Hey guys,
When starting a new project, we usually research and find out the CSS framework that we want to use. It should be neat, easy to use, and has a supportive community.
Besides, we would definitely look for a UI library to use along the way. To learn more about UI library and its job, let’s move on the next section!
This topic will share the famous UI libraries that are ready to use for Vue 3.
What is UI Libraries?
UI Libraries usually ship various kinds of reusable components that are ready to be used at any time.
The PROs
- Beauty-crafted UI components
- Extendable/Customizable
- Develop our products faster
- Components are battle-tested (functional & browsers) and “fully” optimized.
- Backed by the OSS contributors & community.
Most used components
For example, we would use these components in every project:
- Input
- Text Input
- Number Input
- Radio
- Checkbox
- Textarea
- Rich Textarea
- Select
- Combobox
- Dropdown
- Modal
- Tabs
- Tables
- Calendar
- etc (many more)
Top UI libraries for Vue 3
1. PrimeVue
PrimeVue is a popular UI library for Vue 3 from PrimeTek (they also build UI libraries for other frameworks)
PrimeVue provides an easy installation, great documentation, and has a large community.
We can easily extend or customize the styling without a double. Also, dark-mode ready!
2. Flowbite Vue
One of the newest UI libraries in the Vue 3 world. Flowbite Vue is an open-sourced UI library built by Flowbite team.
Built on top of TailwindCSS, you can easily customize everything without the fear of breaking things.
The UI library is really promising (still under development) but as far as I can see, 90% of the UIs are production-ready!
3. Vuetify
Vuetify is another big name in the early days of Vue 2. It’s a great UI library that ships a bunch of components, helpers, animations, etc.
Vuetify is built on top of Material UI (MUI), which isn’t being used that much for new projects nowadays. But still, the projects that have been using MUI is a lot.
4. ElementUI
ElementUI is another famous UI library built by Chinese developers. It has a lot of cool components, easy to customize, and is battle-tested.
5. Quasar Framework
Quasar Framework is an enterprise-ready & cross-platform framework for VueJS. They aren’t simply a simple UI library, they are beyond UI library.
Quasar focuses on helping people build high-performance Vue applications.
6. Ant Design Vue
Another UI library was built by Chinese developers. Ant Design provides really good-looking UIs and a lot of components for building a whole big website & applications.
Other notable UI libraries for Vue 3
Conclusion & Ending for UI libraries for Vue 3
So that’s are the popular UI libraries for your next Vue projects.
Like every project, before choosing a UI library to start your project, let’s always make sure that you have researched them all and select the best one for your use cases (choose the right tool for the right job)
Happy developing!
