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BoardUI

A React design system of 103 components, including 19 data charts, for dashboards and agentic products.

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  • Rating

    4.3 / 5

  • Pricing

    Freemium

  • Difficulty

    Intermediate

  • Works on

    Web

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What is BoardUI?

BoardUI is a React design system for building agentic products and data-rich dashboards, with 103 components, 19 of them data charts, built on React and Tailwind CSS with editable source code, a CLI and an MCP server for AI agents. A free MIT-licensed Starter tier covers the basics; Pro adds 10 templates and the Pro charts.

Pros: what BoardUI does well

  • 103 components, 19 of them data charts
  • Editable source code
  • CLI and MCP install for AI agents

Cons: where it falls short

  • Pro templates are paid
  • Needs React and Tailwind

Who BoardUI is for

Developers building dashboards and AI product interfaces in React.

Who can skip it

People not using React.

What people use BoardUI for

  • Building admin panels and data-rich dashboards in React without designing every card and table from scratch
  • Adding chart cards to a product, from simple bar and line charts to funnel, radar and Sankey charts in Pro
  • Giving an AI coding agent a component library it can browse and install through MCP
  • Matching a Figma design file to production React code with shared design tokens

How to get started

  1. 1Open boardui.com and browse the free Starter components and blocks.
  2. 2Check that your project uses React with Tailwind CSS, which BoardUI is built on.
  3. 3Add a component with the BoardUI CLI, or connect its MCP server so your coding agent can add components for you.
  4. 4Edit the source code that lands in your project; upgrade to Pro only if you need the Pro charts and templates.

BoardUI pricing

BoardUI has a free Starter tier with the core components, basic blocks, design tokens and an icon library, released as a public MIT-licensed repo. Paid Pro licences add every Pro component, chart and template, with options for one year of updates, lifetime updates or a five-user startup licence. See current prices on BoardUI's site

Checked 2026-11-04. Prices change, so double-check before you pay.

BoardUI FAQ: quick answers

Is BoardUI free?
Partly. The Starter tier is free and MIT-licensed. Pro components, charts and templates need a paid licence.
What is BoardUI built with?
React, Tailwind CSS, React Aria and TanStack Table, with a matching Figma design file.
Can AI coding agents use BoardUI?
Yes. BoardUI has an MCP server, so agents can browse its components and write the source files into your project.

BoardUI alternatives

Not sold on BoardUI? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

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UIAble

Focus: shadcn, ui components and templates. Shares react and tailwind with BoardUI. Rated 4.4 (BoardUI: 4.3).

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beUI

Focus: animated components, motion and shadcn. Shares react and tailwind with BoardUI. Free (BoardUI: Freemium). Same 4.3 rating.

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Evil Charts

Focus: shadcn, recharts and data visualization. Shares charts and react with BoardUI. Free (BoardUI: Freemium). Same 4.3 rating.

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Planes

Focus: components, motion and ui. Shares react and tailwind with BoardUI. Paid but Affordable (BoardUI: Freemium). Same 4.3 rating.

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Tween UI

Focus: gsap, animation and components. Shares react and tailwind with BoardUI. Free (BoardUI: Freemium). Same 4.3 rating.

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shadcn/ui

Focus: ui components, open source and web development. Shares react and tailwind with BoardUI. Free (BoardUI: Freemium). Rated 4.9 (BoardUI: 4.3).

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Free alternatives to BoardUI

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Rare UI

Focus: components and open source. Shares react and tailwind with BoardUI. A website, not a framework. Free (BoardUI: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (BoardUI: 4.3).

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Great UI

Focus: ui components, framer motion and typescript. Shares react and tailwind with BoardUI. Free (BoardUI: Freemium). Rated 4.4 (BoardUI: 4.3).

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AnimateIcons

Focus: icons, animation and lucide. Shares react with BoardUI. Free (BoardUI: Freemium). Same 4.3 rating.

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audiocn

Focus: audio, shadcn and components. Shares react with BoardUI. Free (BoardUI: Freemium). Same 4.3 rating.

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Astryx Design System

Focus: stylex, open source and components. Shares design system and react with BoardUI. Free (BoardUI: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (BoardUI: 4.3).

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Kokonut UI

Focus: ui components, nextjs and motion. Shares react and tailwind with BoardUI. Free (BoardUI: Freemium). Rated 4.6 (BoardUI: 4.3).

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