Best React UI component libraries
Ready-made React components for building interfaces. @mui/material leads with about 13.7M real installs a week, followed by @headlessui/react with about 9.94M.
| package | real installs / week | npm / week | noise | last release | confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. @mui/materialMaterial UI is an open-source React component library that implements Google's Material Design. It's comprehensive and … | 13.7M | 13,709,623 | under 1% | Oct 2026 | high |
| 2. @headlessui/reactA set of completely unstyled, fully accessible UI components for React, designed to integrate beautifully with Tailwind… | 9.94M | 9,943,769 | under 1% | Apr 2026 | high |
| 3. antdAn enterprise-class UI design language and React components implementation | 5.34M | 5,344,925 | under 1% | Nov 2026 | high |
| 4. @mantine/coreReact components library focused on usability, accessibility and developer experience | 3.61M | 3,611,651 | under 1% | Nov 2026 | high |
| 5. @chakra-ui/reactResponsive and accessible React UI components built with React and Emotion | 2.05M | 2,050,118 | under 1% | Nov 2026 | high |
| 6. react-bootstrapBootstrap 5 components built with React | 1.7M | 1,699,195 | under 1% | May 2025 | high |
Ranked by real installs. That measures use, not quality: read the notes below before choosing. Mirror spikes and crawlers removed. CI and dependency installs still count, so this is not a head count. Noise: the share of npm's count that mirror spikes and crawlers account for. What remains still includes CI and dependency installs. Rows are refreshed in rotation, the oldest here on Nov 6, 2026.
How do they differ?
MUI implements Material Design. Ant Design is common in data-heavy admin interfaces. Chakra UI and Mantine offer styled, themeable components. React Bootstrap wraps Bootstrap, and Headless UI provides accessible behavior with no styles of its own.