Card: HextaUI and shadcn/ui

The HextaUI Card keeps the shadcn/ui names and theme tokens and installs with the same CLI. This page lists what differs, read from the source of both. The shadcn/ui side is its base-vega registry as of 2026-10-16.

At a glance

MeasureHextaUIshadcn/ui
Exported parts87
Props the wrapper handles101
Lines of source252102
npm dependencies@base-ui/react@^1.8.0class-variance-authoritycncn
Built fromtheme–

More source is not better on its own. Most of the extra lines in HextaUI handle states, motion and edge cases that you would otherwise write yourself.

Parts

Only in HextaUICardLink

In bothCardCardHeaderCardTitleCardDescriptionCardActionCardContentCardFooter

Variants

PropIn bothOnly HextaUIOnly shadcn/ui
variantCard–defaultoutlinemuted–

The HextaUI version

Team plan
Billed monthly. Renews on October 28, 2026.

12 of 20 seats used. Invite teammates or remove inactive members to free up seats.

import { IconDotsVertical } from "@tabler/icons-react"

import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"
import {
  Card,
  CardAction,
  CardContent,
  CardDescription,
  CardFooter,
  CardHeader,
  CardTitle,
} from "@/components/ui/card"

export function CardDemo() {
  return (
    <Card className="w-full max-w-sm">
      <CardHeader>
        <CardTitle>Team plan</CardTitle>
        <CardDescription>
          Billed monthly. Renews on October 28, 2026.
        </CardDescription>
        <CardAction>
          <Button variant="ghost" size="icon-sm" aria-label="More options">
            <IconDotsVertical />
          </Button>
        </CardAction>
      </CardHeader>
      <CardContent>
        <p>
          12 of 20 seats used. Invite teammates or remove inactive members to
          free up seats.
        </p>
      </CardContent>
      <CardFooter>
        <Button>Manage seats</Button>
        <Button variant="outline">View invoices</Button>
      </CardFooter>
    </Card>
  )
}

Every state, the keyboard map and the API reference are on the component page.

10 of its examples also have a page of their own.

Switch one component

Run the add command with --overwrite to replace the shadcn/ui file in @/components/ui, then review the diff in git before you keep it. Imports stay the same, and components you don’t replace keep working.

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add https://hextaui.com/r/card.json --overwrite
  • Every prop in the table above is an addition, so call sites written for shadcn/ui don’t pass it yet.
  • Check any part or variant listed only for shadcn/ui before you switch, and map it to the closest HextaUI one.

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