sidebar-ring: oklch(0.708 0 0);
}
.dark {
--background: oklch(0.145 0 0);
--foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--card: oklch(0.145 0 0);
--card-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--popover: oklch(0.145 0 0);
--popover-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--primary: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--primary-foreground: oklch(0.205 0 0);
--secondary: oklch(0.269 0 0);
--secondary-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--muted: oklch(0.269 0 0);
--muted-foreground: oklch(0.708 0 0);
--accent: oklch(0.269 0 0);
--accent-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--destructive: oklch(0.396 0.141 25.723);
--destructive-foreground: oklch(0.637 0.237 25.331);
--border: oklch(0.269 0 0);
--input: oklch(0.269 0 0);
--ring: oklch(0.439 0 0);
--chart-1: oklch(0.488 0.243 264.376);
--chart-2: oklch(0.696 0.17 162.48);
--chart-3: oklch(0.769 0.188 70.08);
--chart-4: oklch(0.627 0.265 303.9);
--chart-5: oklch(0.645 0.246 16.439);
--sidebar: oklch(0.205 0 0);
--sidebar-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--sidebar-primary: oklch(0.488 0.243 264.376);
--sidebar-primary-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--sidebar-accent: oklch(0.269 0 0);
--sidebar-accent-foreground: oklch(0.985 0 0);
--sidebar-border: oklch(0.269 0 0);
--sidebar-ring: oklch(0.439 0 0);
}
@theme inline {
--color-background: var(--background);
--color-foreground: var(--foreground);
--color-card: var(--card);
--color-card-foreground: var(--card-foreground);
--color-popover: var(--popover);
--color-popover-foreground: var(--popover-foreground);
--color-primary: var(--primary);
--color-primary-foreground: var(--primary-foreground);
--color-secondary: var(--secondary);
--color-secondary-foreground: var(--secondary-foreground);
--color-muted: var(--muted);
--color-muted-foreground: var(--muted-foreground);
--color-accent: var(--accent);
--color-accent-foreground: var(--accent-foreground);
--color-destructive: var(--destructive);
--color-destructive-foreground: var(--destructive-foreground);
--color-border: var(--border);
--color-input: var(--input);
--color-ring: var(--ring);
--color-chart-1: var(--chart-1);
--color-chart-2: var(--chart-2);
--color-chart-3: var(--chart-3);
--color-chart-4: var(--chart-4);
--color-chart-5: var(--chart-5);
--radius-sm: calc(var(--radius) - 4px);
--radius-md: calc(var(--radius) - 2px);
--radius-lg: var(--radius);
--radius-xl: calc(var(--radius) + 4px);
--color-sidebar: var(--sidebar);
--color-sidebar-foreground: var(--sidebar-foreground);
--color-sidebar-primary: var(--sidebar-primary);
--color-sidebar-primary-foreground: var(--sidebar-primary-foreground);
--color-sidebar-accent: var(--sidebar-accent);
--color-sidebar-accent-foreground: var(--sidebar-accent-foreground);
--color-sidebar-border: var(--sidebar-border);
--color-sidebar-ring: var(--sidebar-ring);
}
@layer base {
* {
@apply border-border outline-ring/50;
}
body {
@apply bg-background text-foreground;
}
}

Add a cn helper

lib/utils.ts
import { clsx, type ClassValue } from "clsx"
import { twMerge } from "tailwind-merge"
export function cn(...inputs: ClassValue[]) {
return twMerge(clsx(inputs))
}

Create components.json file

Create a components.json file in the root of your project.

components.json
{
"$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema.json",
"style": "kobalte",
"rsc": false,
"tsx": true,
"tailwind": {
"config": "",
"css": "src/styles/globals.css",
"baseColor": "neutral", // or "gray", "stone", "zinc"
"cssVariables": true,
"prefix": ""
},
"iconLibrary": "lucide",
"rtl": false,
"aliases": {
"components": "@/components",
"utils": "@/lib/utils",
"ui": "@/components/ui",
"lib": "@/lib",
"hooks": "@/hooks"
},
"menuColor": "default", // or "inverted"
"menuAccent": "subtle", // or "bold"
"registries": {
"@zaidan": "https://zaidan.carere.dev/r/{style}/{name}.json"
}
}

That's it

You can now start adding components to your project.