🧰 Popular UI Libraries in React
UI libraries provide pre-built components to speed up development and ensure consistent design. React has a rich ecosystem of UI libraries that range from utility-first to fully styled design systems.
⚡ Tailwind CSS
- Utility-first CSS framework
- Fully customizable and responsive
- Works well with frameworks like Next.js and React
Popular Addons: Tailwind UI, Headless UI, daisyUI, shadcn/ui
📦 Material UI (MUI)
- Google’s Material Design components for React
- Includes themes, accessibility, and dark mode support
- Large ecosystem of pre-made components
npm install @mui/material @emotion/react @emotion/styled
🏛️ Ant Design
- Enterprise-grade UI library by Alibaba
- Rich set of high-quality components
- Built-in internationalization (i18n)
💎 Chakra UI
- Accessible, themeable components
- Built with emotion and styled-system
- Flexible props-based styling API
🧱 shadcn/ui
- Beautiful components built with Radix UI + Tailwind
- Copy-paste components with full customization
- Ideal for modern apps using Vite, Next.js, or React
📊 Comparison
| Library | Styling | Customizable | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tailwind CSS | Utility classes | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Custom UIs |
| MUI | Component-based | ⭐⭐⭐ | Material Design apps |
| Ant Design | Component-based | ⭐⭐ | Admin dashboards |
| Chakra UI | Styled props | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Accessible UIs |
| shadcn/ui | Tailwind + Radix | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Modern apps |