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18,300TypeScriptAudience · developerComplexity · 2/5LicenseSetup · easy

TLDR

Naive UI is a Vue 3 component library offering 90+ ready-made UI elements, buttons, forms, tables, menus, with TypeScript support and a JavaScript-only theme system that needs no separate CSS tooling.

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    What it does
      90 plus components
      Theme customization
      No CSS imports
    Tech stack
      TypeScript
      Vue 3
      npm
    Use cases
      Admin dashboards
      Design systems
      Data-heavy tables
    Audience
      Vue developers
      Frontend teams
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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Build a Vue 3 admin dashboard using pre-built tables, forms, and menus without writing any custom CSS from scratch.

USE CASE 2

Apply your brand's colors and fonts across all components by passing a single theme configuration object in JavaScript.

USE CASE 3

Build data-heavy screens with large lists that remain fast thanks to built-in virtual scrolling on relevant components.

What is it built with?

TypeScriptVue 3JavaScriptnpm

How does it compare?

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Stars18,30018,30618,308
LanguageTypeScriptTypeScriptTypeScript
Setup difficultyeasymoderateeasy
Complexity2/53/53/5
Audiencedevelopergeneraldeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
Free to use for any purpose, including commercial, as long as you keep the MIT copyright notice.

In plain English

Naive UI is a component library for Vue 3, a JavaScript framework for building web interfaces. It provides over 90 ready-made UI components, things like buttons, forms, menus, tables, and data displays, that developers can drop into their Vue 3 projects instead of building them from scratch. The library is written in TypeScript, a stricter version of JavaScript that helps catch errors earlier in development. This means it integrates smoothly with projects that also use TypeScript. One notable feature is its theme system: you can customize colors, fonts, and visual styles by providing a simple configuration object in JavaScript, with no need for separate CSS tools or build configuration changes. All components support tree-shaking, meaning your final app only includes the components you actually use, keeping file sizes smaller. The library also eliminates the need to import any CSS files manually, the styles are bundled with the components. Performance is a priority, with data-heavy components using virtual lists by default, so they only render the items currently visible on screen rather than everything at once. Naive UI is free to use under the MIT license and is available as an npm package.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
I'm building a Vue 3 admin dashboard with Naive UI. Show me how to configure NConfigProvider with a custom theme that sets the primary color to #6366f1.
Prompt 2
Create a Naive UI NDataTable component in Vue 3 that fetches a list of users from an API and supports sorting and pagination.
Prompt 3
How do I tree-shake Naive UI so that only the NButton and NForm components are bundled into my production build?
Prompt 4
Show me how to use Naive UI's virtual list component to render a 100,000-row list without performance issues.

Frequently asked questions

What is naive-ui?

Naive UI is a Vue 3 component library offering 90+ ready-made UI elements, buttons, forms, tables, menus, with TypeScript support and a JavaScript-only theme system that needs no separate CSS tooling.

What language is naive-ui written in?

Mainly TypeScript. The stack also includes TypeScript, Vue 3, JavaScript.

What license does naive-ui use?

Free to use for any purpose, including commercial, as long as you keep the MIT copyright notice.

How hard is naive-ui to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is naive-ui for?

Mainly developer.

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