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State of React 2023

Component Libraries

The building blocks of your front-end

Component Libraries Experience & Sentiment

React Aria and Radix lead the rankings in terms of positivity, proving that the headless approach to component libraries has a lot going for it.

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1

57.5%
31.1%
11.4%
10,034
2

32.3%
53.2%
14.5%
10,009
3

27.9%
48.9%
23.2%
10,045
4

25.3%
35.5%
39.2%
10,002
5

22.2%
59.6%
18.2%
10,034
6

22.1%
45.7%
32.3%
10,013
7

20.8%
29.9%
49.3%
10,012
8

10.6%
37.9%
51.5%
9,760

Experience

  • Used it: Respondents who have used an item.
  • Heard of it: Respondents who have heard about an item, but haven't used it.
  • Never heard of it: Respondents who have never heard about an item.

Sentiment

  • Positive: Respondents who are interested in learning more about a technology; or are willing to use it again.
  • Neutral: Responents who did not indicate any sentiment about a technology.
  • Negative: Respondents who are not interested in learning more about a technology; or have used it and had a negative experience.
“Used” average:27%
“Positive” average:22%
“Negative” average:22%
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Other Component Libraries

0%
12%
24%
35%
47%
59%
1

406
2

153
3

125
4

99
5

71
6

59
7

49
8

48
9

47
10

41
11

Other Answers

808
0%
12%
24%
35%
47%
59%
% of question respondents
1,360
10%
What other component libraries have you used?
We asked members of the React community to share their “pick of the year”

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We asked members of the React community to share their “pick of the year”

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Animation

0%
8%
17%
25%
33%
41%
1

3,802
2

2,500
3

1,386
4

1,044
5

464
6

7

8

9

10

0%
8%
17%
25%
33%
41%
% of question respondents
9,175
71%
Which animation libraries have you used?

Data Visualization

0%
9%
18%
27%
36%
45%
1

3,858
2

2,490
3

634
4

536
5

436
6

368
7

8

284
9

10

0%
9%
18%
27%
36%
45%
% of question respondents
8,659
67%
Which data visualization and graphics libraries have you used?

Form Libraries

0%
13%
26%
39%
52%
65%
1

6,078
2

4,617
3

254
4

5

6

7

60
8

9

10

0%
13%
26%
39%
52%
65%
% of question respondents
9,290
71%
Which libraries have you used to manage forms?

CSS Tools & Libraries

0%
13%
27%
40%
53%
67%
1

6,597
2

6,587
3

6,572
4

6,427
5

3,453
6

2,165
7

618
8

477
9

319
10

0%
13%
27%
40%
53%
67%
% of question respondents
9,886
76%
Which libraries or frameworks have you used to style your React apps?

Component Pain Points

0%
15%
29%
44%
59%
73%
1

Styling & customization

2

Tailwind issues

3

CSS-in-JS

4

MUI issues

5

6

Excessive complexity

7

Performance

8

Styled Components issues

9

10

Lack of documentation

0%
15%
29%
44%
59%
73%
% of question respondents
450
3%
What pain points have you encountered related to working with components?
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