The best Element alternatives
8 tools that do a similar job to Element, 8 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
- 1
Element Plus
Open source · MIT · ★ 27.8k
A Vue 3 component library of ready-made UI pieces, written in TypeScript.
Best for: Developers building admin panels or business web apps with Vue 3; Teams migrating from Element UI to Vue 3
- 2
BootstrapVue
Open source · MIT · ★ 14.4k
Old Bootstrap component library for Vue 2; project has moved to bootstrap-vue-next.
Best for: Developers maintaining an existing Vue 2 app that already uses BootstrapVue; Teams looking for the history of this project before moving to bootstrap-vue-next
- 3
PrimeVue
Open source · MIT · ★ 14.4k
Vue UI component library, now in security-fix-only mode; development moved to PrimeUI.
Best for: Vue developers who already use PrimeVue and need security fixes for existing projects; Teams maintaining an existing PrimeVue codebase who want to keep their current MIT release
- 4
Vant
Open source · MIT · ★ 24.4k
A Vue UI component library for building mobile web pages, MIT licensed.
Best for: Teams building mobile-first web apps or H5 pages in Vue; Developers who want prebuilt mobile components with theming options
- 5
Mint UI
Open source · MIT · ★ 16.4k
Mobile UI components for Vue 2 apps, distributed as an npm package.
Best for: Developers building mobile-style web pages or apps with Vue 2; Teams that want prebuilt Vue components rather than writing their own UI controls
- 6
VUX
Open source · MIT · ★ 17.4k
Mobile UI component library for Vue 2, built on WeUI styles.
Best for: Developers building mobile web pages with Vue 2; Teams making WeChat-style or WeUI-style mobile interfaces
- 7
shadcn-vue
Open source · MIT · ★ 10.8k
A Vue port of shadcn-ui: copy-in UI components you can customize and build on.
Best for: Vue developers who want ready-made UI components they can edit directly; Teams building their own internal component library
- 8
Headless UI
Open source · MIT · ★ 28.8k
Unstyled, accessible UI components (React and Vue) that you style yourself, often with Tailwind CSS.
Best for: React or Vue developers building custom-designed interfaces; Teams already using Tailwind CSS who want accessible widgets that match their styling
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Element. We don't take payment for placement.