Ant Design Mobile
A set of ready-made mobile UI components for building mobile web apps in React.
- Stars
- 12.1k
- Forks
- 2.5k
- Licence
- MIT
- Language
- TypeScript
- Last update
- 2 months ago
- Type
- Library
What it is
Ant Design Mobile is a library of prebuilt user interface components for making mobile web applications. Developers install it from npm and add the components to their app instead of building buttons, lists and gestures from scratch. The README describes it as fast, customizable through CSS variables, and focused on including only the components you need.
- Build a mobile web page with prebuilt components such as lists and buttons
- Create a custom visual theme by changing CSS variables
- Try components in a browser sandbox on CodeSandbox before setting up a local project
Great for
- Developers building mobile-friendly web apps with React
- Teams already using Ant Design who want a mobile counterpart
- Projects that want theming through CSS variables
- Developers who want prebuilt gestures and animations without writing them
Not ideal for
- People who need native iOS or Android apps, since this is for mobile web apps (the README does not mention native support)
- Non-developers who want a no-code site builder
- Projects that cannot use TypeScript or a JavaScript build setup, as the project is written in TypeScript and installed through npm-style tooling
How to get it
- 1
Install with a package manager
You'll need: Node.js (version not stated in the README) · npm, yarn, pnpm or bun
Install with npm
npm install antd-mobileInstall with yarn
yarn add antd-mobileInstall with pnpm
pnpm add antd-mobileInstall with bun
bun add antd-mobile - 2
Run it
- Install the package with one of the commands above in an existing React project
- Import a component from antd-mobile into your app
- Start your project's dev server and view the component in the browser
- Check the English docs at mobile.ant.design for component usage
- 3
Get the most out of it
- Customize the look by overriding the CSS variables the library exposes
- Use the CodeSandbox example to test components before committing to a setup
- Read the Chinese or English documentation sites for full component APIs
- Ask questions in GitHub Discussions or the Discord server listed in the README
Downloads
Strengths
- The README says it is optimized for performance and has no required configuration for package size
- Components can be styled with CSS variables, which makes theming straightforward
- Documentation is available in English and Chinese, with a public homepage
Trade-offs
- The README is short and does not list the full component set, so the scope must be checked on the docs site
- Support questions are routed to GitHub discussions and Discord rather than a formal support channel
- Specific browser and framework version requirements are not stated in the README excerpt
How it compares
| Project | Stars | Type | Level | Updated | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ant-design-mobile (this) | 12.1k | Library | intermediate | 2 months ago | Developers building mobile-friendly web apps with React |
| mantine | 31.9k | Library | intermediate | 4 days ago | React developers building web apps who want many components out of the box |
| chakra-ui | 40.7k | Library | intermediate | 4 days ago | React developers who want prebuilt UI components instead of styling from scratch |
| framework7 | 18.8k | Framework | intermediate | 6 days ago | Developers who already know HTML, CSS and JavaScript and want to build mobile-style apps |
| ant-design | 100k | Library | intermediate | 4 days ago | React developers building admin dashboards or internal business tools |
| ant-design-pro | 38.9k | Framework | intermediate | 9 days ago | Developers building internal admin dashboards or back-office tools in React |
Stats synced from GitHub. The assessment above was drafted with AI from the project's README on 2026-10-29 and may miss recent changes — check the README before relying on a command. MIT licence: free to use, modify and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the copyright notice.