Headless UI

Tailwind Labs, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Headless UI is an open-source library of unstyled, fully accessible UI components designed for React and Vue applications, with close integration with Tailwind CSS.

It provides interactive components such as dialogs, menus, listboxes, comboboxes, tabs, switches, and popovers, implements keyboard navigation and ARIA accessibility patterns, and supplies only the behavior and accessibility logic so developers can apply any design system, CSS framework, or custom styling.

According to our data, Headless UI is the 10th most popular website component on the web.
It has 2.4% of the component market share and is present on 0.1% of all websites.

πŸ’Έ Pricing

Headless UI is available for free.

Free βœ”οΈ Open source

πŸ“Š Rankings and Market Share

πŸ† Headless UI Awards

⚑ Sites Built With Headless UI

We have data on 4,307 websites that use Headless UI component technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Headless UI is theverge.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 theverge.com #56 American English
2 wise.com #231 United Kingdom American English
3 stanford.edu #1,101 United States English
4 nfl.com #1,167 United States English
5 flightaware.com #1,172 American English
6 proton.me #1,267 Switzerland English
7 bible.com #1,292 English
8 ycombinator.com #1,321 English
9 accor.com #1,416 English
10 faz.net #1,473 Germany German
11 dominos.com #1,544 United States English
12 theepochtimes.com #1,892 United States English
13 pw.live #2,268 India English
14 bigbasket.com #2,305 English
15 nu.or.id #2,641 Indonesia Indonesian
16 onthemarket.com #2,886 United States English
17 linklist.bio #2,930 English
18 bmj.com #2,936 English
19 joinhandshake.com #3,095 United States English
20 tailwindcss.com #3,453 Canada English

πŸ“ˆ Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Headless UI:

Most of the sites using Headless UI are from the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

  • United States 31.1%
  • Germany 7.4%
  • United Kingdom 5.5%
  • France 4%
  • Australia 3.4%
  • Netherlands 3.3%
  • Sweden 2.6%
  • India 2.3%
  • Brazil 2.1%
  • Other 38.3%

Most Headless UI users speak English, German, or French.

  • English 69.1%
  • German 4.8%
  • French 3.3%
  • Spanish 2.6%
  • Dutch 2.3%
  • Portuguese 1.8%
  • Swedish 1.5%
  • Russian 1.2%
  • Chinese 1.1%
  • Other 12.3%

Headless UI component technology is especially popular on .com top-level domains.

  • .com 48.5%
  • .io 3.5%
  • .org 3.5%
  • .de 3.2%
  • .com.au 1.7%
  • .net 1.6%
  • .co.uk 1.5%
  • .se 1.4%
  • .fr 1.4%
  • Other 33.7%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Headless UI include business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising.

  • Business 18.7%
  • Online Shopping 9.6%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 9.6%
  • Internet Services 6.7%
  • Sports 6.6%
  • Blogs/Wiki 5.4%
  • Travel 5.1%
  • Education/Reference 4%
  • Software/Hardware 3.3%
  • Other 31%

πŸ•΅οΈ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Headless UI alternatives.

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2
AMP
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An open-source HTML framework originally created by Google for building lightweight web pages optimized for fast loading on mobile devices.

FreeOpen source
4
Loadable Components
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A React code splitting library that supports SSR.

FreeOpen source
8
Radix UI
San Francisco, California, United States

An open-source component library that provides low-level, unstyled interface primitives for building accessible user interfaces and design systems in web applications.

FreeOpen source
15
Lit
San Francisco, California, United States

An open-source JavaScript library for building fast and lightweight web components, developed as the successor to Google's project.

FreeOpen source
17
Shoelace

A framework-agnostic library of production-ready web user interface components built entirely with native Web Component standards, ensuring consistent design and behavior across any JavaScript framework or none at all.

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πŸ’¬ Frequently Asked Questions

What is the company behind Headless UI?

Headless UI is owned by Tailwind Labs Inc., headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

Can I use Headless UI for free?

Yes, it is a free component technology.
It is also an open-source solution, and you can find its source code on GitHub.

Which country uses Headless UI the most?

The majority of Headless UI users are from the United States.

Who uses Headless UI?

According to our data, Headless UI is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as theverge.com, wise.com, and stanford.edu.

Is Headless UI used on government websites?

Overall, we found Headless UI on 2 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Headless UI?

Yes. The most notable of these is stanford.edu. In total, we know of 2 academic websites in the United States that use Headless UI.

How does Headless UI stack up against the competition?

Headless UI is a moderately popular component technology, ranking ahead of 9 other website components we track.

What are the alternatives to Headless UI?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Headless UI may include Loadable Components, Lit, and AMP.

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