# EneUI vs Shadcn Studio, components, licence and agent access

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

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Shadcn Studio is licensed Commercial at Free + Pro. The table below puts it next to EneUI on the fields that decide an install, not on taste. Shadcn Studio 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) |
| Shadcn Studio | 14 | 2 | Commercial |

## When to pick it

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

## Verdict

Shadcn Studio and EneUI are both free to use. EneUI charges for quotas and team features, never for reading a component. Shadcn Studio 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?

111,999 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.