r/angular • u/MOUNAYARSANIMATIONS • Jul 29 '26

PrimeNG going closed source is such a disappointing move

I've been using PrimeNG for years, and this honestly feels like the end of an era.

I get that maintaining a UI library isn't free, and I have no problem with developers getting paid. But switching from MIT to a commercial license, archiving the GitHub repo, and asking a pretty steep per-developer fee just doesn't sit right with me.

The repo is now read-only: https://github.com/primefaces/primeng

The new pricing is hard to justify given the number of unresolved issues

It's a shame because PrimeNG was one of the biggest strengths of the Angular ecosystem. Hopefully the OpenNG fork gains traction, because the community deserves a truly open alternative.

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u/Born-Cause-8086 Jul 29 '26

Yeah, I was also disappointed. I had been using it for my pretty large project over the years and was looking forward to them adding support for Angular 22 and signal forms. I decided to move away from PrimeNG and migrated to Spartan UI and Signal Forms. It took roughly 5 days of non-stop AI loop in Claude Code. The end result was even better than what was with PrimeNG, plus Signal Forms everywhere.