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The best react-content-loader alternatives

8 tools that do a similar job to react-content-loader, 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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react-content-loader

A React component that draws grey placeholder shapes while content loads.

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    SkeletonView

    Open source · MIT · ★ 12.9k

    A loading placeholder library for iOS that shows grey skeleton shapes where content will appear.

    Best for: iOS developers building apps that load data from the network; Teams using UITableView or UICollectionView lists that need loading placeholders

    Full review react-content-loader vs SkeletonView
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    react-loadable

    Open source · MIT · ★ 16.5k

    A React helper that loads components on demand using promises, to shrink your initial bundle.

    Best for: React developers whose main JavaScript bundle has grown large; Apps that use Webpack and want component-level code splitting

    Full review react-content-loader vs react-loadable
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    React Native Elements

    Open source · MIT · ★ 25.9k

    A library of ready-made UI components for building React Native apps on iOS, Android and web.

    Best for: React Native developers who want ready-made UI components; Teams sharing one codebase across mobile and React web apps

    Full review
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    React Native for Web

    Open source · MIT · ★ 22.2k

    Runs React Native UI components in the browser, using React DOM.

    Best for: Developers who already use React Native and want the same components on the web; Contributors who want to work on the react-native-web package itself

    Full review
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    NativeBase

    Open source · MIT · ★ 20.4k

    Accessible React Native and web UI component library; now in maintenance mode, succeeded by gluestack-ui.

    Best for: Teams maintaining an existing app already built on NativeBase; Developers who need to keep an existing NativeBase v3 codebase running

    Full review
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    Tamagui

    Open source · MIT · ★ 14.3k

    A TypeScript library for building React and React Native UIs that share styling and code.

    Best for: Teams building the same app for web and native with React; Developers who want shared styling across React Native and react-native-web

    Full review
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    UI Kitten

    Open source · MIT · ★ 10.7k

    React Native UI component library with a built-in light/dark theme system, for iOS, Android and web.

    Best for: React Native developers who want a complete set of standard UI controls; Teams that need light and dark themes or custom brand colours

    Full review
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    react-native-swiper

    Open source · MIT · ★ 10.5k

    A swipeable carousel component for React Native apps, with looping, autoplay and pagination dots.

    Best for: React Native developers who need a swipeable image or content carousel; Teams building onboarding or welcome screens with several pages

    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 react-content-loader. We don't take payment for placement.