Top Svelte UI Libraries

Storybook is a frontend workshop for building UI components and pages in isolation.

Code Example

import { Button } from './Button';

export default {
  component: Button,
  title: 'Components/Button',
};

Pros

• Provides a comprehensive development environment for UI components across multiple frameworks.
• Offers extensive documentation, addons, and a large community for support.
• Enables easy testing and visual regression testing for UI components.

Cons

• Can be complex to set up and configure, especially for larger projects.
• Has a steeper learning curve compared to some simpler UI development tools.
• May add overhead to the development process, which might not be necessary for smaller projects.

Svelte is a modern JavaScript framework for building user interfaces with a focus on simplicity and performance.

Code Example

<script>
  let count = 0;
</script>

<button on:click={() => count++}>Clicks: {count}</button>

Pros

• Svelte offers a simpler and more intuitive syntax compared to many other frameworks.
• It compiles to vanilla JavaScript, resulting in smaller bundle sizes and better performance.
• Svelte has a gentler learning curve, making it accessible to developers of various skill levels.

Cons

• Svelte has a smaller ecosystem and fewer third-party libraries compared to more established frameworks like React or Vue.
• It may have limited tooling support in some areas compared to more mature frameworks.
• Svelte's compile-time approach can make certain dynamic runtime behaviors more challenging to implement.

TanStack Table is a headless UI library for building powerful tables and datagrids in React, Vue, and Solid.

Code Example

import { useTable } from '@tanstack/react-table'

const table = useTable({ columns, data })
return <table {...table.getTableProps()}>{/* ... */}</table>

Pros

• Offers advanced features like sorting, filtering, and pagination out of the box
• Framework-agnostic, supporting React, Vue, and Solid
• Highly customizable and extensible with a plugin system

Cons

• Steeper learning curve compared to simpler table libraries
• Requires more setup and configuration than some UI component libraries
• Not as comprehensive as full UI frameworks like Chakra UI or Skeleton

huggingface/chat-ui is an open-source chat interface for large language models, designed to be easily customizable and deployable.

Pros

• Specifically tailored for AI chat applications, unlike more general UI libraries like Storybook or Svelte
• Integrates seamlessly with Hugging Face's ecosystem of AI models and tools
• Provides a ready-to-use chat interface, reducing development time compared to building from scratch

Cons

• Less flexible for non-chat applications compared to general-purpose UI libraries like Svelte or Chakra UI
• May have a steeper learning curve for developers not familiar with AI-specific concepts
• Potentially less mature and with fewer community resources compared to more established projects like Storybook or TanStack Table

TanStack/virtual is a headless UI library for efficiently rendering large lists and tables with virtualization.

Code Example

import { useVirtualizer } from '@tanstack/react-virtual'

const rowVirtualizer = useVirtualizer({
  count: rows.length,
  getScrollElement: () => parentRef.current,
  estimateSize: () => 35,
})

Pros

• Highly performant for rendering large datasets compared to most UI libraries listed
• Framework-agnostic, unlike Svelte-specific libraries like sveltejs/svelte or skeletonlabs/skeleton
• Focused on virtualization, providing a specialized solution unlike more general-purpose UI libraries

Cons

• Limited to virtualization, lacking the comprehensive UI components of libraries like chakra-ui/zag or konstaui/konsta
• Requires more setup and configuration compared to out-of-the-box solutions like storybookjs/storybook
• Less suitable for rapid prototyping or small-scale applications compared to full UI frameworks like hperrin/svelte-material-ui