Measured entry

neobrutalism-nskeleton

skeletonbrutalism

A React skeleton primitive shipped as a shadcn registry item. It renders a configurable div with pulse animation, rounded corners, a strong border, and theme-driven colors. It relies on the usual cn helper backed by clsx and tailwind-merge, plus Tailwind theme tokens from the neobrutalism system.

Specimen
Harness screenshot of neobrutalism-nskeleton at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of neobrutalism-nskeleton at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of neobrutalism-nskeleton 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-nskeleton
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal29.2 KB (94.7 KB build, 65.5 KB baseline)
Bare modeOK
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

Verdict

A sound, minimal skeleton for projects already aligned with the neobrutalism token set. It builds and mounts cleanly even outside a shadcn scaffold, but its visual identity depends on custom theme tokens and it leaves loading semantics to the surrounding UI.

Use it if

  • You need a small loading placeholder that can take arbitrary div props and utility classes.
  • Your interface already uses the neobrutalism theme tokens and outlined visual language.
  • You want a dependency-light primitive that works without a provider.

Skip it if

  • Your product avoids pulsing motion or requires a static loading treatment by default.
  • You do not want to adopt or remap the component's custom Tailwind color, radius, and border tokens.
  • You need a content-aware skeleton with built-in text rows, avatars, or accessibility status messaging.

Install

Installation record for neobrutalism-nskeleton
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 a cn utility using clsx and tailwind-merge, ensure Tailwind processes the component file, and define equivalents for the secondary background, border, and base radius theme tokens. Add any loading labels or live-region behavior at the parent level.

Source and credit

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License
MIT
Record published
2026-08-16

Alternatives

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