The best React DnD alternatives
4 tools that do a similar job to React DnD, 4 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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dnd-kit
Open source · MIT · ★ 17.8k
A toolkit for building drag and drop interfaces on the web, with adapters for several frameworks.
Best for: Developers building sortable lists or grids in a React, Vue, Svelte, or Solid app; Teams that want keyboard and screen reader support built into drag and drop
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React-Grid-Layout
Open source · MIT · ★ 22.5k
A React component library for draggable, resizable grid layouts with responsive breakpoints.
Best for: React developers building dashboards with movable panels; Teams migrating from v1 who can use the legacy wrapper for a smoother transition
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Puck
Open source · MIT · ★ 13.6k
A visual drag-and-drop page editor you embed in your own React app.
Best for: React developers adding a page builder to an existing app; Teams that want content editors to arrange pre-approved components visually
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react-dropzone
Open source · MIT · ★ 11k
A React hook for building drag-and-drop file upload zones in web pages.
Best for: React developers adding file upload to a web app; Projects that need a drop area with a click-to-select fallback
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 DnD. We don't take payment for placement.