---
title: "Rails UI Frameworks and Component libraries"
author: "Yaroslav Shmarov"
date: "2024-11-12"
canonical_url: "https://blog.superails.com/rails-ui-kits"
markdown_url: "https://blog.superails.com/rails-ui-kits.md"
description: "Building backends with Rails is amazingly fast. Building responsive frontends is also easy with Hotwire. But styling elements can take up a lot of time."
tags: ["frontend"]
license: "GNU AGPL v3. Credit Yaroslav Shmarov and link the canonical URL."
---

# Rails UI Frameworks and Component libraries

Building backends with Rails is amazingly fast.

Building responsive frontends is also easy with Hotwire.

But **styling** elements can take up **a lot** of time.

TailwindCSS & ViewComponent make creating frontend components easier... but you still need to do the work creating them 💩

Ultimately you want to have resuable components across different apps.

You will want a Rails UI component library.

## Rails Component libraries

In no particular order

### [phlexyui.com](https://phlexyui.com)

By [itsdavidramos](https://x.com/itsdavidramos)

### [nitrokit.dev](https://nitrokit.dev/)

By [mikker](https://x.com/mikker)

### [rubyui.com](https://rubyui.com)

By [SethHorsley](https://x.com/SethHorsley) & [cirdesh](https://x.com/cirdesh)

### [ui.darksea.dev](https://ui.darksea.dev)

By [darkseadev](https://x.com/darkseadev)

### [rapidrails.cc](http://rapidrails.cc)

By [ahmednadar](http://twitter.com/ahmednadar)

### [css-zero](http://github.com/lazaronixon/css-zero)

By [lazaronixon](http://twitter.com/lazaronixon)

### [RailsUI](https://railsui.com)

By [justalever](https://x.com/justalever)

### [shadcn.rails-components.com](https://shadcn.rails-components.com/)

By [Avi Flombaum](https://x.com/aviflombaum)

### [polaris_view_components](https://github.com/baoagency/polaris_view_components)

By [kirplatonov](https://x.com/kirplatonov) & co

Polaris is based on the Shopify design system.

### [zestui.com](https://zestui.com)

By ???????? 🥸

### [railsdesigner.com](https://railsdesigner.com)

By Eelco

### [railscomponents.co](https://www.railscomponents.co)

By [sm_startups](https://x.com/sm_startups)

### [RailsbootUI](https://railsbootui.com)
Rails View Components for Bootstrap

By [DotRuby](https://www.dotruby.com)

### [Rails Blocks](https://railsblocks.com)

By [Alexandru Golovatenco](https://dev.to/sandu)

![yoda ui wars](https://blog.superails.com/assets/images/rails-ui-wars.png)