registry.json

Schema for running your own component registry.

The registry.json schema is used to define your custom component registry.

registry.json

{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry.json",
  "name": "shadcn",
  "homepage": "https://ui.shadcn.com",
  "items": [
    {
      "name": "hello-world",
      "type": "registry:block",
      "title": "Hello World",
      "description": "A simple hello world component.",
      "files": [
        {
          "path": "registry/new-york/hello-world/hello-world.tsx",
          "type": "registry:component"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Definitions

You can see the JSON Schema for registry.json here.

$schema

The $schema property is used to specify the schema for the registry.json file.

registry.json

{
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema/registry.json"
}

name

The name property is used to specify the name of your registry. This is used for data attributes and other metadata.

registry.json

{
  "name": "acme"
}

homepage

The homepage of your registry. This is used for data attributes and other metadata.

registry.json

{
  "homepage": "https://acme.com"
}

items

The items in your registry. Each item must implement the registry-item schema specification.

registry.json

{
  "items": [
    {
      "name": "hello-world",
      "type": "registry:block",
      "title": "Hello World",
      "description": "A simple hello world component.",
      "files": [
        {
          "path": "registry/new-york/hello-world/hello-world.tsx",
          "type": "registry:component"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

See the registry-item schema documentation for more information.

Examples registry-item.json

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Definitions $schema name homepage items

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