Resources / React Native UI Libraries
NativeBase and React Native Paper are battle-tested choices for cross-platform apps, UI Kitten brings a design-system approach, and Tamagui pushes the frontier with its universal React renderer.
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React Native UI Lib
Wix built and maintains this component library for its own production apps, offering a theming system, 150+ components, and built in RTL and accessibility support.
MIT license. Latest release 9.1.3 (September 2026). Built by Wix for Wix's own apps.
React Native Paper
React Native Paper implements Google's Material Design 3 components for iOS, Android and web, maintained by Callstack with about 55000 weekly npm downloads.
MIT license. Maintained by Callstack. Latest release 5.15.3 (May 2026). 14000+ GitHub stars.
UI Kitten
UI Kitten gives you 30+ themeable components built on the Eva Design System, with runtime light and dark theme switching and on demand style compilation.
MIT license. Latest release 6.1.3 (September 2026). Supports React 19, RN 0.81 and Expo 54.
React Native Elements
React Native Elements is a community maintained, TypeScript first toolkit of 30+ cross platform components, installed as separate base and themed packages.
MIT license. Latest release 5.0.0 (January 2026). 25000+ GitHub stars, no single company behind it.
NativeBase
NativeBase is an accessible, utility first component library for React Native and web, now in maintenance mode while its creator GeekyAnts builds its successor gluestack.
MIT license. Last npm release 3.4.28 (March 2023). New projects are steered toward gluestack-ui instead.
Shoutem UI
Shoutem UI bundles three packages, components, a theme engine and animation helpers, for building styled React Native screens without writing raw stylesheets.
BSD 3 Clause license. Latest release 9.2.1 (September 2026), still actively updated by Shoutem.
Tailwind-rn
Tailwind-rn maps Tailwind CSS utility classes to React Native style objects, including JIT mode, responsive breakpoints and dark mode, without a config build step.
MIT license. No npm release since 4.2.0 in February 2022, though the GitHub repo still saw commits in 2025.
Ant Design Mobile RN
Ant Design Mobile RN ports Ant Design's mobile components to React Native with full TypeScript definitions, supporting both Expo managed and bare workflows.
MIT license. Latest release 5.4.3 (August 2025). Maintained by the Ant Design organization.
Moti
Moti is a declarative animation library for React Native and web, built on top of Reanimated 3 to run animations at 60fps on the native thread.
MIT license. Latest release 0.30.0 (January 2025). Created and maintained by Fernando Rojo.
Tamagui
Tamagui is a styling system and optional UI kit for React and React Native, with an optimizing compiler that flattens styles for smaller, faster web bundles.
MIT license core, about 24kB with no outside dependencies. Latest release 2.7.7 (August 2026). Paid support available.
Best React Native UI Libraries for Mobile Developers
React Native UI libraries provide platform-aware components that adapt their appearance to iOS and Android design conventions while maintaining a single JavaScript codebase. Choosing the right mobile UI kit accelerates cross-platform app development significantly.
React Native Paper and UI Kitten are the two full design system kits with real teams behind them, Paper from Callstack and UI Kitten from Akveo, both shipping fresh releases within the last month. React Native Elements is the community pick when no single vendor should own your component layer.
Watch for churn: this category turns over names fast. NativeBase is now steered toward its successor gluestack, and the once popular SnackUI folded into Tamagui years ago. Tamagui is the pick if bundle size and a shared web and native codebase matter, since its compiler strips unused styles at build time. For animation alone, Moti on top of Reanimated 3 is lighter than pulling in a full kit.
What to check before you pick one
- Platform adaptation: Good libraries automatically apply iOS and Android-specific styling conventions where appropriate.
- Expo compatibility: Verify the library works with Expo managed workflow if you are using Expo for your project.
- Performance: Mobile libraries should avoid heavy JavaScript animations that could cause dropped frames on lower-end devices.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best React Native UI library?
Popular React Native UI libraries include React Native Paper (Material Design), NativeBase, React Native Elements, and Tamagui. React Native Paper is ideal for Material Design adherence; Tamagui is emerging as a high-performance alternative with universal (web + native) support.
Can I use the same UI library for React and React Native?
Some libraries support both React (web) and React Native. Tamagui and NativeBase (via React Native Web) offer universal component support. However, most React web UI libraries do not work in React Native, and vice versa, so separate library choices are typically needed.
What is Expo and how does it affect library compatibility?
Expo is a framework built on top of React Native that simplifies development and deployment. Most React Native UI libraries are compatible with Expo managed workflow, but some that require native modules may need bare workflow or expo-modules to work properly.