Introduction

shadcn/ui proved that distributing code in a way that allows consumers to own the source is an extremely powerful pattern. Since then registries have become a common way to distribute reusable components.

As more and more registries start to emerge it became clear that there was a need for a more powerful toolchain to help manage and distribute these registries. That's where jsrepo comes in...

jsrepo is a toolchain for distributing your code. It gives powerful tools to both registry owners and consumers.

Registry owners...

• Don't want to have to write their own CLI and build system to distribute their code
• Want to be able to test and verify that their registry will work for their users before they publish it
• Want to be able to host their registries privately without having to write their own hosting solution

Registry consumers...

• Want to quickly add items from a registry to their project and start using them without having to even look at the code
• Want to be able to easily update their items with visibility to what as changed
• Want to be able to install and manage code from multiple registries in a single project
• Want an easy way to authenticate to private registries

jsrepo...

• Provides a powerful CLI for building and distributing your registry
• Prevents you from publishing broken or unusable registries
• Provides provider adapters to allow you to host your registry publicly or privately anywhere you want
• Automatically resolves dependencies to other items so your items always come ready to use
• Provides an interactive update command to easily update your items with visibility to what as changed
• Allows you to authenticate to private registries with jsrepo auth