HeroUI
Beautiful by default. Customizable by design.
HeroUI (previously NextUI) is a React UI component library built on React Aria and Tailwind CSS v4, offering accessible and visually polished components for production-ready applications. It positions itself as a modern alternative to MUI, Chakra UI, and shadcn/ui. The library is backed by Y Combinator (S24) and supports web and mobile development.
Provides a library of pre-built React components styled with Tailwind CSS v4 and built on React Aria for accessibility, which developers can drop into their projects and customize.
Frontend developers building production-ready React applications
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- freemium
- Company
- HeroUI
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