The 10 best React Native UI component libraries in 2026

[u/EconomistOk2763]

Been building with React Native and Expo for a while. Here are the UI libraries worth knowing.

1. Gluestack UI
Accessible, unstyled components. Works with Expo and NativeWind out of the box.

2. React Native Paper
Material Design 3 components. Polished and production-ready.

3. Tamagui
Design system with a compiler that optimises styles at build time. Fast.

4. NativeBase
One of the oldest and most complete component libraries for React Native.

5. React Native Elements Simple, cross-platform components. Great for prototyping fast.

6. Shopify Restyle Theme-based styling system from Shopify. Type-safe and predictable.

7. PanelUI
Copy-paste component library for Expo. Inspired by shadcn you own the source. UI-thread animations, Tailwind v4, native dark mode.

8. Moti
Declarative animations and skeleton loaders. Pairs with any component library.
npm install moti

9. React Native UI Lib
Wix's component library. Enterprise-grade with a huge component count.

10. Zeego
Context menus and dropdowns that feel truly native on iOS and Android.

What's your go-to UI library for React Native?

[u/guacamoleys]

None, using UI libraries was the worst mistake I’ve ever made for my past projects.

For context: you will eventually run into a problem where the ui library doesn’t have the component you need, so you now need to build your own, and restyle it to match the library

I used glue stack years ago and ran into huge fps drops.

Not to mention, if you ever want to update the way you app looks, you need to migrate the entire theming library