Measured entry

neobrutalism-ndialog

dialogbrutalism

A neobrutalist modal dialog shipped as a shadcn registry TypeScript client component. It wraps Radix Dialog primitives and includes overlay, content, trigger, close, header, footer, title, and description exports. Styling relies on Tailwind classes, project theme tokens, a local cn helper, React, and the Lucide close icon.

Specimen
Harness screenshot of neobrutalism-ndialog at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of neobrutalism-ndialog at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of neobrutalism-ndialog 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-ndialog
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal40.5 KB (105.9 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 27.24s
error during build:
[vite:load-fallback] Could not load <sandbox>/src/lib/utils (imported by src/cut/components/ui/dialog.tsx): ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '<sandbox>/src/lib/utils'

Verdict

A solid choice inside an existing shadcn-style design system: it builds, mounts, stays within the tested viewports, and exposes sensible Radix composition points. It needs a shadcn-style setup, since the bare project cannot resolve its local utility import.

Use it if

  • Your app already uses shadcn conventions and you want a bold bordered dialog that fits a neobrutalist theme.
  • You need Radix-managed focus, dismissal, portals, and accessible title and description primitives.
  • You want composable dialog parts that can accept project-specific content and class overrides.

Skip it if

  • Your project does not use Tailwind or cannot supply the component's custom theme tokens.
  • You want a dependency-free modal or need to avoid adding Radix Dialog and Lucide React.
  • Your design system favors subtle borders and shadows rather than the component's neobrutalist treatment.

Install

Installation record for neobrutalism-ndialog
Declared dependencies@radix-ui/react-dialog
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 Radix Dialog and Lucide React, provide the local cn class-merging helper or change that import, configure Tailwind, define the referenced color, radius, font, and shadow tokens, and include compatible state animation utilities.

Source and credit

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License
MIT
Record published
2026-08-14

Alternatives

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