Skip to content

Ant Design

Ant Design is a free, open source React component library and design system originally built by Alibaba's Ant Group, offering a large set of styled components aimed particularly at enterprise applications like admin dashboards and internal tools. It includes a comprehensive component set, built-in internationalization, and a design language with detailed guidelines beyond just the code. It's MIT-licensed and free to use.

By Ant Group / Ant Design open source communityOpen sourceSince 2015UI Libraries

Facts checked on against the sources listed at the end of this page.

Pricing
Open sourceFree plan: Yes, Ant Design is completely free
Open source
YesMIT
GitHub stars
99,696
npm downloads a week
4.5Mup 10% on the week before
Latest release
6.6.52 weeks ago
Releases in 90 days
5about 2 a month

A good fit for

  • Building admin dashboards and internal business tools with data-dense components
  • Teams that want a complete design language, not just component code, for consistency
  • Enterprise applications needing built-in internationalization
  • Projects that benefit from a large, established component ecosystem and community

Not a good fit for

  • Consumer-facing products wanting a highly distinctive, custom visual identity, since Ant Design has a recognizable default look
  • Teams that want an unstyled primitives library to build their own look from scratch
  • Very small projects where Ant Design's large, full-featured component set may be more than needed

Ant Design pricing

Ant Design is completely free and open source under the MIT license.

Prices in USD, checked on 27 September 2026. Current prices on ant.design.

Main features

Comprehensive component set
Covers everything from basic inputs to complex data tables and forms.
Enterprise design language
Detailed design guidelines beyond just component code, aimed at consistent enterprise UIs.
Built-in internationalization
Components support multiple languages and locales out of the box.
Theming system
Customize colors, spacing and other design tokens through a central theme.
Data-dense components
Strong support for tables, forms and other components common in admin and dashboard interfaces.
Large ecosystem
Related tools and templates, including Ant Design Pro for admin dashboards.

About Ant Design

Ant Design provides a comprehensive set of styled React components, from basic inputs and buttons to complex data tables, forms with validation, and layout components, aimed particularly at building enterprise applications like dashboards, admin panels and internal business tools.

Beyond code, Ant Design publishes a broader design language with detailed guidelines on layout, color and interaction patterns, intended to help teams build consistent, professional-looking interfaces without a dedicated design system team.

While the core library is for React, community-maintained ports exist for other frameworks like Vue and Angular. Ant Design is backed by Alibaba's Ant Group and has a large, active open source community and ecosystem of related tools.

Made by
Ant Group / Ant Design open source community
Free plan
Yes, Ant Design is completely free
Available on
React, Vue (via community ports), Angular (via community ports)

Usage and activity

Weekly npm downloads of antd, last 12 months.

1M2M3M4M5MOctDecJanMarMayJulOct7 October 2025: 1,922,631 downloads a week14 October 2025: 2,082,306 downloads a week21 October 2025: 2,126,451 downloads a week28 October 2025: 2,162,426 downloads a week4 November 2025: 2,171,586 downloads a week11 November 2025: 2,151,377 downloads a week18 November 2025: 2,279,890 downloads a week25 November 2025: 2,342,913 downloads a week2 December 2025: 2,251,222 downloads a week9 December 2025: 2,455,750 downloads a week16 December 2025: 2,292,153 downloads a week23 December 2025: 2,091,765 downloads a week30 December 2025: 1,331,115 downloads a week6 January 2026: 1,470,902 downloads a week13 January 2026: 2,330,575 downloads a week20 January 2026: 2,382,297 downloads a week27 January 2026: 2,687,371 downloads a week3 February 2026: 2,345,112 downloads a week10 February 2026: 2,436,280 downloads a week17 February 2026: 2,215,027 downloads a week24 February 2026: 2,531,843 downloads a week3 March 2026: 2,882,836 downloads a week10 March 2026: 2,922,007 downloads a week17 March 2026: 2,748,735 downloads a week24 March 2026: 2,658,241 downloads a week31 March 2026: 2,964,850 downloads a week7 April 2026: 2,833,057 downloads a week14 April 2026: 2,923,905 downloads a week21 April 2026: 3,011,168 downloads a week28 April 2026: 3,075,961 downloads a week5 May 2026: 2,993,973 downloads a week12 May 2026: 3,473,955 downloads a week19 May 2026: 3,420,189 downloads a week26 May 2026: 3,158,850 downloads a week2 June 2026: 3,121,714 downloads a week16 June 2026: 3,227,905 downloads a week23 June 2026: 3,286,699 downloads a week30 June 2026: 3,314,745 downloads a week7 July 2026: 3,205,893 downloads a week21 July 2026: 3,618,154 downloads a week28 July 2026: 3,885,449 downloads a week4 August 2026: 3,593,366 downloads a week11 August 2026: 3,576,760 downloads a week25 August 2026: 3,733,786 downloads a week1 September 2026: 3,740,634 downloads a week27 September 2026: 4,099,746 downloads a week4 October 2026: 4,517,087 downloads a week

Recent releases

Ant Design alternatives

All 10 alternatives to Ant Design, side by side

Ant Design compared

Questions about Ant Design

Is Ant Design free?

Yes, it's completely free and open source under the MIT license.

Who makes Ant Design?

It originated at Alibaba's Ant Group and is maintained as an open source project with a large community.

Does Ant Design work with frameworks other than React?

The core library is for React, but community-maintained ports exist for frameworks like Vue and Angular.

What is Ant Design Pro?

A related tool built on Ant Design that provides out-of-the-box templates for building admin dashboards and enterprise applications.

Sources and links

Work on Ant Design? Claim this listing. Something wrong or out of date? Suggest a correction. Stats come from the public GitHub and npm APIs and update every day.

Ant Design: pricing, features and alternatives (2026) | ScratchDB