Measured entry

neobrutalism-card

cardbrutalism

A composable React card family shipped as a shadcn registry item, with header, title, description, action, content, and footer primitives. It is built from plain div elements and Tailwind utilities, using a local cn helper backed by clsx and tailwind-merge plus project-defined neobrutalist theme tokens.

Specimen
Harness screenshot of neobrutalism-card at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of neobrutalism-card at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of neobrutalism-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 neobrutalism-card
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal29.6 KB (95.1 KB build, 65.5 KB baseline)
Bare modeOK
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

Verdict

A solid choice for projects already committed to this neobrutalist token set. The parts are simple, composable, and free of runtime behavior, but the component is mostly a themed structural shell, so its value drops sharply outside the matching design system.

Use it if

  • You want an opinionated neobrutalist container that still accepts ordinary React props and utility-class overrides.
  • Your interface needs reusable card regions for headings, supporting copy, actions, content, and footers.
  • Your Tailwind theme already exposes the border, shadow, radius, color, and font tokens used by this component.

Skip it if

  • You need a neutral card that can blend into several visual systems without replacing its theme classes.
  • You want semantic article, section, or heading elements provided automatically rather than choosing them at composition time.
  • Your project does not use Tailwind and you do not want to recreate the utility styles in another styling system.

Install

Installation record for neobrutalism-card
Declared dependenciesclsx, tailwind-merge
Missing on installnone
Bare installbuilds and mounts without the shadcn-style helpers
Providerno provider required in the harness

In a non-shadcn project, add clsx and tailwind-merge, provide a cn class-merging helper, configure Tailwind, and define the referenced radius, shadow, border, background, foreground, main color, and font utilities. Adjust the import alias or replace it with a relative path.

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
2026-08-16

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.