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The best VUX alternatives

8 tools that do a similar job to VUX, 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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VUX

Mobile UI component library for Vue 2, built on WeUI styles.

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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

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    Element

    Open source · MIT · ★ 54k

    A Vue 2 component library of ready-made UI pieces for building web apps.

    Best for: Developers maintaining an existing Vue 2.x web application; Teams building internal admin or back-office interfaces with Vue 2

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    better-scroll

    Open source · MIT · ★ 16.4k

    A JavaScript library that adds smooth, touch-friendly scrolling to mobile web pages.

    Best for: Front-end developers building mobile web lists or scrollable panels; Teams migrating from iscroll who want a compatible API with extra features

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    ColorUI

    Open source · MIT · ★ 12.4k

    A CSS component library of bright, saturated styles for WeChat Mini Programs and UniApp.

    Best for: Developers building WeChat mini programs who want quick, colorful styling; UniApp developers using Vue who want prebuilt CSS classes

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    Mint UI

    Open source · MIT · ★ 16.4k

    Mobile UI components for Vue 2 apps, distributed as an npm package.

    Best for: Developers building mobile-style web pages or apps with Vue 2; Teams that want prebuilt Vue components rather than writing their own UI controls

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    VeeValidate

    Open source · MIT · ★ 11.3k

    A library for building and validating forms in Vue.js apps.

    Best for: Vue developers who need form validation without writing it from scratch; Teams building Vue 3 forms with synchronous or asynchronous rules

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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

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    PrimeVue

    Open source · MIT · ★ 14.4k

    Vue UI component library, now in security-fix-only mode; development moved to PrimeUI.

    Best for: Vue developers who already use PrimeVue and need security fixes for existing projects; Teams maintaining an existing PrimeVue codebase who want to keep their current MIT release

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 VUX. We don't take payment for placement.