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Rob Austin - Jan 18, 2025

The Best Hero Blocks for shadcn/ui

Hero sections are the first thing visitors see when they land on your website, making them crucial for making a strong first impression. With shadcn/ui’s growing popularity, I’ve released a collection of unique and impactful hero blocks that combine beautiful design with practical functionality.

Hero blocks

Our hero blocks are thoughtfully constructed using shadcn/ui’s core components as building blocks. We leverage components like Button, Card, and AspectRatio to create consistent and accessible layouts. By building on top of these battle-tested components, we inherit shadcn/ui’s accessibility features, theming capabilities, and responsive behavior. This approach means you can easily customize the hero blocks using your existing shadcn theme variables and extend them with additional functionality as needed.

One of the key advantages of our hero blocks is how we handle imagery. Rather than relying on single, monolithic image files exported from design tools like Figma, our hero visuals are fully decomposed into smaller, editable components. Each visual is carefully constructed using a combination of absolute-positioned images, Lucide icons, and SVG elements with customizable fills and strokes. This modular approach means you can easily adjust colors, sizes, and positions directly in the code without needing to export new assets. For example, a hero illustration might combine a base PNG image with overlaid SVG shapes for decorative elements, while using Lucide icons for interactive elements - all of which can be themed using your shadcn/ui color variables. This decomposed approach not only provides better performance through selective loading but also gives developers the flexibility to modify visual elements without depending on a designer for every small change.

The best hero blocks for shadcn/ui combine clean design, strong typography, and thoughtful component architecture. Whether you’re building a personal portfolio, SaaS product, or enterprise website, these patterns provide a solid foundation for creating engaging landing pages.

For more inspiration and ready-to-use hero blocks, check out our complete collection at shadcnblocks.com.