A State of React Libs — July 2026
Picking a React component library is one of the bigger architectural calls in a project, and the honest answer to “which one” depends entirely on what you’re building. We maintain bestax, a component library for Bulma v1, so we spend a lot of time studying the field. This post maps it out fairly and in the open: every user-facing capability across seven React libraries, with each cell linking straight to that library’s own documentation so you can check our work.
It’s a point-in-time capture — the first edition of something we plan to refresh regularly. Call it A State of React Libs (with apologies to Armin).
The table below reflects each library as of July 27, 2026. Component catalogs move fast; for the newest edition, see the latest A State of React Libs.
In the ring: bestax (Bulma v1), react-bulma-components (the other Bulma wrapper), Mantine, MUI, Chakra UI, shadcn/ui, and React-Bootstrap.