jQuery UI Alternatives

Sites and apps similar to jQuery UI include React, which is free and open source. Other options are UIkit, Purecss, Fresh Web Framework and Ext JS. JavaScript Frameworks like jQuery UI are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Mac, Linux, self-hosting and iPad.

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  1. React icon
     88 likes

    A JavaScript library for building user interfaces.

    76 React alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  2. UIkit icon
     38 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
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  5. 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.

    44 Ext JS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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  7. 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)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • npm
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  8. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
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  9. 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
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  10. GroundworkCSS icon
     6 likes

    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
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  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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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  12. JQWidgets icon
     4 likes

    Unique toolkit for HTML5 Web development

    jQWidgets gives us something new and special. It’s a new and unique library for Web development and unlike others it makes our Apps and Websites look beautiful on desktops, touch devices and mobile phones. jQWidgets is the ultimate UI too.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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