flutter_shadcn_cli 0.1.6

CLI to install, sync, and update shadcn/ui components in Flutter apps. Supports local and remote registries with dependency-aware installs.

flutter_shadcn_cli

A CLI to install and sync shadcn/ui components into your Flutter app. Part of the shadcn_flutter_kit ecosystem.

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CLI installer for the shadcn_flutter registry. It copies Widgets and shared helpers into your Flutter app from either a local registry (development) or a remote registry (production).

Highlights

• Local + remote registry support with auto‑fallback.
• Interactive init with install paths, optional files, and theme selection.
• Dependency‑aware installs with batched pubspec updates.
• Optional class aliases and folder path aliases.
• Clean output with optional verbose mode.
• Tracks installed Widgets in a local components.json.
• Full cleanup on remove --all (components, composites, shared, config, empty folders).

Install (pub.dev)

dart pub global activate flutter_shadcn_cli

Make sure this folder is in your PATH:

$HOME/.pub-cache/bin

Quick Start

1) Initialize in a Flutter app

flutter_shadcn init

Skip questions and use defaults:

flutter_shadcn init --yes

Install typography + icon font assets during init:

flutter_shadcn init --install-fonts --install-icons

You will be asked:

• Component install path inside lib/ (e.g. lib/ui/shadcn or lib/pages/docs)
• Shared files path inside lib/ (e.g. lib/ui/shadcn/shared)
• Which optional files to include
• Optional class prefix for widget names
• Theme preset

Init also installs core shared helpers (theme, util, color_extensions, form_control, form_value_supplier) and adds required packages (data_widget, gap).

Skip questions and set everything in one command:

flutter_shadcn init --yes \
	--install-path ui/shadcn \
	--shared-path ui/shadcn/shared \
	--include-meta \
	--include-readme=false \
	--include-preview=false \
	--prefix App \
	--theme new-york \
	--alias ui=ui

2) Add Widgets

flutter_shadcn add button

Add more than one:

flutter_shadcn add command dialog

Add everything:

flutter_shadcn add --all

Add assets only:

flutter_shadcn assets --all

3) Remove Widgets

flutter_shadcn remove button

Force remove (even if others depend on it):

flutter_shadcn remove button --force

Remove everything:

flutter_shadcn remove --all

One‑line setup (fast)

Init and add in one command:

flutter_shadcn init --add button dialog

Add everything:

flutter_shadcn init --all

Registry Modes (Local vs Remote)

Default (auto)

• Uses local registry if found, otherwise falls back to remote.

Local registry (development)

flutter_shadcn add button --registry local --registry-path /absolute/path/to/registry

Persist dev mode once (recommended):

flutter_shadcn --dev --dev-path /absolute/path/to/registry init

Remote registry (consumer install)

flutter_shadcn add button --registry remote

Use a custom CDN URL:

flutter_shadcn add button --registry remote --registry-url https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/ibrar-x/shadcn_flutter_kit@latest/flutter_shadcn_kit/lib

Default remote base URL (jsdelivr CDN):

https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/ibrar-x/shadcn_flutter_kit@latest/flutter_shadcn_kit/lib

Config (.shadcn/config.json)

Saved choices per project:

• installPath (default lib/ui/shadcn)
• sharedPath (default lib/ui/shadcn/shared)
• includeReadme (optional)
• includeMeta (recommended)
• includePreview (optional)
• classPrefix (optional aliases)
• pathAliases (optional @alias paths)
• registryMode, registryPath, registryUrl

The CLI also writes a local manifest at <installPath>/components.json with the list of installed Widgets.

Commands

init

flutter_shadcn init

Use defaults (no questions):

flutter_shadcn init --yes

Install fonts + icons during init:

flutter_shadcn init --install-fonts --install-icons

Set all values in one command:

flutter_shadcn init --yes \
	--install-path ui/shadcn \
	--shared-path ui/shadcn/shared \
	--include-meta \
	--include-readme=false \
	--include-preview=false \
	--prefix App \
	--theme new-york \
	--alias ui=ui

add

flutter_shadcn add button

assets

flutter_shadcn assets --list

flutter_shadcn assets --icons

flutter_shadcn assets --fonts

flutter_shadcn assets --all

platform

flutter_shadcn platform --list

flutter_shadcn platform --set ios.infoPlist=ios/Runner/Info.plist \
	--set android.gradle=android/app/build.gradle

flutter_shadcn platform --reset ios.infoPlist

remove

flutter_shadcn remove button

flutter_shadcn remove --all

theme

flutter_shadcn theme --list

Apply a custom theme JSON file (experimental):

flutter_shadcn --experimental theme --apply-file /path/to/theme.json

Example JSON structure:

• theme_example.json

{
	"id": "custom",
	"name": "Custom Theme",
	"light": {
		"background": "#FFFFFF",
		"foreground": "#09090B",
		"primary": "#1447E6",
		"primaryForeground": "#EFF6FF"
	},
	"dark": {
		"background": "#09090B",
		"foreground": "#FAFAFA",
		"primary": "#2B7FFF",
		"primaryForeground": "#EFF6FF"
	}
}

Apply a custom theme JSON URL (experimental):

flutter_shadcn --experimental theme --apply-url https://example.com/theme.json

sync

flutter_shadcn sync

Use sync after editing .shadcn/config.json to move paths and re-apply the theme.

doctor

flutter_shadcn doctor

Doctor also reports resolved platform targets (defaults + overrides).

Folder Path Aliases

Set during init, for example:

ui=ui

Use them like:

@ui/shadcn

Optional Files

• meta.json is strongly recommended for audits and validation.
• README.md and preview.dart are optional and skipped by default.

Verbose Output

flutter_shadcn add button --verbose

Troubleshooting

flutter_shadcn doctor

If a new flag is "not found"

Sometimes the global executable uses an old cached snapshot. Fix it like this:

# Step 1: remove the global cache (this is safe)
# The * is a wildcard that matches any folder name.
rm -f ~/.pub-cache/hosted/*/bin/cache/flutter_shadcn_cli/* || true

# Step 2: if you ran the CLI from a project folder, delete the local snapshot
# (run this in your project root where .dart_tool/ exists)
rm -f .dart_tool/pub/bin/flutter_shadcn_cli/*.snapshot || true

# Step 3: confirm the flag exists
flutter_shadcn --help

If that doesn’t work, re‑activate the CLI:

dart pub global deactivate flutter_shadcn_cli
dart pub global activate flutter_shadcn_cli

If Widgets are not found:

• Check your registry URL has registry/components.json.
• Make sure you are online for remote installs.

If aliases are missing:

• Set a class prefix during init.
• Run init again.

Feature Flags

• --wip: Enables WIP features.
• --experimental: Enables experimental features (required for theme file/url).

New Updates

• One‑line setup with init --add/--all.
• Local dev mode saved with --dev.
• Optional file toggles (README.md, meta.json, preview.dart).
• Folder alias support with @alias paths.
• Init installs core shared helpers + required deps by default.
• assets command for installing icon/typography fonts.
• Init flags for installing icons/fonts on demand.
• Dependency updates are batched for faster installs/removals.
• remove --all cleans empty parent folders after deleting files.
• Platform targets can be configured via the platform command.

CLI Acknowledgements

This copy–paste CLI was built from the ground up to make it easy to browse, configure and install Widgets into your Flutter projects. While many of the widgets and design tokens in this kit are adapted from the excellent shadcn_flutter library (https://github.com/sunarya-thito/shadcn_flutter), the CLI itself is an original tool designed specifically for our registry/studio workflow. It does not reuse or derive code from the official shadcn/ui CLI or other third‑party CLIs.

You can see the refactored Widgets and documentation for this kit here: https://github.com/ibrar-x/shadcn_flutter_kit/tree/main/flutter_shadcn_kit

Please refer to the upstream shadcn_flutter project for the canonical implementation and license details.