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8bitcn-table

tableskeuomorphism

A registry-delivered retro wrapper around the standard shadcn table primitives. It adds pixel-style borders, a borderless option, and an optional Press Start font. It depends on the base table component, the cn utility, class-variance-authority, Tailwind theme classes, and its bundled retro stylesheet.

Specimen
Harness screenshot of 8bitcn-table at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of 8bitcn-table at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of 8bitcn-table 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-table
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal29.9 KB (95.3 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 668ms
error during build:
[vite]: Rollup failed to resolve import "class-variance-authority" from "<sandbox>re-53c4eef99d86/src/cut/components/ui/8bit/table.tsx".

Verdict

A focused visual wrapper, but it did not build because the imported base table component was missing, so it could not mount or receive runtime checks. It needs a shadcn-style setup and should be treated as a recipe to integrate, not a drop-in component.

Use it if

  • You already use shadcn table primitives and want a retro presentation without replacing their markup.
  • Your interface can load the Press Start font from Google Fonts or you are prepared to host an equivalent locally.
  • You want selectable bordered and borderless table treatments that retain native table elements.

Skip it if

  • You need a standalone table that installs without shadcn aliases and shared utilities.
  • Your content security policy or offline requirements prohibit the stylesheet's Google Fonts import.
  • You need the package to build as published, because its required base table registry dependency was absent in the verified harness.
  • You do not use Tailwind theme tokens or do not want to translate its utility classes.

Install

Installation record for 8bitcn-table
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 compatible React table primitives, a cn class-merging utility, class-variance-authority, matching import aliases, Tailwind theme utilities, and the retro stylesheet. Replace the aliases or imports to suit your structure, and decide whether to allow the external font import or self-host the font.

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 table pattern, ordered by what they measured: mounts first, then clean axe scans, then bare-mode passes, then the smaller bundle.