Measured entry

neu-checkbox

checkboxneumorphismfirst party

A React checkbox wrapped in a clickable label, with a neumorphic shell, checkmark icon, disabled styling, and visible keyboard focus. It ships as one JSX component, supports controlled and uncontrolled state, and has no third-party package dependency, but its appearance relies on Tailwind utility classes.

Specimen
Harness screenshot of neu-checkbox at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of neu-checkbox at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of neu-checkbox 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 neu-checkbox
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal17.9 KB (83.3 KB build, 65.4 KB baseline)
Bare modeOK
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

Verdict

A focused, dependency-light choice for Tailwind interfaces that specifically want the inset neumorphic treatment. It mounts cleanly without provider or shadcn scaffolding, but its fixed palette and limited state model make it less suitable as a universal design-system primitive.

Use it if

  • You want a compact neumorphic checkbox that works in controlled or uncontrolled forms.
  • Your interface already uses Tailwind and can compile arbitrary shadow and radius utilities.
  • You need a labeled native input with keyboard focus and disabled-state handling built in.

Skip it if

  • Your design system avoids neumorphism or requires a neutral checkbox that adapts through tokens.
  • You need indeterminate state, form-library adapters, or validation messaging inside the component.
  • Your project does not use Tailwind and you do not want to recreate its utility-driven styling.

Install

Installation record for neu-checkbox
Declared dependenciesnone declared
Missing on installnone
Bare installbuilds and mounts without the shadcn-style helpers
Providerno provider required in the harness

First-party component from the sir-originals set. In a non-shadcn project, add React and configure Tailwind to scan this component. Ensure the peer, focus-visible, screen-reader-only, arbitrary color, radius, and shadow utilities are supported. No provider, icon package, or shadcn helper is required.

Source and credit

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Author repository

mrkeyoor/sir-originals
License
MIT
Record published
2026-08-13

Alternatives

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