jQuery UI Alternatives

jQuery UI is described as 'Open source library of interface components — interactions, full-featured widgets, and animation effects — based on the stellar jQuery javascript library . Each component is built according to jQuery's event-driven architecture (find something, manipulate' and is an website in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to jQuery UI, not only websites but also apps for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux and Self-Hosted apps. The best jQuery UI alternative is React, which is both free and Open Source. Other great sites and apps similar to jQuery UI are UIkit, Purecss, Ext JS and Hono.dev.

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  1. React icon
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    A JavaScript library for building user interfaces.

    61 React alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
    • React is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to jQuery UI.

    • React is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to jQuery UI.

    • React is Free and Open SourcejQuery UI is also Free and Open Source
    • React is CustomizablejQuery UI is not according to our users
  2. UIkit icon
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    A lightweight and modular front-end framework for developing fast and powerful web interfaces.

    101 UIkit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
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  3. Purecss icon
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    A set of small, responsive CSS modules that you can use in every web project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. Ext JS icon
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    Ext JS is a JavaScript library for building interactive web applications using techniques such as Ajax, DHTML and DOM scripting. Ext includes interoperability with jQuery and Prototype.

    41 Ext JS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
     
    • Ext JS is the most popular commercial alternative to jQuery UI.

    • Ext JS is Paid and ProprietaryjQuery UI is Free and Open Source
  5. Hono.dev icon
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    Hono - means flame 🔥 in Japanese - is a small, simple, and ultrafast web framework for the Edges. It works on any JavaScript runtime: Cloudflare Workers, Fastly Compute, Deno, Bun, Vercel, AWS Lambda, Lambda@Edge, and Node.js.

    57 Hono.dev alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
    • npm
     
    • Hono.dev is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to jQuery UI.

    • Hono.dev is Free and Open SourcejQuery UI is also Free and Open Source
    • Hono.dev is LightweightjQuery UI is not according to our users
  6. RiotJS icon
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    Riot lets you build user interfaces with custom tags using simple and enjoyable syntax. It uses a virtual DOM similar to React but faster. Riot is very tiny compared to industry standards. We think there is a clear need for another UI library.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Fresh is a next generation web framework, built for speed, reliability, and simplicity. Some stand out features:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. DevExtreme icon
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    DevExtreme is a commercial application framework made by DevExpress. It is based on HTML5 and JavaScript and can generate native applications for smartphones and tablets (Windows Phone, iOS and Android) and responsive webapps for a traditional desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
     
    • DevExtreme is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to jQuery UI.

    • DevExtreme is Free Personal and Open SourcejQuery UI is Free and Open Source
  9. w2ui icon
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    W2UI is a small JavaScript UI library with a complete set of widgets: layout, grid, sidebar, toolbar, tabs, fields, popup, utilities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. GroundworkCSS icon
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    GroundworkCSS is a 100% free and open source responsive HTML5, CSS and JavaScript Framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. Webix UI  icon
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    JavaScript Library / HTML5 UI framework for developers with SpreadSheet, Pivot, Kanban, FileManager, Scheduler, Datatable, TreeTable and etc. widgets.

    42 Webix UI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Blackberry 10
     
  12. Kendo UI icon
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    Kendo UI is JQuery-based framework for rich UI, build HTML5 apps that look native on any device, build desktop and mobile applications for any browser.

    32 Kendo UI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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