Top TypeScript UI Libraries

Ant Design is a popular React UI library with a set of high-quality components and design resources.

Code Example

import { Button } from 'antd';

const App = () => (
  <Button type="primary">Hello, Ant Design!</Button>
);

Pros

• Offers a comprehensive set of well-designed, customizable components compared to more focused libraries like Recharts or Apollo Client.
• Provides excellent documentation and design resources, surpassing many other UI libraries in this aspect.
• Has a large and active community, ensuring regular updates and support.

Cons

• May have a steeper learning curve compared to simpler UI libraries like Naive UI or Flowbite.
• Can lead to larger bundle sizes when compared to more lightweight alternatives like Tamagui or MagicUI.
• Less flexible for creating custom designs compared to lower-level libraries like Radix UI or Headless UI.

Storybook is an open-source tool for building UI components and pages in isolation, making it easier to develop, test, and document user interfaces.

Code Example

import { Button } from './Button';

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

export const Primary = () => <Button primary>Button</Button>;

Pros

• Storybook provides a sandbox environment for developing and testing UI components in isolation, which is not a primary focus of many other projects listed.
• It offers extensive documentation and addon ecosystem, making it highly customizable and adaptable to various workflows.
• Storybook supports multiple frontend frameworks, unlike some framework-specific options in the list.

Cons

• Storybook requires additional setup and configuration compared to some all-in-one UI libraries like Ant Design or Vuetify.
• It focuses primarily on component development and documentation, lacking the full application framework features of projects like Ionic or Vue Vben Admin.
• Storybook doesn't provide pre-built components out of the box, unlike UI libraries such as Ant Design Mobile or PrimeNG.

Ionic Framework is an open-source UI toolkit for building performant, high-quality mobile and desktop apps using web technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript).

Code Example

<ion-content>
  <ion-button>Click Me</ion-button>
  <ion-list>
    <ion-item>Item 1</ion-item>
    <ion-item>Item 2</ion-item>
  </ion-list>
</ion-content>

Pros

• Offers a comprehensive set of pre-built UI components specifically designed for mobile and desktop applications.
• Provides excellent cross-platform compatibility, allowing developers to build apps for iOS, Android, and web from a single codebase.
• Integrates well with popular JavaScript frameworks like Angular, React, and Vue.

Cons

• May have a steeper learning curve compared to some other UI libraries due to its mobile-first approach and specific component structure.
• Performance can be slightly slower than native apps, especially for complex applications with heavy animations.
• While versatile, it may not offer as many specialized components as some domain-specific libraries (e.g., data visualization libraries like recharts).

Vuetify is a popular Material Design component framework for Vue.js applications.

Code Example

<template>
  <v-app>
    <v-btn color="primary">Click me</v-btn>
  </v-app>
</template>

Pros

• Extensive collection of pre-built Material Design components, saving development time
• Seamless integration with Vue.js, providing a smooth developer experience
• Active community and regular updates, ensuring long-term support and improvements

Cons

• Larger bundle size compared to some lightweight alternatives like Naive UI
• Less flexibility in customization compared to more generic UI libraries like Tailwind CSS
• Steeper learning curve for developers not familiar with Material Design principles

FlowiseAI/Flowise is an open-source UI visual tool for building LLM (Large Language Model) flows.

Pros

• Provides a user-friendly visual interface for creating LLM workflows, making it more accessible than code-based alternatives.
• Offers integration with various LLM models and tools, allowing for flexible and customizable AI pipelines.
• Focuses specifically on LLM workflows, unlike more general-purpose UI frameworks or design systems.

Cons

• Has a narrower scope compared to full-fledged UI frameworks like Ant Design or Ionic, limiting its use cases.
• May have a smaller community and ecosystem compared to more established projects like Storybook or Apollo Client.
• Lacks the comprehensive UI component libraries offered by projects like Vuetify or Naive UI.