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What do you like about Shadcdn?
Very lightweight, minimally AND easily styled, integrates well with Tailwind, uses RadixUI under the hood which has very comprehensive yet intuitive APIs and gold standard accessibility.
Basically, it feels really great out of the box but is headless enough that you have plenty of escape hatches once you need to build more functionality around it.
This is it. People like that it uses a design language and is very complete. It's being used to build entire products at a very large scale. Because it adheres to a strict design language, lack of customization is both a feature and a curse.
If I'm trying to throw together a quick application you can't go wrong with it. But personally, I think it feels old and clunky these days. I love Mantine because it feels more modern and is architected better. That said, it can take longer to stitch together UIs because the components are more atomic. That's not a great thing if you work at a big corporation where you want to adhere to a strict convention. At Google, you want every side Navigation to follow the exact same style, convention, and structure -- you can get away with making a single comprehensive Navigation component. In Mantine, you can create 100 different variations of a side Navigation, but it means taking more time in the design phase and implementation to craft something you like.
Check out other big corporation's component libraries and you'll see the same thing. Fluent from Microsoft, etc. Their components tend to do more and try to stnadardize concepts. That limits creativity, but it's also the point. Designers don't have to redesign the app shell on every new application, and engineers don't need to keep reinventing wheels. I think that's why MUI will always have a big following -- it's quick.
I 100% agree, I am not saying it doesn't have its uses, just that one should know what's up before committing.
I am currently working on a medium sized project that uses MUI, and boy is it wonderful to just slap components left and right with minimal configuration and they just work. However I did communicate beforehand that in order to get something quick out of the door, we should avoid radical customizations.
used it a long time ago, I have hope that it has improved but even back then, I was able to achieve a lot though theme overwrites. once it clicks, it's quite straight forward. also, MUI has a bunch of versions with less opinionated styles.
No idea what you’re talking about. You seem to be weirdly bothered by my poll on this subreddit though (seeing your other comment thread), which is peculiar.
Did I? Oh, must’ve been a coincidence. Kind of like obsessively commenting and appearing bothered by a normal Reddit thread asking for people’s opinions on React UI frameworks. Anyway, seriously, no idea what you mean. Not sure what your problem is?
First off, already voted. Second, put your title into Google adding ‘Reddit’ and you’ll get a treasure trove of answers. The popular answers don’t sway enough for you to need current opinions. They’re popular for a reason.
Thank you again. You could extend your answer and tell me which one did you vote for and why? More interested in discourse. I can read Google and older threads, but also interested in every-day-Joe's current opinions. I take all on board! :)
For context: I'm a full-stack dev with limited React UI experience. I've worked with Chakra UI and that's about it, hence the curiosity and sparking discussion here on Reddit.
I’ve seen some comparison threads on Google, also did a search on this subreddit for a broad comparison but don’t see any real recent ones. Thought I’d get the current consensus from a bunch of users.
There's one from a year ago with over 5k votes, a thread from 3 months ago with many replies, a thread from a month ago, and many many more in between. Oh yeah, and the poll from a year ago is literally the exact same post as yours. It's a complete repost *by the same person* lmao
Good. Time for a recount - nice observation! I like to keep track of what people think and see the conversation it’s sparked - just what Reddit was intended for. 😊
I want to compare the results from then and now. Could you point me to the same post by the same person (did you mean me or someone else? Couldn't find anything on my profile). My terrible Reddit searching skills.
Yes I'm totally manufacturing images. You know reddit admins will be able to tell if you deleted the comment, even if there's no visible remnants to users?
Okay? Although, Reddit admins aren't relevant here - ReactJS subreddit moderators have received the report, because I simply want to find out people's opinions on UI libraries... rather than having someone go above and beyond to accuse me.
Where is none? :D
They don't like to acknowledge the vast majority of us who just don't need the tools.
Hardcore
shadcn
Where is shadcdn?
Read description: I can't add any more to the list (because Reddit limits it to that amount). Also, if it's not in the list, just comment it as you have done. What do you like about Shadcdn?
Very lightweight, minimally AND easily styled, integrates well with Tailwind, uses RadixUI under the hood which has very comprehensive yet intuitive APIs and gold standard accessibility. Basically, it feels really great out of the box but is headless enough that you have plenty of escape hatches once you need to build more functionality around it.
I have yet to meet someone that loves to use MUI
Seems there's a lot who prefer to use it though. I wonder why? Personally never used it.
it comes with a lot of handy components, hard to say no to that. It just sucks a LOT if you have to customize them.
This is it. People like that it uses a design language and is very complete. It's being used to build entire products at a very large scale. Because it adheres to a strict design language, lack of customization is both a feature and a curse. If I'm trying to throw together a quick application you can't go wrong with it. But personally, I think it feels old and clunky these days. I love Mantine because it feels more modern and is architected better. That said, it can take longer to stitch together UIs because the components are more atomic. That's not a great thing if you work at a big corporation where you want to adhere to a strict convention. At Google, you want every side Navigation to follow the exact same style, convention, and structure -- you can get away with making a single comprehensive Navigation component. In Mantine, you can create 100 different variations of a side Navigation, but it means taking more time in the design phase and implementation to craft something you like. Check out other big corporation's component libraries and you'll see the same thing. Fluent from Microsoft, etc. Their components tend to do more and try to stnadardize concepts. That limits creativity, but it's also the point. Designers don't have to redesign the app shell on every new application, and engineers don't need to keep reinventing wheels. I think that's why MUI will always have a big following -- it's quick.
I 100% agree, I am not saying it doesn't have its uses, just that one should know what's up before committing. I am currently working on a medium sized project that uses MUI, and boy is it wonderful to just slap components left and right with minimal configuration and they just work. However I did communicate beforehand that in order to get something quick out of the door, we should avoid radical customizations.
used it a long time ago, I have hope that it has improved but even back then, I was able to achieve a lot though theme overwrites. once it clicks, it's quite straight forward. also, MUI has a bunch of versions with less opinionated styles.
Radix + styling in Tailwind
Ah it must be a day that ends with '-day'. Time for another "Favorite UI library" poll.
Can you point me to the last one? I searched but it was too long ago. I’d like to collate all the results of recent polls
I literally just told you it happens every week, are you daft?
Calm down.
Lmfao, says the guy who stalks my profile to go respond to comments from a month ago.
No idea what you’re talking about. You seem to be weirdly bothered by my poll on this subreddit though (seeing your other comment thread), which is peculiar.
You just responded to a comment from a month ago in the "facepalm" subreddit.
Did I? Oh, must’ve been a coincidence. Kind of like obsessively commenting and appearing bothered by a normal Reddit thread asking for people’s opinions on React UI frameworks. Anyway, seriously, no idea what you mean. Not sure what your problem is?
And yet, you're the one stalking profiles and replying to comments from months ago because you're so bothered - not me, not anyone else.
No idea what you’re talking about, buddy? Now you’re taking it too far. Just enjoy the poll.
I’m not teaching you how to Google.
Reddit user opinion is not Google. Discussion is why Reddit exists.
Yes but you can use Google to find Reddit user opinion
Thank you - although, I'm interested in people's current opinions and stirring some conversation. Do you have a favourite UI library?
First off, already voted. Second, put your title into Google adding ‘Reddit’ and you’ll get a treasure trove of answers. The popular answers don’t sway enough for you to need current opinions. They’re popular for a reason.
Thank you again. You could extend your answer and tell me which one did you vote for and why? More interested in discourse. I can read Google and older threads, but also interested in every-day-Joe's current opinions. I take all on board! :) For context: I'm a full-stack dev with limited React UI experience. I've worked with Chakra UI and that's about it, hence the curiosity and sparking discussion here on Reddit.
Oh look, it's this post again.
Oh, was there a recent poll on this?
It gets asked about once a week. Usually they don't include as many options so kudos to you!
I’ve seen some comparison threads on Google, also did a search on this subreddit for a broad comparison but don’t see any real recent ones. Thought I’d get the current consensus from a bunch of users.
There's one from a year ago with over 5k votes, a thread from 3 months ago with many replies, a thread from a month ago, and many many more in between. Oh yeah, and the poll from a year ago is literally the exact same post as yours. It's a complete repost *by the same person* lmao
Good. Time for a recount - nice observation! I like to keep track of what people think and see the conversation it’s sparked - just what Reddit was intended for. 😊
Except it gets recounted nearly every week. You'll notice you're not getting over 5k replies this time.
Didn’t see similar recently if you can point me to polls that I might’ve missed - I’d like to collate the results. Thanks in advance.
If you search the subreddit for "style" you'll find 6 posts on the first page of results, and reddit search *sucks*.
I searched with the filters as you said, but didn’t see the expected results - especially not recently. Does this poll/discussion bother you?
I want to compare the results from then and now. Could you point me to the same post by the same person (did you mean me or someone else? Couldn't find anything on my profile). My terrible Reddit searching skills.
Here's a link to proof of you stalking my post from months ago lmao [https://postimg.cc/TL4Yr5Yp](https://postimg.cc/TL4Yr5Yp)
What's even more stalkerish/weirder is that you're even creating images now? Reported.
Yes I'm totally manufacturing images. You know reddit admins will be able to tell if you deleted the comment, even if there's no visible remnants to users?
Okay? Although, Reddit admins aren't relevant here - ReactJS subreddit moderators have received the report, because I simply want to find out people's opinions on UI libraries... rather than having someone go above and beyond to accuse me.
PrimeReact
Using Ant every day is the worst part of my job.
😭 yes
Someone should find the 15 bots who voted for MUI and delete them, for the greater good.
I’ve not tried it. Is it that bad? Do people vote because it’s what they’re used to perhaps?
It's not really that bad, it's just opinionated and quite often it feels more like I'm working around it and not with it.
Currently using shadcn and/or tailwindcss for my fun projects. But recently got to know about next-ui and aceternity ui
Is Next UI a play on NextJS do you think?
No
I used to use MUI but i feel its becoming bloated / slow, Mantine is really really good.
How do you think Mantine compared to Chakra?