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, Fresh Web Framework and Ext JS.

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  1. UIkit icon
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    A lightweight and modular front-end framework for developing fast and powerful web interfaces.

    102 UIkit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
     
  2. Purecss icon
     17 likes

    A set of small, responsive CSS modules that you can use in every web project.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Ext JS icon
     16 likes

    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
     
  5. Hono.dev icon
     2 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

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    • Self-Hosted
    • npm
     
  6. RiotJS icon
     5 likes

    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.

    41 RiotJS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

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    • Online
     
  7. DevExtreme icon
     9 likes

    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.

    13 DevExtreme alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
     
  8. w2ui icon
     12 likes

    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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. GroundworkCSS icon
     6 likes

    GroundworkCSS is a 100% free and open source responsive HTML5, CSS and JavaScript Framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Webix UI  icon
     17 likes

    JavaScript Library / HTML5 UI framework for developers with SpreadSheet, Pivot, Kanban, FileManager, Scheduler, Datatable, TreeTable and etc. widgets.

    42 Webix UI alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Blackberry 10
     
  11. Kendo UI icon
     7 likes

    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
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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