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8bitcn-card

cardskeuomorphism

A pixel-styled wrapper around the shadcn Card family, shipped as registry source with matching header, title, description, action, content, and footer exports. It depends on the base shadcn Card, the cn utility, class-variance-authority, Tailwind-style theme classes, and a retro stylesheet that imports Press Start 2P.

Specimen
Harness screenshot of 8bitcn-card at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of 8bitcn-card at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of 8bitcn-card at 1440 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 1440 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.

Measured

Every value below was written by the harness on the run that produced the frames above. None of it is derived from the prose.

Harness measurements recorded for 8bitcn-card
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal29.8 KB (95.2 KB build, 65.4 KB baseline)
Bare modeFAIL
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

What the harness recorded

BARE BUILD

✗ Build failed in 675ms
error during build:
[vite]: Rollup failed to resolve import "class-variance-authority" from "<sandbox>re-ff2190c7d6f6/src/cut/components/ui/8bit/card.tsx".

Verdict

A focused retro skin for teams already committed to shadcn, but it does not build in the verified harness because its required base Card module is missing. The bare version also needs a shadcn-style setup. Avoid it when you need a self-contained component or predictable installation outside that ecosystem.

Use it if

  • Your interface already uses shadcn Card primitives and needs a consistent arcade or retro treatment.
  • You want separate card subcomponents while keeping the existing shadcn composition API.
  • Loading a display font from Google Fonts fits your privacy, performance, and offline requirements.

Skip it if

  • Your project does not use shadcn conventions and you do not want to recreate its base Card and path aliases.
  • You need a neutral card that blends into a conventional product interface.
  • External font loading is prohibited or the card must render identically without network access.
  • You need a registry item that builds as supplied in the verified harness.

Install

Installation record for 8bitcn-card
Declared dependenciesclsx, tailwind-merge
Missing on installnone
Bare installfails once the shadcn-style helpers are removed, so it needs that setup
Providerno provider required in the harness

In a non-shadcn project, add a compatible base Card family, configure the @ path alias and cn helper, install class-variance-authority, provide the expected Tailwind theme utilities, and include the supplied retro stylesheet. Decide whether to retain or locally host its Google font import.

Source and credit

This page is a review, not a copy. The component source lives with its author and this site does not republish it. Read the license before you use anything.

Author repository

github.com/TheOrcDev/8bitcn-ui
License
MIT
Record published
2026-08-15

Alternatives

Other published entries for the card pattern, ordered by what they measured: mounts first, then clean axe scans, then bare-mode passes, then the smaller bundle.