Best FrontEnd & New ReUsable Component Libraries For React JS 2024

1. ShadCN

• ShadCN

  • Description: This is not a library of components. You can copy and paste this collection of reusable components into your apps.

• Advantages:

  1. Ownership and Control over Components✔️
  2. Style is not coupled with the implementation✔️
  3. Works on Any Framework That Supports React Like Next.js, Astro, Remix, Gatsby etc.✔️

• Improvements:

  1. Harder to Setup for beginners ❌

2. Plate.js

• Plate.js

• plate - github

  • Description: Plugin system & primitive component library. CLI for styled components. Customizable. Open Source

• Advantages:

  1. Easier to Setup ✔️
  2. Code and Custom Plugins Can be Set.✔️
  3. Based On RadixUI, and ShadCN/UI.✔️

• Improvements:

  1. Newer Library With a unique way to setup that can be simplified.❌

3. Radix UI

• Radix UI

  • Description: A pre-styled component library called Radix Themes is intended to function right out of the box with little setup required. Visit Radix Primitives if you're seeking for the unstyled components.

• Advantages:

  1. Works on Any Framework That Supports React Like Next.js, Astro, Remix, Gatsby etc.✔️
  2. Can Install an icon package as well npm i @radix-ui/react-icons✔️
  3. Can have a custom Color Palette like TailwindCSS Custom Colors.✔️
  4. Can Install individual Components using Primitives.✔️

• Improvements:

  1. Harder to Setup ❌
  2. No Ownership and Full Control over Components❌

4. Acternity UI

• Acternity UI

  • Description: A UI library with visually appealing components built on Next.js, React, TailwindCSS, and Framer Motion.

• Advantages:

  1. Works on Any Framework That Supports React Like Next.js, Astro, Remix, Gatsby etc.✔️
  2. Best UI Looking Components✔️
  3. Can Install Multiple Free Reusable Components.✔️ Components
  4. Ownership and Full Control over Components

• Improvements:

  1. Needs some dependencies to work properly (framer-motion clsx tailwind-merge @tabler/icons-react), however, these packages are what makes it simple to use something like Acternity UI.❌

5. NextUI

• NextUI

  • Description: With the aid of the React UI library NextUI, you can create stunning and easily navigable user interfaces. Built around React Aria and Tailwind CSS.

• Advantages:

  1. Independent community project From Vercel. ✔️
  2. Built on React TailwindCSS ✔️
  3. Can Install individual Components✔️
  4. Provides a set of accessible and customizable components, hooks, and utilities.✔️