| Philosophy / Core Approach |
“Build your own library” — you copy source code for full control and customization. |
“Comprehensive enterprise system” — provides everything you need out of the box. |
“Google’s Material Design for React” — focuses on visual consistency and ease of use. |
| Tech Stack |
React + Tailwind CSS + Radix UI primitives. |
React + Less (styling preprocessor). |
React + Emotion (CSS-in-JS) + TypeScript support. |
| Design Language |
Neutral and minimal; intended as a base to build your own. |
Enterprise-grade, clean, and data-heavy dashboard friendly. |
Google’s Material Design — vibrant, motion-driven, and user-friendly. |
| Component Depth |
~40+ base components; great accessibility but fewer high-level features. |
70+ rich components (forms, modals, tables, charts, etc.). |
80+ components including advanced layouts, grids, and labs. |
| Customization & Theming |
🔥 Extremely flexible — full code access, Tailwind-based. |
Good — theming via Less variables or CSS overrides. |
Very strong — theme objects, CSS variables, dark mode, custom palettes. |
| Accessibility (a11y) |
Excellent (Radix UI handles ARIA, keyboard navigation). |
Very good, though some older components need fine-tuning. |
Excellent — follows WAI-ARIA guidelines, screen reader friendly. |
| Design Tokens |
Uses Tailwind tokens (colors, spacing, radius, etc.) |
Built-in Less tokens; some manual mapping needed for dark mode. |
Supports full token customization through theme API. |
| Dark Mode Support |
Built-in via Tailwind + CSS variables. |
Available but requires theme switch setup. |
Native dark mode built into MUI theme provider. |
| Learning Curve |
Moderate to advanced — more setup, but transparent. |
Moderate — many components and props to learn. |
Easy to moderate — great docs, intuitive APIs. |
| Performance / Bundle Size |
Lightest — tree-shaking and selective import. |
Heavier — lots of bundled components. |
Optimized with emotion; can tree-shake imports. |
| Ecosystem & Community |
Growing rapidly, supported by modern devs (2023+). |
Mature and widely used in enterprise projects. |
Huge global community, plugins, templates, and integrations. |
| TypeScript Support |
First-class (built-in). |
Good but sometimes manual type extensions needed. |
First-class support, well-typed APIs. |
| Figma / Design Assets |
No official Figma kit (yet). |
Yes — official Ant Design Figma kit. |
Yes — official Material Design + MUI kits. |
| Documentation Quality |
Excellent — concise and modern. |
Very detailed but sometimes dense. |
Excellent — extensive guides, playgrounds, and code examples. |
| Ideal Use Case |
Custom branded SaaS, modern marketing sites, developer-first apps. |
Large enterprise dashboards, CRMs, internal tools. |
Consumer apps, startups, admin panels, and mobile-friendly products. |
| Maturity Level |
Newer (2023-2024) but stable and trending. |
Very mature (since 2015). |
Extremely mature (since 2014). |
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Really helpful matrix, thank you!
You're welcome!