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Mantine alternatives

10 tools you can use instead of Mantine, ranked by live GitHub stars and npm downloads. Tailwind CSS, Radix UI and shadcn/ui are the most used. Stats updated 5 hours ago.

Short answer

Chakra UI and Material UI are the closest alternatives: both are styled React component libraries. Ant Design suits enterprise products. For unstyled primitives and full visual control, compare Radix UI.

When Mantine is not a good fit

Mantine is a free, open source React component library with over 100 styled, customizable components and a set of React hooks, covering forms, dates, notifications, modals and more out of the box. Unlike unstyled primitive libraries, Mantine components come with default visual styling you can theme, and the project also offers Mantine UI, a separate collection of prebuilt page templates that is free for everyone.

It is a weaker choice for:

  • Teams that want full visual control from unstyled primitives rather than Mantine's default look, even though it's themeable
  • Non-React frameworks, since Mantine is a React-specific library
  • Projects already committed to a different design system where introducing Mantine's own styling would clash
Mantine pricing, features and usage

The alternatives

Most used first.

1

Tailwind CSS

Utility-first CSS framework for building custom designs directly in markup, now owned by Shopify.

Pricing FreemiumPaid from Tailwind Plus (paid components/templates) is closed to new customers as of the Shopify acquisitionOpen source yesStars 98.1knpm a week 163M
Mantine vs Tailwind CSS
2

Radix UI

Unstyled, accessible React component primitives for building your own design system.

Pricing Open sourceOpen source yesStars 19.4knpm a week 92M
Mantine vs Radix UI
3

shadcn/ui

Copy-paste, customizable UI components built with Tailwind CSS, not installed as a package.

Pricing Open sourceOpen source yesStars 127knpm a week 13M
Mantine vs shadcn/ui
4

Material UI

React component library implementing Google's Material Design, with free core and paid MUI X components.

Pricing FreemiumPaid from $299 a developer a year for MUI X ProOpen source yesStars 99.3knpm a week 12M
View Material UI
5

Ant Design

Enterprise-focused React component library and design system, maintained by Alibaba's Ant Group.

Pricing Open sourceOpen source yesStars 99.9knpm a week 4.4M
View Ant Design
6

Headless UI

Unstyled, accessible UI components from the Tailwind CSS team, for React and Vue.

Pricing Open sourceOpen source yesStars 28.8knpm a week 8.7M
View Headless UI
7

Chakra UI

Styled, accessible React component library with a simple, composable styling API.

Pricing Open sourceOpen source yesStars 40.7knpm a week 2M
View Chakra UI
8

DaisyUI

Component class plugin for Tailwind CSS, adding semantic component names like btn and card.

Pricing FreemiumOpen source yesStars 42.7knpm a week 1.2M
View DaisyUI
9

Ant Design Pro

Free, open source React boilerplate for enterprise admin dashboards, built on Ant Design.

Pricing Open sourceOpen source yesStars 38.9knpm a week 136k
View Ant Design Pro
10

HeroUI

Open source React and React Native component library, formerly called NextUI.

Pricing Open sourceOpen source yesStars 31knpm a week 770k
View HeroUI

Mantine and its alternatives, side by side

ToolPricingFree planPaid fromOpen sourceGitHub stars
MantineOpen sourceYes, Mantine and Mantine UI are both freeNot listedYes, MIT31.9k
Tailwind CSSFreemiumYes, Tailwind CSS itself is completely free and open sourceTailwind Plus (paid components/templates) is closed to new customers as of the Shopify acquisitionYes, MIT98.1k
Radix UIOpen sourceYes, Radix UI is completely freeNot listedYes, MIT19.4k
shadcn/uiOpen sourceYes, shadcn/ui is completely freeNot listedYes, MIT127k
Material UIFreemiumYes: MUI Core's 40+ components are free and open source$299 a developer a year for MUI X ProYes, MIT (MUI Core); MUI X components are proprietary on paid tiers99.3k
Ant DesignOpen sourceYes, Ant Design is completely freeNot listedYes, MIT99.9k
Headless UIOpen sourceYes, Headless UI is completely freeNot listedYes, MIT28.8k
Chakra UIOpen sourceYes, Chakra UI is completely freeNot listedYes, MIT40.7k
DaisyUIFreemiumYes, the core DaisyUI plugin is completely freeNot listedYes, MIT42.7k
Ant Design ProOpen sourceYes, completely free and open sourceNot listedYes, MIT38.9k
HeroUIOpen sourceYes. The component library is open source and free to use.Not listedYes, Apache-2.031k

Pricing facts come from each tool's official pricing page, with the checked date on the tool's own page.

Questions

What is the most popular alternative to Mantine?

By GitHub stars, Tailwind CSS is the most used alternative to Mantine listed on ScratchDB, with 98.1k stars.

Which Mantine alternatives are open source?

Tailwind CSS, Radix UI, shadcn/ui, Material UI, Ant Design, Headless UI, Chakra UI, DaisyUI, Ant Design Pro and HeroUI are open source.

Which Mantine alternatives have a free plan?

Tailwind CSS, Radix UI, shadcn/ui, Material UI, Ant Design, Headless UI, Chakra UI, DaisyUI, Ant Design Pro and HeroUI have a free plan. The table on this page shows what each one includes.

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