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8bitcn-hover-card

popoverskeuomorphismmotion on file

A pixel-art hover card distributed as a shadcn registry component. It wraps the shadcn hover-card primitives, adds a blocky layered border and an optional retro font variant, and relies on Radix behavior, Tailwind utility classes, class helpers, class-variance-authority, a local retro stylesheet, and a Google-hosted font.

Specimen
Motion capture of the mounted demo, recorded by the harness. No audio track.
Harness screenshot of 8bitcn-hover-card at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of 8bitcn-hover-card at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of 8bitcn-hover-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-hover-card
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal47.0 KB (112.5 KB build, 65.5 KB baseline)
Bare modeFAIL
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

What the harness recorded

BARE BUILD

✗ Build failed in 1.29s
error during build:
[vite]: Rollup failed to resolve import "class-variance-authority" from "<sandbox>re-2f802d1f5c65/src/cut/components/ui/8bit/hover-card.tsx".

Verdict

A sound themed wrapper when the pixel-art treatment is intentional, with clean harness behavior in the configured environment. It is not drop-in for a bare React app and needs a shadcn-style setup, including the underlying hover-card component and project aliases.

Use it if

  • Your interface already uses shadcn conventions and needs a hover-triggered profile or metadata preview.
  • A deliberately pixelated, game-like card treatment fits the rest of the product.
  • You want Radix hover-card behavior while keeping the trigger and content APIs familiar.

Skip it if

  • Your design system is neutral or polished rather than retro, since the heavy block border is visually specific.
  • Your project avoids remote font requests or cannot bundle a local substitute.
  • You need a standalone component with no shadcn aliases, base component, or Tailwind setup.
  • The content must work primarily through tap or persistent disclosure rather than hover and focus behavior.

Install

Installation record for 8bitcn-hover-card
Declared dependenciesradix-ui, clsx, 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 the underlying Radix hover-card implementation, Tailwind styles, the cn helper with clsx and tailwind-merge, class-variance-authority, compatible component and utility aliases, and the retro stylesheet. Replace the remote font import with a local asset if required.

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
2026-08-17

Alternatives

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