Measured entry

kibo-tags

badgeminimal-flat

A client-side React compound component for selecting and displaying tags in a searchable popover. It ships as source through a shadcn registry and composes local Badge, Button, Command, and Popover primitives, plus the cn utility, Tailwind classes, Lucide icons, Radix UI, and cmdk.

Specimen
Harness screenshot of kibo-tags at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. This viewport scrolled sideways.
Harness screenshot of kibo-tags at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of kibo-tags 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 kibo-tags
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowflagged at 375
Axe critical1
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal60.2 KB (125.7 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 1.58s
error during build:
[vite]: Rollup failed to resolve import "class-variance-authority" from "<sandbox>re-35a4c271a8a5/src/components/ui/badge.tsx".

Verdict

A useful fit for an existing shadcn codebase, with a clear compound API and searchable popover. It needs a shadcn-style setup and does not mount bare. Fix the unnamed control and narrow-screen overflow before shipping; otherwise choose a more self-contained tag picker.

Use it if

  • You already use shadcn-style primitives and want a tag picker that matches that component system.
  • You need searchable options in a popover with selected values rendered as badges.
  • You want source code that can be adapted for controlled or uncontrolled popover state.

Skip it if

  • You need a drop-in package that works without local shadcn primitives, aliases, and Tailwind utilities.
  • You cannot remediate the unnamed button accessibility failure before release.
  • Your layout must avoid narrow-screen overflow without additional responsive styling.
  • You need complete multi-select state management rather than a composable presentation layer.

Install

Installation record for kibo-tags
Declared dependencieslucide-react, radix-ui, cmdk, 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 Tailwind and the cn helper, configure the component path alias, and supply compatible Badge, Button, Command, and Popover primitives. Install Lucide React, Radix UI, cmdk, clsx, tailwind-merge, and class-variance-authority, then include the client-component boundary.

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.

License
MIT
Record published
2026-08-17

Alternatives

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