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Updated on 2025-03-03

15 JavaScript Web UI libraries

Almost all rich web applications are based on one or more Web UI libraries or frameworks that greatly simplify the development process and bring a consistent, reliable, and highly interactive user interface. This article introduces 15 very powerful JavaScript Web UI libraries, which are very suitable for the development of rich web applications of all sizes.

LivePipe

LivePipe UIbased onPrototype Javascript framework, contains a complete set of rigorously tested and highly scalable UI controls, with good documentation and seamless downgrades in environments that do not support JavaScript. Including Tab, form, text box, multi-check box, scoring control, progress bar, scroll bar, right-click menu and other controls.

LivePipe Home Page and Download
LivePipe Demos and Examples

 

UKI

UKIIt is a simple JavaScript UI tool set for quickly creating desktop-style web applications. The controls contained in range from sliding bar to column view. familiarjQueryDevelopers will find this tool easy to use, very simple, no framework required, and no dependency on CSS references.

UKI Homepage and Download
UKI controls, demonstrations, examples

 

MochaUI

MochaUIyesMooTools Javascript frameworkA popular extension with ExplorerCanvas, which can be used to quickly create web applications, web desktops, websites, trims, standalone Windows, Modal dialogs, and more.

MochaUI Homepage and Download
MochaUI controls, demonstrations, examples

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Sigma Ajax UI Builder

SigmaVisualIt is a set of web-based, WYSIWYG AJAX UI creation tools, which contain more than 40 missing, such as Tab, dialog boxes, tree charts, timelines, etc., based on JavaScript and PHP.

Sigma Ajax UI Builder Homepage and Downloads
Sigma Ajax UI Builder controls, demos and examples

 

JxLib based MooTools

JxLibIt is based onMooToolsThe JavaScript UI framework contains the basic space required by most web programs, such as buttons, tabs, menus, tree structures, dialog boxes, etc. JxLib also supports skin removal.

JxLib Homepage and Download
JxLib controls, demonstrations and examples

 

Dijit – The Dojo Toolkit

Dijitbased onDojo, is also a good starting point for learning Dojo expansion. Can be used to create a very beautiful Web 2.0 GUI. It supports multilingual, and even supports writing directions of text in different languages, as well as localized numbers, dates, etc.

Dijit Homepage, download
Dijit control, demonstration, example

 

jQuery TOOLS

jQuery ToolsIt is a very lightweight (2.5kb) commonly used UI library that supports the following jQuery objects, Tabs, tooltips, scrollbars, layers, forms, and Flash nesting.

jQuery TOOLS Home Page and Download
jQuery TOOLS control, demonstration, example

 

jQuery UI

jQuery UIbased onjQuery, contains 3 major categories, decorations, and some built-in UI objects; effects, apply animation effects (such as explosion effects) to various web objects; mouse interaction, such as drag and drop operations.

jQuery UI homepage and download
jQuery UI controls, demonstrations and examples

 

Prototype UI

Prototype UIbased onPrototypeand, including multiple modules (carousel, Modal window, shadow, right-click menu, etc.), each module can be installed and used separately.

Prototype UI Homepage and Download
Prototype UI controls, demonstrations and examples

 

Jitsu

JitsuFunctions include XML tagging, page compilation, animation engine, Ajax, runtime detection, etc. Its Ajax function makes the creation of consumer-grade web applications very simple, supports client data binding, and can also compile pages into JavaScript.JitsuBest run in Firefox and IE.

Jitsu Homepage and Download
Jitsu controls, demonstrations and examples

 

Qutensil

QutensilStill under development, but its roadmap has shown something compelling, based onPrototypeandScriptaculous, including messages, palettes, sliders, tooltips, drag-and-drop windows, and warnings, confirmations, prompts and other windows.

Qutensil Homepage, download
Qutensil control, demonstration, example

 

is a popular UI tool set based onPrototype framework, provides tools such as visual effects, UI controls, and DOM-oriented.

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Alloy UI

AlloyUIIt is a set of feature-rich UI frameworks based on YUI 3 and partly based on YUI 2. It contains a rich set of (more than 60) UI components, such as picture gallery, dialog boxes, tree structures, panels, autocomplete, buttons, calendar controls, toolbars, etc.

Alloy UI Homepage and Download
Alloy UI controls, demonstrations and examples

 

iUI: iPhone UI framework

IUIIt contains a set of JavaScript libraries, CSS style tables and pictures. It is a lightweight iPhone UI library that includes iPhone style navigation menus, device orientations, iPhone style switching and other functions, which can bring an iPhone-like experience to your web program.

iUI Homepage and Download

XUI

XUIIt is a lightweight, minimalist, highly modular framework for mobile web applications. The reason it's very lightweight is that it only supports mobile browsers and all code supported across browsers is stripped. It is aimed at front-line mobile web browsers such as Webkit, Fennec, and Opera, and intends to provide mobile IE and BlackBerry in the future.

XUI Homepage, download

Yahoo! YUI Library

Yahoo! YUI LibraryIt can be said to be the father of all web UIs, reliable and feature-rich, and has now developed to version 3. It has a huge development team and has launched very rich features that are unrivaled in terms of features.

YUI Library Homepage and Download
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Getting started with YUI3
YUI3 controls, demonstrations and examples