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The best Element Plus alternatives

8 tools that do a similar job to Element Plus, 8 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.

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Element Plus

A Vue 3 component library of ready-made UI pieces, written in TypeScript.

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    PrimeVue

    Open source · MIT · ★ 14.4k

    Vue UI component library, now in security-fix-only mode; development moved to PrimeUI.

    Best for: Vue developers who already use PrimeVue and need security fixes for existing projects; Teams maintaining an existing PrimeVue codebase who want to keep their current MIT release

    Full review Element Plus vs PrimeVue
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    Naive UI

    Open source · MIT · ★ 18.6k

    A Vue 3 component library with 90+ UI components, TypeScript, and customizable themes.

    Best for: Vue 3 developers building admin panels or internal tools; TypeScript projects that want typed components

    Full review Element Plus vs Naive UI
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    Quasar

    Open source · MIT · ★ 27.2k

    A Vue.js framework for building web, mobile, desktop and extension apps from one codebase.

    Best for: Developers already familiar with Vue.js; Teams that want one codebase for web, mobile and desktop targets

    Full review Element Plus vs Quasar
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    Element

    Open source · MIT · ★ 54k

    A Vue 2 component library of ready-made UI pieces for building web apps.

    Best for: Developers maintaining an existing Vue 2.x web application; Teams building internal admin or back-office interfaces with Vue 2

    Full review Element Plus vs Element
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    shadcn-vue

    Open source · MIT · ★ 10.8k

    A Vue port of shadcn-ui: copy-in UI components you can customize and build on.

    Best for: Vue developers who want ready-made UI components they can edit directly; Teams building their own internal component library

    Full review
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    vue-admin-template

    Open source · MIT · ★ 20.4k

    A minimal Vue admin dashboard starter with Element UI, axios, and lint setup.

    Best for: Developers starting a new internal admin panel or back-office tool in Vue; Teams already familiar with Vue and Element UI

    Full review
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    VUX

    Open source · MIT · ★ 17.4k

    Mobile UI component library for Vue 2, built on WeUI styles.

    Best for: Developers building mobile web pages with Vue 2; Teams making WeChat-style or WeUI-style mobile interfaces

    Full review
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    Mint UI

    Open source · MIT · ★ 16.4k

    Mobile UI components for Vue 2 apps, distributed as an npm package.

    Best for: Developers building mobile-style web pages or apps with Vue 2; Teams that want prebuilt Vue components rather than writing their own UI controls

    Full review

How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Element Plus. We don't take payment for placement.