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The default for Next.js builders in 2026. Not a dependency — you copy components into your codebase and own them forever. Built on Radix primitives so accessibility is solid out of the box. The catch:…
The accessibility primitives shadcn/ui is built on. If shadcn is too opinionated drop down one level and use these directly. WAI-ARIA compliant out of the box, unstyled so you bring your own design. ~…
New library from the MUI team in 2026, similar philosophy to Radix Primitives — unstyled accessible components. ~3.7M weekly downloads in early 2026 and moving fast. Worth watching if you hit Radix li…
Composable component library with strong defaults and a great theming system. ~38k stars. Sits between Material UI (too opinionated) and shadcn (too DIY). Good developer experience and accessibility —…
Modern visual style, animations baked in, built on Tailwind. ~22k stars. Slightly more opinionated than shadcn but ships pre-styled. Recently rebranded — check the latest docs.
100+ components and 50+ hooks. ~26k stars. Particularly strong on form handling and date pickers. Less hyped than shadcn but mature, well-documented, and just works. Good fit for SaaS dashboards.
Theme tokens spec for React — colors, spacing, typography as a single config. Older but the underlying idea (design tokens) still matters. Worth knowing the pattern even if you build tokens yourself w…
The icon set shadcn ships with. Clean, consistent stroke, ~1,400 icons, MIT licensed. ~13k stars. Better designed than Feather (which it forked from), better licensed than Heroicons in some setups.
50+ animated React components built on Motion + Tailwind. Copy-paste style like shadcn but for animated effects: animated text, marquee, bento grids, file trees. Pairs perfectly with shadcn for landin…
Vector search inside Postgres. ~12k stars and dominant in 2026 as the boring-but-correct default. If you already have Postgres (Supabase, Neon, RDS), do not add another database — just install this ex…
#2 in the React survey. Tiny, no boilerplate, hook-based. Replaced Redux for most teams. Stays out of your way until you genuinely need it.
Atomic state for React. Different model than Zustand — composable atoms instead of a single store. Better for derived state that updates granularly without re-renders.
Modern Redux. Massively better DX than classic Redux but still more boilerplate than Zustand. Still relevant for big enterprise apps with established Redux patterns and devtools requirements.
Observable-based reactive state. Different mental model than Zustand/Jotai — closer to Vue's reactivity. Still active but losing ground to simpler stores in 2026.
~1.5kb router for React. Sometimes that is exactly what you want — a marketing site, an embedded widget, a Chrome extension popup.
The build tool that won. ~71k stars. Dev server is instant, build is fast, plugin ecosystem is rich. Default for most non-Next.js React/Vue/Svelte projects in 2026.
Chrome-only browser automation from Google. Slightly more raw than Playwright with fewer batteries included, but lighter weight and battle-tested on Chrome quirks. The choice when Playwright's multi-b…
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