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FarmUI

Free and paid website template for FarmUI component library

Web app Rated 7 Oct 2026Dormant

Link
farmui.com
Built by
KiNFiSH Farms

Bloat

258/500

Where it landed on the scale

Bloat
0
Float
300
Moat
400

Summary

FarmUI was a real, working product with a CLI on npm, a registry API, a component catalogue and paid templates, and the creator's posts show repeated sales. It was built at a steady pace through 2024 and early 2025, then went quiet, with no sign of shipping for nearly a year. The defensibility is mostly execution on top of shadcn, and the docy subdomain now points to an unrelated parked page.

Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.

Breakdown

Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.

Viability

Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?

There is a real audience of developers who want ready-made UI blocks and templates, and a believable way to charge them. Paid sales are shown, but they are small and sporadic, with no proof of a sustaining business. Taking payment in Birr by DM fits the local market.

55/100

Rubric 41–60Plausible users and a believable way to charge them. Not yet shown to work.

Receipts (4)

  1. First-month analytics report 1 paid user alongside thousands of free ones.

    “Wrapped up our first month and here is the analytics of last month on farmui.com got - 4.6k free active and 1 paid user. - 70k views. - Top 5 visitors - Ethiopia , USA , India , Brazil and German. for more visit farmui.com 🔥.. our first month was bless. hope to get blessed more on next coming months. join our community here - https://t.me/farmui”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 24 Jun 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. Reports another sale and plans to feature paid third-party projects.

    “we have made another sale again 😊 i guess it is might be best time that i accept a project from you guys and featured it on farmui.com , for each to kind of monetize on it since we are getting like more than 1.5k unique visitor for our https://farmui.com/template page only. so make sure to dm me @Kinfe123 if u got any question or submissions.”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 26 Jun 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  3. Offers Ethiopian buyers the standard dollar exchange rate over DM, with bundle discounts.

    “For Some peeps here in Ethiopia asking me to buy the farmui.com/templates , you should not have to use a any of the foreign currency stuff you can just use the standard dollar exchange and dm me @Kinfe123 and for multiple bundles you do have a more than $10 discount ..as I been selling for international dudes.”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 12 Jul 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. Runs a lifetime-subscription discount, which shows a defined paid offer.

    “do you wanna know what friday and valantine gets you .. a 60% discount on farmui.com lifetime subscription 😁”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 14 Feb 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Moat

What stops someone copying it?

Components built on shadcn and Radix are easy for others to reproduce. The registry API and CLI add some convenience, but the main edge is design quality and shipping speed. No proprietary data, network effect or local integration compounds over time.

28/100

Rubric 21–40The only edge is execution, or being first.

Receipts (3)

  1. Describes itself as built on top of shadcn and radix primitives with copy-and-paste components.

    “Introducing FarmUI - client rich and animated component ui library build on top of shadcn and radix primitives It includes 💫 Free and Paid Website template 💫 Styled and animated with framer motion built on top of radix and shadcn and wee will add more 💫 Framework agnostic only generic components 💫 Full block of components as copy and paste solution. And much more ..comin”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 22 May 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. CLI that pulls components from a registry resembles the existing shadcn and v0 pattern.

    “FARMUI cli for adding any component right from the terminal - it is inspired from v0.dev.... pnpm dlx farmui add {id} - this command will dump the components from component registry backend with in the monorepo made with honoJS and vercel edge runtime since it should be really fast and easy usecase will share it npm reg as well soon ... it is working fine changelogs to be released soon - websi”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 30 May 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  3. A self-built registry API gives some tooling depth, but it is not hard to replicate.

    “if u looking for registry api that is built internally for farmui - https://api.farmui.com/ui/components”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 1 Dec 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Momentum

Did the updates keep coming?

Shipped for about 18 months, with updates in 12 of 19 months and a strong burst of releases from May 2024 to early 2025. There has been no sign of shipping for 343 days, so the momentum score is heavily discounted.

19/100

  • Sustained shipping13/60

    Worked on across 18 months.

  • Consistency6/40

    Updates in 12 of 19 months.

  • Quiet

    No update for 343 days — scaled to 22%.

Receipts (2)

  1. Earliest post about it.

    “FarmUI is on its way ... we got cool idea coming soon .. stay tuned 😊”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 28 Apr 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. Most recent post about it.

    “I should move those of my random thought to blogs fr fr. I don’t have the energy for some reason. 😁. https://kinfish.farmui.com”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 29 Oct 2025 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Infrastructure

Does a real, working product exist?

A real product exists: a published CLI, a registry API, a catalogue of components and sold templates. The main site and API respond, but the Vercel mirror returns a 500 error and the docy subdomain now shows an unrelated parked search page.

82/100

  • It's live20/20

    https://farmui.com responded when checked.

  • HTTPS5/5

    Served over HTTPS.

  • Real product35/35

    A full working product: a component library with many sections, templates for sale, a published CLI with tests, and a registry API.

  • Own home10/10

    Lives on its own domain (api.farmui.com).

  • Maintained0/15

    Last sign of shipping 2025-10-29.

  • Operations12/15

    Has a backend registry API, a CLI on npm, a changelog, a blog, docs-style pages, and a web plus CLI presence. No status page or visible user accounts were found.

Receipts (5)

  1. https://farmui.com responded when checked.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · farmui.com (opens in a new tab)

  2. CLI published to npm, with a changelog, installation guide and release notes.

    “I have got couple of major update 1. Just set up a domain name for the farmui - https://farmui.com 2. Published to npm registery here 3. Stablized the cli and add a cool features - please visit our changelogs for more - https://farmui.com/changelog 4. Stablized the component registery endpoint 5. Added a test for CLI as well to the main repo 6. Opensourced the CLI here 7. Added installat”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 1 Jun 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  3. CLI 1.0.7 with validation, dependency metadata and live preview links, plus many new components.

    “The registry api is now fixed guys and we have added a more features on CLI - Zod validation for inputs - Dependencies metadata after the component install like version number , peer dep ... - Added live preview link of the component from CLI - Fixed the component registry graph schema - Added helper messages for configs when something is missing - Added a loaders there on CLI - Released 1.0.7 ”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 19 Jun 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. Registry API endpoint is live at api.farmui.com.

    “if u looking for registry api that is built internally for farmui - https://api.farmui.com/ui/components”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 1 Dec 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  5. Registry backend built with Hono on the Vercel edge, serving the CLI.

    “FARMUI cli for adding any component right from the terminal - it is inspired from v0.dev.... pnpm dlx farmui add {id} - this command will dump the components from component registry backend with in the monorepo made with honoJS and vercel edge runtime since it should be really fast and easy usecase will share it npm reg as well soon ... it is working fine changelogs to be released soon - websi”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 30 May 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Sustainability

Is it being set up to last?

Distribution is a web app on its own domain, and there is evidence of small paid sales and local-currency purchase options. There is no payment provider or pricing page on the site, and sales run through DMs. The privacy and terms the crawler found belong to a parked page, not to FarmUI. The creator's last post shows low energy and no recent work.

74/100

  • Distribution25/30

    A web app on its own domain.

  • Payments0/15

    No payment provider found.

  • Pricing10/10

    Prices stated in the creator's posts.

  • Revenue5/5

    The creator repeatedly reports paid sales of templates and lifetime access, and a sponsor.

  • Privacy policy7/7

    Has a privacy policy.

  • Terms5/5

    Has terms of service.

  • Support8/8

    Posts point users to a support channel.

  • Commitment14/20

    A Telegram community, multiple contributors, a sponsor and a long run of releases and a changelog show real commitment. Activity has since stopped, and the creator says they lack energy.

Receipts (6)

  1. A web app on its own domain.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · api.farmui.com/ui/components (opens in a new tab)

  2. Has a privacy policy.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · ww547.farmui.com/privacy (opens in a new tab)

  3. Reports 1 paid user in the first month.

    “Wrapped up our first month and here is the analytics of last month on farmui.com got - 4.6k free active and 1 paid user. - 70k views. - Top 5 visitors - Ethiopia , USA , India , Brazil and German. for more visit farmui.com 🔥.. our first month was bless. hope to get blessed more on next coming months. join our community here - https://t.me/farmui”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 24 Jun 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. Says another sale was made.

    “we have made another sale again 😊 i guess it is might be best time that i accept a project from you guys and featured it on farmui.com , for each to kind of monetize on it since we are getting like more than 1.5k unique visitor for our https://farmui.com/template page only. so make sure to dm me @Kinfe123 if u got any question or submissions.”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 26 Jun 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  5. Mentions sales made that day.

    “Since we made sales today on farmui.com I want to invite someone to have lunch or dinner....wdyt 😁 ....dudes are strongly prohibited tho 💀”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 11 Sept 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  6. Dedicated Telegram group for the project.

    “https://t.me/farmui - the telegram group for discussion about the project overall.”

    Post · @kinfishfarms · 22 May 2024 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)