Libraries reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 171 Reddit reviews across 24 subreddits and 27 posts to rank the best Libraries brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/dotnet, r/vuejs, r/reactnative, r/editors, r/node. Top-rated brands include Extreme (5.0/5), Spitfire (5.0/5), Vuetify (5.0/5).
Stats
Reviews171
Subreddits24
Posts27
Brands99
Products4
171 reviews from
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#1
Extreme
5.0
(5)
"The usual suspects."
"I like Extreme too."
"Another vote for Extreme."
"They’ve been the gold standard my whole career but still put out decent stuff and have a massive back catalogue."
#2
Spitfire
5.0
(5)
"Best Spitfire libraries, Chamber Strings, Tundra, the new SSO."
"Definitely get their Intimate strings at 14.50 is an amazing price."
"I've had all of 1hr to tinker but I LOVE IT."
"Tundra, Solstice, OACW, Jupiter, Mercury, Originals Intimate Strings/Frozen Strings are all ones I use all the time."
"Albion Solstice - Arguably one of the best products Spitfire has produced."
#3
Vuetify
5.0
(5)
"Vuetify"
"Loving Vuetify here for my b2b SAAS app."
"Vuetify is really a cool one."
"I have done a couple of projects in Vuetify and found it works really well."
"Cleanest experience I’ve had."
#4
APM
5.0
(4)
"Have always been incredibly un-annoying to deal with."
"The usual suspects."
"All 3 own all their music so you won’t ever have to remove/retire a cue if they lose the rights."
#5
Shadcn
5.0
(4)
"My recommendation is Shadcn for Vue."
"Shadcn / element plus."
"Shadcn or Vuetify."
"I am really loving shadcn-vue."
#6
Playnite
5.0
(4)
"Playnite would be your best bet. I recommend it 100% over GOG Galaxy."
"I suggest you checking out Playnite. It integrate not only steam and epic but also other gaming platforms."
"I found Playnite to be more useful than Gog"
"Use playnite it works great, most advanced filters, and you have control over the app itself as it open source."
#7
PrimeVue
4.8
(4)
"I’ve just come back to primevue."
"I would totally recommend PrimeVue."
"For me it seems like PrimeVue is a lot more maintained compared to other UI libraries."
"I've been using primevue for a while, easily customizable good DX"
#8
Zod
4.8
(4)
"Zod or better yet JSONSchema+ajv"
"Zod"
"Zod is quickly becoming the industry standard"
"Zod (whatever is good)"
#9
Puppeteer Sharp
4.8
(4)
"[Puppeteer Sharp]."
"Puppeteer Sharp, it's amazing!"
"Puppeteersharp or you can follow this video."
"I settled on PuppeteerSharp."
#10
Broward County Library
4.8
(4)
"I use Libby and pay for Broward County Library. It's worth the $40 yearly fee."
"See if you can get access to Libby or Hoopla through your local library."
"Libby!"
"Broward county is like 35$ and has a great library selection of both ebooks and audiobooks."
#11
Element Plus
5.0
(3)
"I'm using element plus at my work and it has been very nice so far."
"For me : Web UI : Element plus Mobile UI : Quasar"
"I like Element Plus a lot."
#12
DaisyUI
5.0
(3)
"I really like DaisyUI."
"I use daisyUI."
"[DaisyUI ](https://daisyui.com/)is pretty good and is built with only CSS."
#13
New Orleans Public Library
5.0
(3)
"Their staff is super awesome and helped me through the process and even made an account for me."
"I can’t recommend it enough, I prefer it over Broward by a long shot."
"It’s AMAZING. Also, the process was super easy. I was able to do it over the phone and had access immediately."
#14
Syncfusion
5.0
(3)
"The Syncfusion Angular UI components library is the only suite that you will ever need."
"Syncfusion has some very good libraries for PDF manipulation."
"You can try the Syncfusion Flutter Widgets for creating a desktop app for Windows."
#15
Toronto Public Library
5.0
(3)
"Have heard the ones at Gerrard Ashdale and Dundas and Jones are great!"
"Beaches - separated kids area, a little playhouse, comfy chairs, even some toys."
"Wynchwood has a cute infant/kids area!"
#16
Mechanics Institute
4.7
(3)
"Totally worth it for a quiet study spot, private library access, and printing and scanning documents. Major emphasis on quiet study spot!"
"Modest annual membership, absolutely quiet. Plus it’s a super cool building."
"I also recommend the Mechanics Institute, but I don't think they are fully re-open yet."
#17
GOG Galaxy
3.3
(4)
"GoG Galaxy for me. enough to list all games I have from many platforms"
"Gog Galaxy. It can link all your different stores in one place and show your complete list of games."
"GoG galaxy stacks on a same tile games that you own on multiple platforms. But atm it’s buggy, specially with Steam"
"I had high hopes for GOG Galaxy but the tools that add libraries feel abandoned and don't work anymore."
#18
QuestPDF
4.0
(3)
"QuestPdf"
"QuestPDF is a great c# library that should cover most layouts you can think of very easily."
"I use QuestPDF to generate PDF documents."
#19
Rotativa
3.3
(3)
"Rotativa"
"Try Rotativa"
"Years ago I swore to Rotativa but it required gdi+."
#20
Tabler
5.0
(2)
"Tabler here"
"Tabler"
#21
Quasar
5.0
(2)
"I would recommend Quasar for your situation."
"Quasar is the easiest to use in my opinion."
#22
React Native Paper
5.0
(2)
"My go to libs are react native paper, axios, reanimated/gesture handler, navigation, zustand/redux depending on the scale of the app."
"For UI components, React Native Paper or UI Kitten can speed things up with pre-built, customizable components."
#23
PuppeteerSharp
5.0
(2)
"Man, use puppeteerSharp, it’s great, it’s easy."
"Just use puppeteersharp, it’s the best option to generate pdfs from html."
#24
Joi
3.0
(3)
"Joi,zod,yup"
"Used to use joi, switched to zod"
"I used to use https://joi.dev/"
#25
Carnegie Library
4.5
(2)
"It's like $30 every TWO years. Cheapest one I've found."
"Carnegie was 2 years for 35 bucks last year."
#26
Economics Library
4.5
(2)
"Top 1 ko before ay Econ Lib."
"Econ lib? May separate cubicle to sleep."
#27
Queens Public Library
4.0
(2)
"Queens Public Library in NYC if an annual $50 for non residents"
"The catalog is very good"
#28
Scripps Ranch Library
4.0
(2)
"Scripps Ranch library is great for the pond ... I found the inside a bit dated but it was clean and the courtyard was lovely."
"I like Scripps Ranch as it’s quiet and has a pretty courtyard sitting area, plus there’s a big pond outside you can walk around."
#29
api2pdf
4.0
(2)
"Api2pdf works well"
"We use api2pdf (paid API). Cheap and never fails us."
#30
LayerChart
4.0
(2)
"[Layerchart](http://www.layerchart.com) is one library I've used before."
"I've heard [LayerChart](https://www.layerchart.com/) is great 😁"
#31
Highcharts
4.0
(2)
"I use highcharts."
"Highcharts."
#32
Pinchflat
4.0
(2)
"Pinchflat."
"Switched to Pinchflat and haven’t had any issues."
#33
Houston Public Library
4.0
(2)
"Houston Public Library $40"
"Their Hoopla offering isn't much more than tv episodes, movies, but not audiobooks. But their Libby offerings are quite extensive."
#34
Recharts
4.0
(2)
"Use Rechart and the name of this specific graph is Area chart."
"Recharts."
#35
IronPDF
4.0
(2)
"We use ironpdf but we directly make the html to be turned into pdf."
"We use iron pdf, but all you really need is headless chrome or edge or whatever."
#36
Epidemic Sound
4.0
(2)
"Is good. Subscription based though."
"If you have zero budget Epidemic is the best."
#37
Puppeteer
4.0
(2)
"FWIW, I built my own HTML to PDF C# console program."
"I use pupetter and blazer."
#38
Scryber
4.0
(2)
"If you don't need HTML I would suggest looking into scryber."
"[https://github.com/richard-scryber/scryber.core]"
#39
Neon
5.0
(1)
"Neon in Cow Hollow is a great place. Super fast wifi, affordable plans with no commitment, quiet and tidy interior with a cool back patio."
#40
Cafe Revielle
5.0
(1)
"I like to go to Cafe Revielle in Lower Haight, great vibe to study and do work."
#41
Naive UI
5.0
(1)
"I've been using Naive UI and I love it."
#42
Ant Design
5.0
(1)
"I use it for internal projects and admin panels."
#43
NgZorro
5.0
(1)
"Use: - NgZorro."
#44
PrimeNG
5.0
(1)
"PrimeNG."
#45
AG-Grid
5.0
(1)
"AG-Grid."
#46
Kendo UI
5.0
(1)
"Kendo UI is a great library."
#47
WindUI
5.0
(1)
"I really liked it."
#48
Arctype
5.0
(1)
"Zod is standard, but arktype is fucking dope"
#49
Komplete Kontrol
5.0
(1)
"You could consider buying a komplete kontrol keyboard."
#50
Spectrasonics Omnisphere
5.0
(1)
"I mainly use Omnisphere with addons for that kind of music and music sells."
#51
Soundly
5.0
(1)
"Get yourself 1 month soundly subscription. There's tonnes of futuristic, glitches etc."
#52
CxReports
5.0
(1)
"If you need PDFs with company branding, tables that span multiple pages, charts, or QR codes, take a look at [CxReports](https://cx-reports.com)."
#53
TubeArchivist
5.0
(1)
"You need TubeArchivist. You can subscribe to channels and/or playlists."
#54
yt-dlp
5.0
(1)
"[yt-dlp](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp) and a shell script."
#56
Redux Toolkit
5.0
(1)
"Redux Toolkit is great for state management, streamlines a lot of Redux boilerplate."
#57
Axios
5.0
(1)
"For API calls, I'd recommend Axios over fetch for better error handling and cleaner syntax."
#58
React Native Reanimated
5.0
(1)
"React Native Reanimated for animations & React Native Gesture Handler."
#59
React Native Gesture Handler
5.0
(1)
"React Native Reanimated for animations & React Native Gesture Handler."
#60
Tanstack Query
5.0
(1)
"Tanstack query (100%)"
#61
Expo
5.0
(1)
"Expo (100%)"
#62
NativeWind
5.0
(1)
"NativeWind (100%)"
#63
date-fns
5.0
(1)
"Date-fns (100%)"
#64
Thomas Rex Beverly
5.0
(1)
"Thomas Rex Beverly's libraries are excellent."
#65
Moosecat
5.0
(1)
"They offer a dope custom song library that fits my needs super well."
#66
Boom Library
5.0
(1)
"For rural settings, I recommend the Boom Library (specifically, their Autumn, Winter, etc. series)."
#67
Audio Network
5.0
(1)
"All day, any day."
#68
Multnomah County Library
4.0
(1)
"They have one of the best eCollections I've come across including their online databases."
#69
Toledo Lucas County Public Library
4.0
(1)
"They’re really nice and helpful; they asked if I knew anyone in Lucas County so I could use their address and not have to pay the fee."
#70
Fairfax County Library
4.0
(1)
"Fairfax county Va is pretty good. I think it's $40 a year."
#71
JSON Schema
4.0
(1)
"Personally I rely on json-schema as a standard"
#72
TypeBox
4.0
(1)
"I've been using typebox lately, which seems to be quite nice."
#73
Express Validator
4.0
(1)
"Express-validator"
#74
Class Validator
4.0
(1)
"Class-validator and class-transformer are a great pair if you use NestJS"
#75
Tsoa
4.0
(1)
"[tsoa] auto generates validations from typescript interfaces"
#76
Yup
4.0
(1)
"Yup is pretty good."
#77
Boost Beast
4.0
(1)
"I'd be looking at Boost Beast or Mongoose."
#78
CivetWeb
4.0
(1)
"Civetweb is good."
#79
Garritan Personal Orchestra
4.0
(1)
"Looks like Garritan Personal Orchestra works with that."
#80
Playwright
4.0
(1)
"Is playwright an option for you?"
#81
JSReport
4.0
(1)
"Https://jsreport.net/ They have a .net sdk"
#82
PDF Sharp
4.0
(1)
"We use PDF sharp at work."
#83
DinkToPDF
4.0
(1)
"Currently using DinkToPDF and for my scope it works pretty well."
#84
PDFPig
4.0
(1)
"Has anyone tried pdfpig yet?"
#85
Eric W Contrast and Feathered Flutes
4.0
(1)
"I got Eric W’s Contrast and Feathered Flutes."
#86
BBCSO Pro
4.0
(1)
"I keep being tempted by BBCSO pro."
#87
SelectPDF
4.0
(1)
"Had some good success using https://selectpdf.com. Easy to use and very configurable."
#88
NReco
4.0
(1)
"NReco is one I’ve used in the past, did the job."
#89
Chart.js
4.0
(1)
"Chart js"
#90
Layercake
4.0
(1)
"I recently had good luck with Layercake (built on layer chart)."
#91
AmCharts
4.0
(1)
"AmCharts."
#92
Power Table
4.0
(1)
"I've been using Power Table. Pretty nice, very customisable."
#93
D3.js
4.0
(1)
"D3 is always good shout if you can bothered to learn it."
#94
TubeSync
4.0
(1)
"TubeSync."
#95
Clipgrab
4.0
(1)
"Clipgrab to download."
#96
Zustand
4.0
(1)
"Zustand (I'm currently looking for something better which has computed state but meanwhile it's the best state manager by far."
#97
useForm
4.0
(1)
"UseForm (I only used this one, might try tanstack form once it's ready)"
#98
Hearth & Hollow
3.0
(1)
"Im really tempted by Hearth & Hollow."
#99
Apryse
1.0
(1)
"Can’t suggest good ones, but for God's sake avoid anything related to Apryse."
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