Free Kendo UI Alternatives

The best free alternative to Kendo UI is Semantic UI, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Kendo UI and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Kendo UI are UIkit, Material UI, jQuery UI and shadcn-ui.

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  1. Semantic UI icon
     45 likes

    UI framework with 50+ elements and 3000+ CSS variables, ensuring responsive design. Seamlessly integrates with React, Angular, and other frameworks for customizable theming.

    99 Semantic UI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • CSS
    • JavaScript
     
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    Comments about Semantic UI as an Alternative to Kendo UI
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    It is a complete web UI framework. It has a lot more widgets than Bootstrap and almost as many as Kendo UI. It is easy to use, feels lightweight and it has a nice default theme.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    No data grid - this is a big diff

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Semantic UI is a great Kendo UI alternative.

    • Semantic UI is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Kendo UI.

    • Semantic UI is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Kendo UI.

    • Semantic UI is Free and Open SourceKendo UI is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. UIkit icon
     38 likes

    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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    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • UIkit is the most popular Web-based alternative to Kendo UI.

    • UIkit is Free and Open SourceKendo UI is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. Material UI icon
     5 likes

    Material UI is an open-source React component library that implements Google's Material Design. It's comprehensive and can be used in production out of the box.

    97 Material UI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. jQuery UI icon
     27 likes

    jQuery UI is an 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...

    33 jQuery UI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. shadcn-ui icon
     1 like

    A set of beautifully-designed, accessible components and a code distribution platform. Works with your favorite frameworks. Open source. Open code.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Next.js
    • Laravel
    • Typescript
     
  6. Untitled UI icon
     2 likes

    Untitled UI is the world's largest Figma UI kit and React component library. Kickstart any project with everything you need to design and develop—fast.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Figma
    • React
     
  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
     
    • DevExtreme is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac, iPhone, Linux, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to Kendo UI.

    • DevExtreme is Free Personal and Open SourceKendo UI is Freemium and Proprietary
  8. GroundworkCSS icon
     6 likes

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

    80 GroundworkCSS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. 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.

    10 JQWidgets alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Nevron Open Vision for .NET is a suite of advanced UI components that helps you develop feature-rich Web (Blazor WebAssenbly) and Desktop (WinForms, WPF, Xamarin.Mac) applications from a single code base.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
     
  11. alloyui icon
     4 likes

    AlloyUI is a framework built on top of YUI3 (JavaScript) that uses Bootstrap (HTML/CSS) to provide a simple API for building high scalable applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • JavaScript
     
  12. Free CSS/JS advanced and flexible framework.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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