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, shadcn-ui and jQuery UI.

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Kendo UI alternatives page was last updated Mar 9, 2025
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  1. Semantic UI icon
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    UI framework with 50+ elements and 3000+ CSS variables, ensuring responsive design. Seamlessly integrates with React, Angular, and other frameworks for customizable theming.

    96 Semantic UI alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • CSS
    • JavaScript

    Semantic UI VS Kendo UI

     
    Comments about Semantic UI as an Alternative to Kendo UI
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    Positive Jul 11, 2016
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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.

    Guest
    Negative Nov 17, 2015
    2

    No data grid - this is a big diff

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

    98 UIkit alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online

    UIkit Features

    1.  Graphical component

    UIkit VS Kendo UI

     
    • 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
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    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.

    93 Material UI alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    Material UI Features

    1.  React
    2.  Material design

    Material UI VS Kendo UI

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

    54 shadcn-ui alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Next.js
    • Laravel
    • Typescript

    Properties

    1.  Support for Themes
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Create UI Components
    2.  Design System
    3.  Component Library

    shadcn-ui VS Kendo UI

     
  5. jQuery UI icon
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    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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    jQuery UI Features

    1.  Interaction
    2.  Widgets

    jQuery UI VS Kendo UI

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

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted

    GroundworkCSS VS Kendo UI

     
  7. JQWidgets icon
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    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

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Platforms

    • Online

    JQWidgets Features

    1.  Widgets

    JQWidgets VS Kendo UI

     
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    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.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • BG flagBulgaria
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online

    Nevron Open Vision for .NET VS Kendo UI

     
  9. 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.

    13 DevExtreme alternatives

    License model

    • Free PersonalOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire

    DevExtreme Features

    1.  Data visualization
    2.  Widgets

    DevExtreme VS Kendo UI

     
  10. alloyui icon
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    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.

    20 alloyui alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • JavaScript

    alloyui VS Kendo UI

     
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    Free CSS/JS advanced and flexible framework.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • CY flagCyprus
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online

    Kube Web Framework VS Kendo UI

     
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    Gijgo is a set of free open source javascript widgets distributed under MIT License. All widgets are high performance and compatible with jQuery, jQuery UI, Bootstrap and Foundation.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • BG flagBulgaria
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • jQuery

    Gijgo Features

    1.  Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
    2.  Support for Bootstrap
    3.  Themes
    4.  Tree view
    5.  DataGrid

    Gijgo VS Kendo UI

     
    Comments about Gijgo as an Alternative to Kendo UI
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    Positive Jan 13, 2020
    0

    Simple, Lightweight, Bootstrap, jQuery, and Javascript based

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    • Gijgo is Free and ProprietaryKendo UI is Freemium and Proprietary
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