ShipUI's Second Theme: ALOHA // NEXT

The second ShipUI theme is out. Same idea as RETRO // NEXT, skip the setup and start building. Different aesthetic entirely.

ALOHA // NEXT is a tropical Hawaiian starter. Sandy backgrounds, coral and turquoise accents, Pacifico as the display font. It's warm and playful without being unprofessional.

ALOHA // NEXT theme preview

What's Included

A complete design system built around the tropical palette. Everything is wired up and ready to customize.

Components:

  • Buttons (solid, outline, ghost) with offset box shadows
  • Cards with chunky borders and hover states
  • Badges in five color variants: coral, turquoise, yellow, green, pink
  • Text component with body, caption, label, and code variants
  • Section headers, eyebrows, and layout primitives

Page sections:

  • Hero with typewriter effect
  • Features grid
  • About and stats section
  • Newsletter CTA

Layout and auth:

  • Header and footer
  • Login page
  • Sign up page
  • 404 and error boundary pages

Illustrations:

  • Tropical island SVG
  • Animated palm trees
  • Hibiscus flower accents
  • Wave section dividers

Tech stack:

  • Next.js 15 with App Router
  • React 19
  • TypeScript 5 strict mode
  • Tailwind v4

No broken imports. No manual wiring. Install dependencies and it works.

Works with ShipKit

ALOHA // NEXT pairs with ShipKit if you use it. If you're wondering why ShipKit exists, Why We Built ShipKit explains the problem it solves.

The bundle adds ShipKit AI conventions for $10 on top of the base theme: cursor rules, project structure docs, and a CLAUDE.md ready to go.

The theme also works standalone. No ShipKit dependency, no lock-in.

Pricing

$29 for the theme. $39 for the theme with ShipKit conventions. One-time purchase, instant download, permanent link.

No subscriptions.

What's Next

More themes are in progress. The goal is the same across all of them: a real design system, a modern stack, and nothing left for you to wire up yourself.

Live demo and purchase

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