Top 8 React Libraries You Should Know

Dharmin Shah

31 Aug, 2020

1. Material Kit React

Created with inspiration from Google’s material design, Material Kit React builds a set of elements that put consistency as the main feature. That way, your web project retains a similarity in appearance and functions all through.

The general layout resembles multiple sheets of paper. This imparts a depth and order to the layouts. Three example pages are included. Not only will these pages illustrate what’s possible with this kit, but they also serve as templates where you can substitute text and images with your own.

The kit also contains a number of basic elements such as buttons, badges, sliders, menu, pagination, navigation bars, tabs, and pills. You’ll be able to customize the style, size, and color for most elements. The JavaScript elements include Modals, tooltips, date-time pickers, carousels, and popovers. Besides using the kit to start a new project, you can also restyle any old Bootstrap project. The pro version contains a lot more components, sections, and example pages.

2. Material-UI

Material UI is a set of components created by Google, that implements their famous Material Design. With over 36k stars on GitHub, it’s the most popular UI package of all React libraries. It’s simple, eye-catching, light, and user-friendly. It’s already been around for a couple of years, but thanks to constant updates, it hasn’t lost its popularity.

3. React Bootstrap

Next on our list of React UI component libraries is React Bootstrap, a UI kit that retains its Bootstrap core. In order to give you more control over the form and function of each component, it replaces Bootstrap’s JavaScript with React. Each component is built to be easily accessible, important for front-end framework building.

And since React Bootstrap doesn’t deviate much from its Bootstrap origins, developers can choose from the thousands of Bootstrap themes readily available. It’s earned 14500+ stars on GitHub.