# EneUI vs shadcnblocks, components, licence and agent access

Compare EneUI and shadcnblocks: what each one ships, its licence and price, whether it exposes an MCP server, and how many shadcnblocks components are already in the EneUI catalog. Numbers measured 2026-10-31.

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shadcnblocks is licensed Commercial at Free + Pro. The table below puts it next to EneUI on the fields that decide an install, not on taste. shadcnblocks does not ship an MCP server, so an agent has to scrape its pages or you install by hand.

| Option | Components | Libraries | Licenza |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EneUI | 111,985 | 1472 | MIT (components keep their source licence) |
| shadcnblocks | 28 | 1 | Commercial |

## When to pick it

- **EneUI**, You want one index over every library, including shadcnblocks, with source, licence and an install command your agent can run.
- **shadcnblocks**, You want first-party components with first-party support, and you are not looking for an index that contains them.

## Verdict

shadcnblocks and EneUI are both free to use. EneUI charges for quotas and team features, never for reading a component. shadcnblocks does not ship an MCP server, so an agent has to scrape its pages or you install by hand.

## FAQ

### How many components does this page cover?

112,013 components measured in the catalog, across 2 families.

### How were the counts measured?

By reading the catalog: every component carries its source library and the license declared upstream. The numbers are computed per request, not copied from a post.

### Can I install them with shadcn?

Yes, every component page shows the `npx shadcn add` command against our registry, with a free token.