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The best Layui alternatives

8 tools that do a similar job to Layui, 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.

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Layui

A free, open-source UI component library for building web pages with plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

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    Bootstrap

    Open source · MIT · ★ 175k

    A free front-end toolkit of ready-made CSS and JavaScript for building responsive websites.

    Best for: Developers building responsive websites or web app interfaces quickly; Teams that want a common design system with ready-made components

    Full review Layui vs Bootstrap
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    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

    Full review Layui vs Element Plus
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    Ant Design

    Open source · MIT · ★ 100k

    A React component library and design system for building enterprise web apps.

    Best for: React developers building admin dashboards or internal business tools; Teams that want a consistent visual style without designing every component from scratch

    Full review Layui vs Ant Design
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    Materialize

    Open source · MIT · ★ 38.8k

    A CSS framework that gives web pages ready-made styled parts based on Google's Material Design.

    Best for: Developers building a web page or app who want a Material Design look quickly; Teams that want a ready-made component set instead of custom styling

    Full review
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    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

    Full review Layui vs shadcn-vue
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    daisyUI

    Open source · MIT · ★ 42.7k

    A free component library of ready-made UI pieces for Tailwind CSS.

    Best for: Developers already using Tailwind CSS who want prebuilt components; Solo builders or small teams prototyping a web interface quickly

    Full review
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    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

    Full review
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    Radix Primitives

    Open source · MIT · ★ 19.5k

    Unstyled, accessible React UI components for building your own design system.

    Best for: Developers building a custom design system who want accessible base components; Teams adding accessible interactive widgets to an existing web app incrementally

    Full review

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 Layui. We don't take payment for placement.