Display UI: Component Library (24+ Components)

Overview

Display UI is a modern component library that provides 24+ production-ready UI components designed for clean interfaces and fast development.

It combines:

• Radix UI (accessibility-first primitives),
• Tailwind CSS (scalable styling),
• and a modern documentation site using Fumadocs.

It also supports Shadcn Registry installation, making it easy to add components into real projects.

What This Library Provides

• 24+ reusable components designed with consistent styling & API
• Dark Mode support using next-themes
• Variants system for components using class-variance-authority (CVA)
• Responsive layouts (mobile-first Tailwind patterns)
• Accessible components (keyboard navigation + ARIA via Radix UI)
• Docs site + examples built with Fumadocs MDX
• shadcn registry support for installation workflows

Why I Built This

Most developers waste time rebuilding the same UI elements over and over.

I built Display UI to:

• create a reusable design system
• speed up development in future projects
• practice building real-world scalable UI patterns
• improve documentation quality (not just components)

This project also helped me learn how proper component libraries are structured and maintained — not just UI copy-paste.

Tech Stack

• Next.js 15
• React 19
• TypeScript
• Tailwind CSS
• Radix UI
• class-variance-authority (CVA) + tailwind-merge
• Motion
• Sonner (toasts)
• next-themes (theme/dark-mode)
• Fumadocs (docs + MDX)
• Shadcn registry (installable components)
• Vercel

Installation / Registry

Display UI supports Shadcn Registry, which means components can be installed directly into projects in a shadcn-style workflow.

This makes the library developer-friendly because:

• components can be added per-need
• files are copied into the project
• customization becomes easy (instead of being locked in a package)

Component Categories (24+)

(Examples / categories, based on library structure)

Components (24+)

Documentation

Display UI includes a full documentation site with:

• component usage examples
• props + variants documentation
• copy-paste snippets
• consistent component showcase pages

Docs are built using:

• Fumadocs Core + UI
• MDX integration

Challenges

• Creating consistent component APIs across many components
• Getting variants right without messy Tailwind duplication
• Dark mode consistency across components and docs
• Accessibility concerns (keyboard navigation, focus states, ARIA)
• Building a scalable docs structure instead of unorganized pages
• Implementing shadcn registry support properly

Learnings

• The hardest part is not making components — it’s maintaining consistency
• CVA + tailwind-merge are essential for scalable variant-based design systems
• Radix UI makes accessibility easier, but you still need to understand focus/UX
• A component library without documentation is basically useless
• Registry-based installation is a strong modern approach for customization

Future Plans

• Add more complex components:
  • Table + Pagination
  • Calendar / Date Picker
  • Command Menu / Combobox
  • Sidebar / Navbar layouts
• Improve registry metadata and installation experience
• Add automated testing for UI behavior and accessibility