The best React Native UI libraries in 2026
"UI library" covers different things: a styling system, a component kit, copy-in source, or a motion layer. This page lines up the libraries developers most often weigh against each other in 2026, so you can pick by what your app needs. We make LumioUI, so we've linked sources for every claim about the others.
At a glance
| Library | Licence | How you get it | Styling | Web | Best at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LumioUI | Free tier + Pro | Source copied in (CLI) | NativeWind | No (iOS and Android) | Motion-rich components and screen templates |
| Tamagui | MIT core + paid kits | npm packages | Own style system + compiler | Yes | Sharing one UI between web and native |
| gluestack-ui | MIT | Source copied in (CLI) | NativeWind | Yes | Broad free component set |
| React Native Reusables | MIT | Source copied in (shadcn CLI) | NativeWind or Uniwind | Yes | shadcn/ui for React Native |
| NativewindUI | Paid (small free set) | Source copied in (CLI) | NativeWind | No | Platform-native look |
| React Native Paper | MIT | npm package | Material theme | Yes | Material Design 3 |
| React Native Elements | MIT | npm packages | Style props + theme | Yes | General-purpose toolkit |
Checked October 2026. Each comparison page lists its sources.
Pick by what you need
- The same UI on web and native: Tamagui, or gluestack-ui / React Native Reusables with NativeWind on the web.
- shadcn/ui's look and workflow on mobile: React Native Reusables.
- A broad free kit you copy in: gluestack-ui.
- Material Design: React Native Paper.
- Each platform's native look: NativewindUI.
- Interactions that feel finished (springs, gestures, haptics) and ready screen templates: LumioUI, with 74 free components, 173 Pro components and 334 screens across 20 app flows.
Detailed comparisons
- LumioUI vs Tamagui — A style system and optional UI kit for React and React Native, with an optimizing compiler
- LumioUI vs gluestack-ui — Copy-paste React and React Native components built on NativeWind, from GeekyAnts (formerly NativeBase)
- LumioUI vs React Native Reusables — shadcn/ui brought to React Native: accessible components built on RN Primitives, with NativeWind or Uniwind
- LumioUI vs NativewindUI — A paid kit of native-looking React Native components and templates built with Expo and NativeWind
- LumioUI vs React Native Paper — Callstack's Material Design 3 component library for React Native
- LumioUI vs React Native Elements — A long-standing cross-platform React Native UI toolkit (@rneui)
Questions
What is the best UI library for React Native?
It depends on what you need. For one UI shared between web and native, Tamagui. For shadcn/ui's look and workflow, React Native Reusables. For a broad free kit you copy in, gluestack-ui. For Material Design, React Native Paper. For finished interactions (springs, gestures, haptics) and ready screen templates, LumioUI.
Is there a shadcn/ui for React Native?
Yes, a few libraries copy component source into your project the way shadcn/ui does: React Native Reusables (a direct port of shadcn/ui), gluestack-ui and NativewindUI.
Which React Native UI libraries work with Expo?
All of the libraries on this page work with Expo. LumioUI's free components also run in Expo Go with no native build.
Which React Native component library is free?
gluestack-ui, React Native Reusables, React Native Paper, React Native Elements and the Tamagui core are MIT licensed. LumioUI has 74 free components for personal and commercial apps, with Pro components and screen templates paid. NativewindUI is mostly paid with a small free set.
Try LumioUI
npx @lumioui/cli init
npx @lumioui/cli add button action-sheet