# HeroUI

> Styled, finished components for when you do not want to design them

Category: UI component libraries (https://aiarabicdev.com/ui-components)
Canonical page: https://aiarabicdev.com/ui-components/hero-ui
Tags: react, tailwind, styled, react-aria, theming

HeroUI, previously NextUI, is a styled React component library built on Tailwind and React Aria. Unlike the headless options on this shelf it arrives already designed, with a coherent look, a theming layer and dark mode handled.

## Facts

- Licence: MIT
- Language: TypeScript
- Cost: Free and open source
- Self hostable: yes
- Added: 2026-08-23
- Last checked: 2026-08-23

## Links

- Website: https://www.heroui.com
- Source: https://github.com/heroui-inc/heroui

## The trade it makes

You get a finished interface on day one and you inherit somebody else's visual decisions. For an internal tool, a dashboard or an early product where the interface is not the differentiator, that is usually the right trade.

The theming layer is genuine rather than decorative, so colours, radii and spacing can be moved a long way from the defaults without forking components.

## When to choose something else

If the interface is the product, a styled library becomes a ceiling. Pushing HeroUI into a truly distinctive visual language costs more than starting from Radix or Base UI with your own styles.

Because it builds on React Aria, the accessibility floor is higher than most styled libraries, which is the main reason it is on this shelf rather than left off it.

## Reach for it when

- an internal tool or dashboard where the interface is not the differentiator
- a small team with no designer
- you want a real theming layer rather than utility class overrides

## Watch out for

- a styled library is a ceiling on how distinctive the interface can get
- it is a package dependency, so upgrades can move your visuals
- the rename from NextUI means older tutorials reference the old package names

## Get started

Install:

```sh
pnpm add @heroui/react
```

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