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The best Material UI alternatives

8 tools that do a similar job to Material UI, 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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Material UI

A React component library of ready-made UI pieces built on Google's Material Design.

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    Chakra UI

    Open source · MIT · ★ 40.7k

    A React component library for building accessible web apps and design systems quickly.

    Best for: React developers who want prebuilt UI components instead of styling from scratch; Teams building web apps or internal design systems in React

    Full review Material UI vs Chakra UI
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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 Material UI vs Ant Design
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    Mantine

    Open source · MIT · ★ 31.9k

    A React component library with 100+ UI components and 80+ hooks, MIT licensed.

    Best for: React developers building web apps who want many components out of the box; Teams that want dark mode and theming support built in

    Full review Material UI vs Mantine
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    Base UI

    Open source · MIT · ★ 11.3k

    Unstyled, accessible React UI components you style yourself.

    Best for: React developers who want accessible components without a fixed visual style; Teams building a custom design system

    Full review
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    React-Bootstrap

    Open source · MIT · ★ 22.6k

    Bootstrap 5 UI components rebuilt as React components.

    Best for: React developers who already use Bootstrap styling; Teams maintaining a React app built on Bootstrap 5

    Full review Material UI vs React-Bootstrap
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    Semantic UI React

    Open source · MIT · ★ 13.2k

    React components that render Semantic UI markup, so you can build interfaces with them.

    Best for: React developers who already use or want Semantic UI styling; Teams building internal apps who want a consistent component set

    Full review Material UI vs Semantic UI React
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    Ant Design Mobile

    Open source · MIT · ★ 12.1k

    A set of ready-made mobile UI components for building mobile web apps in React.

    Best for: Developers building mobile-friendly web apps with React; Teams already using Ant Design who want a mobile counterpart

    Full review
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    react-virtualized

    Open source · MIT · ★ 27.1k

    React components for efficiently rendering large lists and tabular data.

    Best for: React developers who need to display long lists of items; Teams building data tables or grids with many rows

    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 Material UI. We don't take payment for placement.