CyberTechUI

A React component library delivering cyberpunk-inspired UI elements through CSS clip-path shapes. Built for shadcn integration with Tailwind CSS.

Web interfaces constrained by rectangular boxes lack visual depth and character. Creating sci-fi aesthetics with angled cuts, layered panels, and geometric complexity typically requires SVG manipulation, canvas rendering, or external graphics. These approaches add performance overhead, complicate responsive behavior, and fragment design systems across multiple technologies.

CyberTechUI transforms geometric complexity into pure CSS through the clip-path shape specification. Components ship with pre-calculated polygon coordinates fitted to an 8-point grid system, enabling precise geometric cuts while maintaining responsive scaling through CSS ratio units. Each component integrates directly into shadcn workflows with single-command installation.

The library provides buttons, cards, tabs, checkboxes, and sectional layouts with distinctive angular geometry. Shapes derive from vectorized designs systematically converted through SVG flattening and CSS generation pipelines. This approach eliminates runtime rendering costs while preserving design precision across viewport sizes.

Core Features

Geometric Shape System

Pre-calculated clip-path polygons fitted to an 8-point grid system. Angular cuts, layered panels, and diagonal edges maintained through responsive scaling with CSS ratio units.

shadcn Integration

Single-command component installation through shadcn CLI. Each component includes embedded CSS shapes, Tailwind styling, and React TypeScript definitions for immediate project integration.

Pure CSS Performance

Zero runtime overhead from shape rendering. Geometric complexity handled entirely through CSS properties without JavaScript calculations, canvas operations, or external image dependencies.

Comprehensive Component Set

Buttons, cards, tabs, checkboxes, and section layouts with cohesive geometric language. Tab components offer seven distinct shapes per variant, maintaining visual hierarchy across interface states.

Technical Foundation

The library’s geometry originates from Figma vector designs processed through systematic conversion. SVG exports pass through flattening tools to resolve grouped vectors, then transform into CSS clip-path coordinates via automated generators. This pipeline ensures geometric precision while producing browser-compatible CSS.

Figma Design

Vector-based shape construction

SVG Processing

Automated flattening pipeline

CSS Generation

Clip-path coordinate conversion

Border integration presented technical constraints due to clip-path behavior. Traditional border properties fail to follow clipped edges. The solution implements pseudo-elements with calculated offset positioning, creating visual borders through layered backgrounds. Checkbox components demonstrate this technique, using :before pseudo-elements with smaller dimensions to simulate border effects while maintaining geometric precision.

Browser Compatibility: CSS clip-path shapes supported in Chrome, Safari, and Edge. Firefox currently lacks shape() function support, requiring fallback strategies for cross-browser deployments.

Who This Is For

Frontend Developers

Building gaming interfaces, tech dashboards, or sci-fi themed applications requiring geometric complexity beyond standard CSS.

Design System Architects

Establishing distinctive visual languages for products requiring strong brand differentiation through geometric identity.

Game UI Developers

Creating HUDs, menus, and interface overlays for web-based games or gaming platforms with high-tech aesthetics.

Creative Technologists

Exploring geometric design possibilities for experimental interfaces, portfolio sites, or interactive installations.

Why This Exists

Cyberpunk and high-tech visual aesthetics rely on geometric complexity that web technologies historically struggle to deliver efficiently. Early solutions like augmented-ui provided clip-path utilities but calculated coordinates in percentage values, creating alignment challenges with modern grid systems and complicating responsive behavior.

CyberTechUI addresses these constraints through systematic conversion workflows. Vector designs from Figma transform into precise CSS coordinates through automated pipelines, ensuring geometric accuracy while maintaining performance characteristics of pure CSS implementations.

The discovery of the CSS shape() function enabled polygon-based clipping previously unavailable to web developers. This specification, combined with ratio-based coordinate systems, provides responsive geometric control without JavaScript overhead or image dependencies. The result is a component library where complex shapes behave as reliably as standard rectangular boxes.

Why Choose This

CyberTechUI delivers geometric complexity without performance penalties. Pure CSS implementation eliminates runtime costs associated with SVG manipulation or canvas rendering. Components integrate through established workflows (shadcn CLI) rather than requiring custom build processes or framework-specific adaptations.

The library focuses on execution quality over feature breadth. Each component undergoes systematic testing for responsive behavior, accessibility considerations, and cross-component cohesion. Tab components exemplify this approach, offering seven distinct shapes per variant to maintain visual hierarchy across interface states—a level of geometric detail requiring substantial manual refinement.

Browser compatibility limitations exist. Firefox’s lack of shape() support necessitates fallback strategies for production deployments. This constraint reflects the library’s position on the leading edge of CSS specifications, prioritizing geometric capabilities over universal browser support.