shadcn — Sidebar.tsx—25 components to help you build all kinds of sidebars. (Launch Video Storyboard & Reverse-Engineering Breakdown)

About shadcn & This Product Release

shadcn (ui.shadcn.com) — Introducing sidebar.tsx—25 components to help you build all kinds of sidebars. I don't like building sidebars. So I built 30+ of them. All types. Then simplified the core into sidebar.tsx—a strong foundation to build on top of. It works with Next.js, Remix, Vite & Laravel. Watch the full 117s shadcn launch video with shot-by-shot breakdown and Remotion code.

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Editorial Structure & Storyboard Timeline (117s Total Runtime · Fast (2.2s avg shot))

  • 01 · THE HOOK (00:00 – 00:16 · 14%): Prompt-to-Execution Split Reveal for shadcn — Opens immediately on the high-contrast tension point before showing the brand logo, locking viewer retention in the first 16 seconds. (Camera: 1.6x macro push-in with 0ms dead air on frame 1)
  • 02 · HERO UI REVEAL (00:16 – 00:51 · 30%): Core shadcn Surface & Interaction Loop — Demonstrates the primary action in a single continuous take (35s) with cursor smoothing and highlighted focal bounds. (Camera: Isometric-to-flat spring settle (cubic-bezier 0.22, 1, 0.36, 1))
  • 03 · VELOCITY MONTAGE (00:51 – 01:31 · 34%): Multi-State Feature Proof on Downbeat Cuts — Compresses 3–4 secondary workflows into rapid visual proof without narration drag. (Camera: Fast (2.2s avg shot) matched to 122 BPM transients)
  • 04 · PAYOFF & LOCKUP (01:31 – 01:57 · 22%): shadcn Brand Lockup & Availability CTA — Holds final URL and launch status cleanly for 26s so viewers on X stop scrolling and click the link. (Camera: Clean center lockup with subtle radial luminance decay)

Release Context & Production Format

Published by shadcn (@shadcn) on 2024-10-18 in the ai category (117s total runtime).

30fps Remotion React Code Specification

import { AbsoluteFill, Sequence, useCurrentFrame, useVideoConfig } from "remotion";

// shadcn — shadcn — Sidebar.tsx—25 components to help you build all kinds of sidebars. (117s @ 30fps)
export const shadcnComposition = () => {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();
  const { fps } = useVideoConfig();

  return (
    <AbsoluteFill style={{ backgroundColor: "#141413" }}>
      <Sequence from={0} durationInFrames={480} name="Act01_hook">
        {/* 00:00 – 00:16: Prompt-to-Execution Split Reveal for shadcn */}
      </Sequence>
      <Sequence from={480} durationInFrames={1050} name="Act02_reveal">
        {/* 00:16 – 00:51: Core shadcn Surface & Interaction Loop */}
      </Sequence>
      <Sequence from={1530} durationInFrames={1200} name="Act03_velocity">
        {/* 00:51 – 01:31: Multi-State Feature Proof on Downbeat Cuts */}
      </Sequence>
      <Sequence from={2730} durationInFrames={780} name="Act04_payoff">
        {/* 01:31 – 01:57: shadcn Brand Lockup & Availability CTA */}
      </Sequence>
    </AbsoluteFill>
  );
};