Brainless: Open-source UI components styled after Claude, Codex and Grok

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A developer has released a UI library called Brainless, featuring Shadcn-based components designed to visually mimic the interfaces of popular AI tools including Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and Grok. The project is hosted at brainless.swerdlow.dev and was shared on Hacker News. Brainless appears aimed at developers who want to build applications with aesthetics inspired by leading AI coding assistants. The library leverages Shadcn, a widely used open-source component framework built on top of Tailwind CSS and Radix UI.

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