Ui Kit reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 251 Reddit reviews across 14 subreddits and 23 posts to rank the best Ui Kit brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/nextjs, r/reactjs, r/vuejs, r/FigmaDesign, r/SaaS. Top-rated brands include Shadcn UI (4.6/5), Mantine (4.4/5), Ant Design (4.3/5).
Stats
Reviews251
Subreddits14
Posts23
Brands79
Products12
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#1
Shadcn UI
4.6
(38)
"Ive built a SAAS dashboard with tailwind and shadcn, it works really well, super easy."
"Shadcn is awesome"
"Super easy to use, easy to integrate with Tailwind CSS, with great documentation and ready-to-copy examples."
"Free Tailwind CSS Component: shadcn/ui"
"Been using shadcnui myself and love it."
"I like control, so I like shadcn, if you want something plug and play then mantine, ant, mui are good options"
"I’m personally a big fan of Shadcn, but have also found myself having to comb through Radix docs to get some things to work for me."
"Passed the auth: shadCN."
"I would 100% go with shadcn."
"Like shadcn. It's a mix of tailwind styling and Radixui. It let's me style things easier to my companies design system."
#2
Mantine
4.4
(21)
"I tried mantine first time two days ago, I will never return back to AntD again"
"Mantine has been an absolute joy and on a v7 release. It’s mature, stable, customizable, and built on great primitives."
"I've been using Mantine, all good."
"Mantine UI. Has everything I need and more"
"Switched to Mantine and don't regret it. Mantine is really awesome."
"Mantine is great all around."
"I recently used Shadcn, I tried out Mantine. I switched to Mantine."
"Mantine turned out to be very productive for our team in a situation where we wanted to focus the work on developing actual features and less so on the intricacies of UI."
"I really like it."
"Mantine.dev has been great for us"
#3
Ant Design
4.3
(15)
"Ant design or material ui, any of those are perfect"
"Robust component library that integrates seamlessly with Figma."
"Ant Design is also a popular choice and integrates well with Figma."
"Is the best, I believe. You should know React, though."
"I’ve used ant design.. would recommend any day."
"Ant Design and Mui. I just love the Transfer List of Ant, simple and easy to use."
"My go to would be : [https://ant.design/](https://ant.design/) or [https://mantine.dev/](https://mantine.dev/)"
"I’ve recently been using Ant Design and the separately maintained Figma UI kit https://www.antforfigma.com/"
"If you want a plug-n-play components and relatively easy to implement one, go with Antd"
"Great component library. Gets the work done. Customisable components."
#4
Material UI
4.2
(13)
"Comprehensive yet not overly complex UI Kit for SaaS projects."
"Material UI is a popular choice with great Figma integration."
"I do think Material UI is more mature for desktop and mobile apps."
"MaterialUI as well. Paying for the higher tiers gives you access to their data grid component. It's a beefy boi"
"I use Material UI but the kids nowadays seem to like shadcn a lot"
"Material UI is one of the most preferred choices among enterprise companies. Its documentation is comprehensive, and it has a large user base."
"Docs look cool and friendly, and components look modern but need time to customize."
"Material UI is an ideal choice since it comes out of the box with full-fledge components and is battle-tested."
"Material UI - https://mui.com"
"I use materialUI. Unsure why it isn't popular in the responses here."
#5
NextUI
3.9
(13)
"Next ui and shadcn for sure an absolute powerhouse"
"Next UI could be a great choice."
"I use a combination of NextUI, SaaS UI and ShadCN."
"Nextui is great."
"NextUI is powerfully"
"NextUI works great for my SaaS apps"
"NextUI: https://nextui.org"
"NextUI"
"NextUI seems to do a good job of making an entire UI library around react-aria."
"NextUI + TailwindCSS"
#6
MUI
4.2
(11)
"I love MUI. Build some abstractions around how you like to combine components. It keeps getting bettter data grid, charts etc. I really like it"
"Mui is the best imo, shadcn was a fun one to use tho."
"Mui is amazing and its api and typescript is top notch."
"The main MUI component library looks really good to me."
"I'm closely working in one of my ui kit i.e. nextjs based and utlilizing mui library."
"I would recommend Mui. It have all you need, Charts, data grid, tree and so on with Mui X."
"I work mostly with MUI, and realized that if you have a competent designer onboard, you won’t need much customization to make your app look beautiful and unique."
"Very complete and mature. It’s popular so it’s not popular. Similar to Next vs Svelte."
"Pairing Remix run with MUI over here has been lovely on a recent client project."
"MUI is notoriously bad when it comes to heavy customisation."
#7
DaisyUI
4.1
(9)
"DaisyUI + React did it for me."
"I use DaisyUI it's great and simple"
"Free Tailwind CSS Component: daisyUI"
"DaisyUI is similar to Mantine but with more components available, highly recommend."
"DaisyUI is my current favorite after tailwindui."
"DaisyUI is a nice component library that works as a tailwind plugin"
"I use daisy ui and tailwind"
"If you'd like to have a more of an out of the box solution, i liked daisyui."
"DaisyUI never gets any love. But it actually uses tailwind. Have been loving it."
#8
Tailwind UI
4.3
(8)
"I like to copy paste and I chose Tailwind UI."
"Tailwind ui, shadcn, and a new one that has popped up called cult/ui which has some cool components."
"TailwindUI has a pretty big component blueprint selection coupled with a lot of detailed templates and a new Catalyst Kit that is more akin to a true UI Kit."
"Tailwind UI has one now https://tailwindui.com/templates/catalyst"
"TailwindUI"
"Tailwind ui is great if you have the budget for it, otherwise mui and daisyui are very solid choices too"
"For me, tailwind with headlessui, and some fluent ui since I build a lot of office extensions and apps for Microsoft teams."
"I just went on tailwindui, paid what it wasn't worth, but got it done."
#9
PrimeVue
4.1
(7)
"PrimeVue is the best I’ve found. Can be used with tailwind or bootstrap if you want to style everything yourself."
"PrimeVue it is intuitive."
"Prime Vue all the way. You can use tailwind with it too & I use it to create custom themes for my client based on their presets"
"Currently using primevue, is nice 👍👍"
"Prime vue with prime flex"
"I also like privevue"
"Primevue 4 is my pick. Tailwind Ui is very nice but pricy."
#10
Shadcn
4.8
(6)
"I found nextjs and remix with ShadCN UI to be most convenient dev wise."
"The DX was great and I think you could easily achieve the results you want."
"Hands down shadcn UI, I've decided to include it in my stack very happy with it simple and elegant UI and provides every building block you may need."
"Makes it so easy to make clean UIs"
"Excellent integration of Shadcn with Headless UI and Tailwind."
"Ive been using shadcn for a desktop Tauri app and haven’t run into issues."
#11
Chakra UI
3.7
(7)
"ChakraUI is great"
"Offers flexibility without overwhelming with too many components."
"In the last project I used tailwindcss directly and it was quite satisfying, before that I used chakra UI it was good as well."
"Chakra-ui"
"Chakra... are also quite good."
"I’ve used Chakra in many projects successfully but I found it problematic to use with the new app router in nextjs."
"I used chakra ui, realised its all client components 😭. I'm looking into headlessui now"
#12
Radix UI
3.8
(6)
"We are using Radix for our last project and I'm very happy with it!"
"RadixUI offers a lot more components than HeadlessUI and Catalyst Kit, while shadcn-ui is much better."
"Radix UI Primitives: https://www.radix-ui.com/primitives"
"Radix UI primitives with our own design system"
"We are using Radix with StyleX, not bad so far."
"Radix ui"
#13
Flowbite
4.2
(5)
"Used Flowbite recently and really liked it, Tailwind so easy to tweak it to your needs."
"I love tailwind - pretty easily getting connected to Vue, and then using Flowbite html componennts from flowbite website."
"What about flowbite?"
"Free Tailwind CSS Component: Flowbite"
"Flowbite too - it is one of the first component libraries out there and it has many open-source components."
#14
Untitled UI
4.0
(5)
"Someone mentioned UntitledUI but also TailwindUI and Flowbite, among many others, have this"
"Highly recommend Untitled UI - they just came ojt with a new version of a design refresh."
"I found this UI somewhere online a few months back, https://www.untitledui.com/. May be helpful for you."
"Untitled UI"
"Big system, not built as smart as others."
#15
Vuetify
4.8
(4)
"Vuetify is the best so far. Not only the starter but you can build an enterprise level app with just Vuetify."
"I've worked with quite a few component librairies and vuetify is my favorite"
"I use vuetify and happy with it."
"The most famous one is Tailwind but you need to pay for it. Free one which you can use/integrate is vuetify."
#16
PrimeReact
4.3
(4)
"PrimeReact is my favorite and second one FlowBite"
"Primereact is good"
"We use primereact - its pretty comprehensive and seems to work ok for us."
"I like PrimeReact."
#17
Quasar
3.8
(4)
"Second quasar."
"Quasar, seems to be the most stable."
"Quasar"
"Quasar is starting to look a little dated for me at this point."
#18
Figma
4.7
(3)
"Figma now has UI kits available that you can add to any file."
"Great resource for free UI kits!"
"I enjoy the three that are built into Figma - iOS, material, and simple."
#19
Magic UI
4.0
(3)
"Magic ui"
"Https://magicui.design/"
"Magic UI is good too."
#20
Cult UI
4.0
(3)
"First time hearing bout cult ui but it looks dope man! Def gotta give it a try"
"Cult UI looks fire"
"Cult ui - cult-ui.com/docs Compatible with shadcn"
#21
Shadcn Vue
3.3
(3)
"Https://www.shadcn-vue.com - is also great, built on top of radix + tailwind."
"Shadcn-vue, personally. But, it takes a lot of work to get it exactly how you need it"
"I’ve done a few more than primevue v3/v4 and the vue version of shadcn. Ultimately I’d go shadcn vue."
#22
Bootstrap
4.5
(2)
"We use bootstrap extensively at my company for internal apps and it's fantastic."
"Check out Material UI or Bootstrap for some good options."
#23
Indie UI
4.0
(2)
"Have a look at Indie UI, it is a free collection of UI components."
"Try Indie UI"
#24
Nuxt UI
4.0
(2)
"Nuxt UI (works with Vue now) Or Shadcn Vue"
"I prefer Nuxt UI"
#25
Semantic UI
4.0
(2)
"Semantic UI also a great looking library and easy to customize for tauri apps."
"I've used semantic ui on a few personal projects. It's simple, but does what I need."
#26
Tailbits
4.0
(2)
"Free Tailwind CSS Component: tailbits"
"Tailbits is great to grab prebuilt components from."
#27
Chelekom
5.0
(1)
"This project is completely open-source, and more complex, well-designed components will be continuously added to the Chelekom UI Kit."
#28
Skeleton UI
5.0
(1)
"This looks amazing! It's reminding me a bit of Skeleton UI for Sveltekit which is one of my favorite UI libraries."
#29
LiveView
5.0
(1)
"Amazing work! I love to see libraries start coming out for LiveView."
#30
UI8
5.0
(1)
"Huge library of really great ui kits."
#31
ZEGOCLOUD
5.0
(1)
"You should check out ZEGOCLOUD UIkit, it offers 20+ UIkits and UI components."
#32
Apple
5.0
(1)
"Apple has a whole punch of these available within their Community page."
#33
Fomantic UI
5.0
(1)
"I only received positive reviews in terms of usability and design so far."
#34
Radix
5.0
(1)
"Radix + tailwind is perfect. CVA for variants."
#35
Rewind-UI
5.0
(1)
"If you plan to use tailwindcss check out Rewind-UI as well."
#36
Syncfusion Vue
5.0
(1)
"It offers more than 85+ native UI controls including DataGrid, Scheduler, Charts and more."
#37
SaasAble
5.0
(1)
"If you’re looking for a great UI kit for your SaaS project, I’d recommend checking out SaasAble. It’s specifically built for SaaS apps with over 200 customizable components."
#38
radix, tailwind, framer-motion
5.0
(1)
"We are in the process of migrating from ant.design to a combination of radix, tailwind and framer-motion. It's night and day."
#39
FramesX
5.0
(1)
"FramesX. It’s packed with the largest library of components for any app and web design, including e-commerce, dashboard templates, free icons, and more."
#40
Nextbunny
5.0
(1)
"Free tool with premium Framer, shadcn , Tailwind, React components. Best for Nextjs projects."
#41
Radix Themes
5.0
(1)
"Radix Themes I think they really nailed the abstraction / api here."
#42
Tailwind Awesome
4.0
(1)
"Free Tailwind CSS Component: Tailwind Awesome"
#43
Meraki UI
4.0
(1)
"Free Tailwind CSS Component: Meraki UI"
#44
Material-UI
4.0
(1)
"I am currently considering official material ui which seems very good to me."
#45
Blueprint
4.0
(1)
"Blueprint are also quite good."
#46
Fluent UI
4.0
(1)
"If you want windows like ui check Fluent UI which being used by various ms products."
#47
Spectrum CSS
4.0
(1)
"If you want adobe like check Spectrum CSS which is being used in Adobe Cloud app."
#48
FreeCodeCamp
4.0
(1)
"The UIKit tutorial from freecodecamp teaches you to make a Netflix clone."
#49
Sean Allen
4.0
(1)
"Sean Allen's UIKit take home course is pretty good and it’s also free now."
#50
React Native Paper
4.0
(1)
"React Native Paper is a good option."
#51
Tamagui
4.0
(1)
"Tamagui is a viable choice."
#52
Base UI
4.0
(1)
"Base UI is also a good option."
#53
Nativebase
4.0
(1)
"Nativebase was a good one."
#54
Tailwind CSS
4.0
(1)
"Lightweight and flexible, great combo with Chakra UI."
#55
commerce-ui
4.0
(1)
"It is a collection of components to build e-commerce sites and commerce apps. Built for React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS and shadcn/ui."
#56
Ant Design Vue
4.0
(1)
"Ant Design Vue is pretty good"
#57
Naive UI
4.0
(1)
"Naive UI"
#58
Bootstrap Vue Next
4.0
(1)
"Bootstrap-vue-next 😁"
#59
reshaped.so
4.0
(1)
"They give you a free React library and have a paid Figma option that is aligned with code"
#60
Radix, tailwind, shadcn
4.0
(1)
"Radix, tailwind, shadcn Very cozy"
#61
Material Tailwind
4.0
(1)
"Material Tailwind too, the new version is awesome."
#62
Xbeshui
4.0
(1)
"I found one that stands out: xbeshui. It's like a one-stop shop with various component libraries including React UI, Next.js UI Kit, Shadcn UI, Mantine UI, Material UI, and Tailwind-based libraries."
#63
Tailframes
4.0
(1)
"Website: https://www.tailframes.com/ Repo: https://github.com/Tailframes/react-components"
#64
Built At Lightspeed
4.0
(1)
"Built At Lightspeed has a really good collection as well: https://www.builtatlightspeed.com/?themes%5BrefinementList%5D%5Bcategories.css%5D%5B0%5D=tailwind&themes%5BrefinementList%5D%5Bcategories.blueprint%5D%5B0%5D=ui-kit"
#65
Elastic UI
4.0
(1)
"Https://eui.elastic.co is my favorite, you just have to be careful with their licensing."
#66
BlueprintJS
4.0
(1)
"Blueprintjs.com is a fantastic library with great documentation, great component APIs, and it is easy to work with."
#67
Headless UI
4.0
(1)
"I like using headlessUI. It's actually the only one i have used, but since i had no complaints i kept coming back to it."
#68
Aceternity UI
4.0
(1)
"Checkout this out - it looks cool to me"
#69
Syntax UI
4.0
(1)
"Checkout this out - it looks cool to me"
#70
Sailboat UI
4.0
(1)
"Free Tailwind CSS Component: Sailboat UI"
#71
Preline UI
4.0
(1)
"Free Tailwind CSS Component: Preline UI"
#72
Tailwind Toolbox
4.0
(1)
"Free Tailwind CSS Component: Tailwind Toolbox"
#73
Once UI
3.0
(1)
"Once ui has a really neat token system, very few dependencies and a bunch of smart components."
#74
Vuexy
3.0
(1)
"Vuexy seems nice"
#75
FlyonUI
3.0
(1)
"I would like to suggest: https://flyonui.com/"
#76
Flowbite React
3.0
(1)
"I would add Flowbite React too even if it's still in development."
#77
Ariakit
3.0
(1)
"Ariakit and Radix."
#78
Gluestack
3.0
(1)
"Gluestack is not that mature yet."
#79
Joy UI
2.0
(1)
"Started building one project with Joy and already found too much style issues/bugs so i abandoned idea with Joy."
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