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8bitcn-chart

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A client-side, retro-styled stacked area chart shipped as a shadcn registry block. The registry includes a Recharts example, an 8bit chart wrapper, and a retro stylesheet that imports a display font. It depends on React, Recharts, Tailwind theme utilities, the shadcn chart conventions, and the local cn helper.

Specimen
Harness screenshot of 8bitcn-chart at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. This viewport scrolled sideways.
Harness screenshot of 8bitcn-chart at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of 8bitcn-chart 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-chart
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowflagged at 375
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal127.7 KB (193.1 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 1m 9s
error during build:
[vite:load-fallback] Could not load <sandbox>/src/lib/utils (imported by src/components/ui/8bit/chart.tsx): ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '<sandbox>/src/lib/utils'

Verdict

A credible themed chart for teams already inside the shadcn ecosystem, with clean build, mount, and accessibility results in the prepared harness. It needs a shadcn-style setup, carries a notable bundle cost, and requires responsive adjustment for narrow screens.

Use it if

  • You want a ready-made stacked area chart for an existing shadcn-style application.
  • Your interface already uses Tailwind theme tokens and can accommodate the retro display font.
  • You value a chart that mounted cleanly and produced no reported accessibility violations in the harness.

Skip it if

  • You need a drop-in component for a plain React project with no shadcn-style aliases or utility layer.
  • Your chart must avoid horizontal overflow on narrow mobile layouts without additional tuning.
  • Bundle weight is tightly constrained, since the Recharts-based implementation adds a substantial payload.
  • Your product cannot load the stylesheet's externally hosted display font.

Install

Installation record for 8bitcn-chart
Declared dependenciesnone declared
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 React and Recharts, configure the at-sign source alias, provide a cn class-merging helper, install Tailwind with the referenced theme tokens and arbitrary selector support, and include the retro stylesheet. Either permit its Google Fonts import or host the font locally.

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
2026-08-14

Alternatives

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