TL;DR: Want to supercharge your React development with pre-built, customizable components? Explore 10 popular React component libraries that can save you time and effort, from Material UI’s vast collection to Chakra UI’s focus on accessibility. Dive in and discover the perfect library to boost your next React project!
Components are the building blocks in React. You can combine and structure them in a variety of ways to create the desired webpage. The React community has created many component libraries to assist developers in getting started faster. In this article, I’ll go through 10 React component libraries every developer should know.1. MUI
![Material UI](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Material-UI.png)
Features
- Develop design systems quickly and easily.
- Easily create and customize themes that can be used globally across your components.
- Well-organized and straightforward documentation.
Installation
You can install MUI using NPM or Yarn as follows:// with npm npm install @material-ui/core// with yarn yarn add @material-ui/core
Usage
After installation, simply import the Material UI component you wish to use.import React from 'react'; import ReactDOM from 'react-dom'; import Button from '@material-ui/core/Button'; function App() { return <Button variant="contained">Hello World</Button>; } ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.querySelector('#app'));
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2. React Bootstrap : Bootstrap components built with React
![React Bootstrap](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/React-Bootstrap.png)
Features
- Simple to use.
- Composed of elements.
- Uses JSX syntax.
Installation
You can easily install React Bootstrap using NPM as follows:npm install react-bootstrap
Usage
After installation, you can import React Bootstrap components:import Button from 'react-bootstrap/Button';
3. Ant Design UI: An enterprise-class UI design language and React UI library
![Ant Design](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Ant-Design.png)
Features
- Includes a set of high-quality React components right out of the box.
- Developed in TypeScript and uses predictable, static types.
- Internationalization allows the use of many languages.
- Adjust every aspect of the theme to your liking.
Installation
Ant Design can be installed as follows://Using NPM $ npm install antd //Using yarn yarn add antd
Usage
After installation, you can import the Ant Design UI component:import { DatePicker } from 'antd';The following example shows how can use the date picker from Ant Design UI:
ReactDOM.render(<DatePicker />, mountNode);
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4. Semantic UI React: The official Semantic UI integration for React
![Semantic UI](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Semantic-UI.png)
Features
- Easily create responsive layouts.
- Powerful tools for expressing collections and groups.
- Implement cover pages on blog pages.
- Drafts automatically save while writing.
Installation
You can easily install Semantic UI using NPM as follows:npm install semantic-ui-react semantic-ui-css
Usage
Import the minified CSS file into your project once the installation is complete:import React from "react"; import "./styles.css"; import "semantic-ui-css/semantic.min.css"; //css file import { Button, Popup } from "semantic-ui-react"; export default function App() { return ( <div className="App"> <Popup trigger={<Button>Register</Button>} position="top center"> Tooltip for the register button </Popup> </div> ); }
5. Blueprint UI: A React-based UI toolkit for the web
![Blueprint UI](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Blueprint-UI.png)
Features
- Offers all the features you need to engage stakeholders and confidently push a set of requirements through to completion.
- Organize and manage requirements efficiently and effectively.
- Produces a complete set of tests from the requirements automatically.
Installation
You can easily install Blueprint UI using NPM or Yarn as follows://Using NPM npm i @blueprintjs/core //Using yarn yarn add @blueprintjs/coreUsage After installation, you can import Blueprint UI:
import { Button } from "@blueprintjs/core";The following example shows how can use the Button from Blueprint UI:
<Button intent="success" text="button content" onClick={incrementCounter} />
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6. Grommet: Streamline the way you develop apps
![Grommet](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Grommet.png)
Features
- Quickly create layouts for small-screen phones or large-screen displays.
- Complies with W3C’s WCAG 2.1 standard and is accessible via keyboard and screen reader.
Installation
You can easily install Grommet using NPM as follows:npm install grommet grommet-icons styled-components --save
Usage
After installation, you can import a Grommet component like this:import React from 'react'; import { Grommet, Heading } from 'grommet' function App() { return ( <<Grommet className="App">> <</Grommet>> ); } export default App;
7. Chakra UI: Modular and accessible UI components for React applications
![Chakra UI](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Chakra-UI.png)
Features
- Includes many layout components such as box and stack that make it simple to style your components using properties.
- Constructed on top of a React UI Primitive for endless composability.
- Follows WAI-ARIA rules.
- Supports a dark mode.
Installation
You can easily install Chakra UI using NPM or Yarn as follows://Using NPM npm i @chakra-ui/react //Using yarn yarn add @chakra-ui/react
Usage
After installation, you need to import Chakra:import * as React from "react" //import `ChakraProvider` component import { ChakraProvider } from "@chakra-ui/react" function App({ Component }) { //Use at the root of your app return ( <ChakraProvider> <Component /> </ChakraProvider> ) }
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8. Syncfusion React UI : The complete React UI components library
![](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Syncfusion-React-JS.png)
Features
- To facilitate selective referencing, all components are designed as modules.
- The components are touch-friendly and adaptable to the device, resulting in a great user experience.
- Create applications that can be used by a global audience in various languages and cultures.
Installation
You can install the required packages via NPM:npm install @syncfusion/ej2-react-calendars –save
Usage
This is how you can implement a date picker from the Syncfusion UI components:import * as React from 'react' import { DatePickerComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-calendars' import './App.css' function App() { return (<DatePickerComponent id="datepicker" />) } export default App
9. Fluent UI
![Fluent UI](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Fluent-UI.png)
Features
- Every browser supports Fluent UI React.
- Fluent experiences, listen, and adapt.
- Also, you can receive prebuilt components with Fluent UI that may be used to construct most pieces of an application in the Microsoft Office design language.
Installation
You can easily install Fluent UI using NPM as follows:npm i @fluentui/react
Usage
As an example, you can set up a Fluent button component as shown here:import { provideFluentDesignSystem, fluentButton } from “@fluentui/web-components”; provideFluentDesignSystem() .register( fluentButton() );Then, use it like this in your HTML:
<fluent-button appearance=”accent”>Learn more</fluent-button>
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10. Onsen UI: Most efficient way to develop HTML 5 hybrid and mobile web apps
![Onsen UI](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Onsen-UI.png)
Features
- Simple to learn and use.
- Contains a number of ready-to-use UI components including tabs, toolbars, forms, sides menu, lists, stack navigation, and more.
- Also, you can build and package your apps with Onsen UI without installing or configuring the Android or iOS SDKs.
Installation
You can easily install Onsen UI using NPM as follows:npm i onsenui
Usage
Use ES6 imports to specify the modules you want to use in the react-onsenui package as shown below:import { Page, Toolbar, Button } from 'react-onsenui'; // Only import the necessary components // import * as Ons from 'react-onsenui'; // Import everything and use it as 'Ons.Page', 'Ons.Button'
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