Top Vue Components Libraries
Top 5 Projects Compared
Storybook is an open-source tool for building UI components and pages in isolation, making it easier to develop, test, and document UI components.
Code Example
import { Button } from './Button';
export default {
component: Button,
title: 'Components/Button',
};
export const Primary = () => <Button primary>Button</Button>;
Pros
- Storybook provides a comprehensive development environment for UI components, unlike more focused libraries like Vue.Draggable or vue-lazyload.
- It offers extensive documentation and addon ecosystem, surpassing many of the listed Vue-specific UI libraries.
- Storybook supports multiple frameworks, making it more versatile than framework-specific options like Element, Vuetify, or Ant Design Vue.
Cons
- Storybook has a steeper learning curve compared to simpler UI libraries like Buefy or Bootstrap Vue.
- It requires more setup and configuration than lightweight alternatives such as HeadlessUI or Naive UI.
- Storybook focuses on component development and documentation, lacking the full application framework features of projects like Bit or Mitosis.
Element is a popular Vue.js 2.0 UI toolkit for building responsive web interfaces.
Code Example
<template>
<el-button type="primary" @click="handleClick">Click me</el-button>
</template>
Pros
- Comprehensive set of pre-built components, reducing development time
- Well-documented and maintained, with a large community for support
- Seamless integration with Vue.js, making it easy to use in Vue projects
Cons
- Primarily designed for Vue 2, which may be less relevant for newer projects using Vue 3
- Heavier bundle size compared to more lightweight alternatives like Tailwind UI
- Less flexibility in customization compared to utility-first frameworks like Tailwind CSS
Vuetify is a comprehensive Material Design component framework for Vue.js, offering a rich set of pre-built UI components and tools for building responsive web applications.
Code Example
<template>
<v-app>
<v-btn color="primary">Click me</v-btn>
</v-app>
</template>
Pros
- Provides a vast collection of ready-to-use Material Design components, reducing development time and ensuring consistency.
- Offers excellent documentation and community support, making it easier for developers to learn and implement.
- Includes built-in responsive grid system and layout components, simplifying the creation of responsive designs.
Cons
- Has a larger bundle size compared to some lightweight alternatives like Tailwind UI or Headless UI.
- Follows a more opinionated design approach, which may limit customization options for projects requiring unique designs.
- Steeper learning curve for developers unfamiliar with Material Design principles or Vue.js ecosystem.
Headless UI is a set of completely unstyled, fully accessible UI components for React and Vue.
Code Example
<Menu as="div" class="relative inline-block text-left">
<MenuButton>Options</MenuButton>
<MenuItems>
<MenuItem v-slot="{ active }">Edit</MenuItem>
</MenuItems>
</Menu>
Pros
- Provides fully accessible components out of the box, saving development time on accessibility implementation
- Offers complete styling flexibility, allowing seamless integration with any design system or custom styles
- Lightweight and focused solely on functionality, resulting in smaller bundle sizes compared to full UI frameworks
Cons
- Requires more initial setup and styling work compared to pre-styled component libraries like Vuetify or Element
- Has a smaller set of components compared to more comprehensive UI libraries like Ant Design Vue or Bootstrap Vue
- May have a steeper learning curve for developers accustomed to pre-styled components, as it requires understanding of accessibility patterns
Youzan/vant is a lightweight, customizable mobile UI library for Vue.js applications.
Code Example
import { Button } from 'vant';
import 'vant/lib/index.css';
Vue.use(Button);
Pros
- Offers a comprehensive set of mobile-first components, making it ideal for mobile app development
- Provides excellent documentation and examples, making it easy for developers to get started
- Has a smaller bundle size compared to some other UI libraries, improving performance
Cons
- Primarily focused on mobile development, which may limit its versatility for desktop applications
- Has fewer components compared to larger libraries like Element or Vuetify
- Less popular in the global market compared to some other Vue UI libraries, potentially resulting in a smaller community and fewer resources
All Top Projects
storybook
Storybook is the industry standard workshop for building, documenting, and testing UI components in isolation
element
A Vue.js 2.0 UI Toolkit for Web
vuetify
🐉 Vue Component Framework
headlessui
Completely unstyled, fully accessible UI components, designed to integrate beautifully with Tailwind CSS.
vant
A lightweight, customizable Vue UI library for mobile web apps.
iview
A high quality UI Toolkit built on Vue.js 2.0
ant-design-vue
🌈 An enterprise-class UI components based on Ant Design and Vue. 🐜
Vue.Draggable
Vue drag-and-drop component based on Sortable.js
mdx
Markdown for the component era
bit
AI-powered development workspaces with reusable components, architectural clarity and zero overhead.
naive-ui
A Vue 3 Component Library. Fairly Complete. Theme Customizable. Uses TypeScript. Fast.
vux
Mobile UI Components based on Vue & WeUI
Visual CopilotPromo
Turn Figma designs into high-quality code using AI
bootstrap-vue
BootstrapVue provides one of the most comprehensive implementations of Bootstrap v4 for Vue.js. With extensive and automated WAI-ARIA accessibility markup.
primevue
Next Generation Vue UI Component Library
mitosis
Write components once, run everywhere. Compiles to React, Vue, Qwik, Solid, Angular, Svelte, and more.
core
A toolchain for building scalable, enterprise-ready component systems on top of TypeScript and Web Component standards. Stencil components can be distributed natively to React, Angular, Vue, and traditional web developers from a single, framework-agnostic codebase.
vue-awesome-swiper
🏆 Swiper component for @vuejs
vue-echarts
Vue.js component for Apache ECharts™.
vue-material
Vue.js Framework - ready-to-use Vue components with Material Design, free forever.
buefy
Lightweight UI components for Vue.js based on Bulma
OnsenUI
Mobile app development framework and SDK using HTML5 and JavaScript. Create beautiful and performant cross-platform mobile apps. Based on Web Components, and provides bindings for Angular 1, 2, React and Vue.js.
tsparticles
tsParticles - Easily create highly customizable JavaScript particles effects, confetti explosions and fireworks animations and use them as animated backgrounds for your website. Ready to use components available for React.js, Vue.js (2.x and 3.x), Angular, Svelte, jQuery, Preact, Inferno, Solid, Riot and Web Components.
intl-tel-input
A JavaScript plugin for entering and validating international telephone numbers. React, Vue and Angular components also included.
vue-lazyload
A Vue.js plugin for lazyload your Image or Component in your application.
vue-quill-editor
@quilljs editor component for @vuejs(2)
vue-multiselect
Universal select/multiselect/tagging component for Vue.js
number-flow
An animated number component for React, Vue, Svelte, and TS/JS.
nutui
京东风格的移动端 Vue 组件库,支持多端小程序(A Vue.js UI Toolkit for Mobile Web)
vue-class-component
ES / TypeScript decorator for class-style Vue components.
vue-flow
A highly customizable Flowchart component for Vue 3. Features seamless zoom & pan 🔎, additional components like a Minimap 🗺 and utilities to interact with state and graph.