The best Floating UI alternatives
3 tools that do a similar job to Floating UI, 3 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.
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Floating UIA small JavaScript library for positioning tooltips, popovers and dropdowns next to other elements.
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Semantic UI
Open source · MIT · ★ 51k
A CSS and JavaScript UI component framework built around theming and readable HTML.
Best for: Front-end developers who want prebuilt UI components they can restyle with themes; Teams building responsive websites that need to work across many devices
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Driver.js
Open source · MIT · ★ 27k
A small, dependency-free JavaScript library for highlighting page elements and building product tours.
Best for: Web developers adding a product tour or onboarding flow to an existing web app; Teams introducing new features to users inside a site
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downshift
Open source · MIT · ★ 12.3k
React hooks and a render-prop component for building accessible autocomplete, combobox and select dropdowns.
Best for: React developers building a custom autocomplete or search-as-you-type input; Teams that need a select or combobox that meets WAI-ARIA accessibility patterns
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 Floating UI. We don't take payment for placement.