Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Open Chakra
Visual editor for React! Create cool UI with ease ✌️
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Open Chakra launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Beautiful UI blocks built with Chakra UI and Framer Motion
2021 · its alternatives →
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Powerful visual theme editor for your next Chakra UI project
2021 · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, I’m Kiet – one half of the two-person team building Onlook (https://beta.onlook.com/), an open-source [https://github.com/onlook-dev/onlook/] visual editor that lets you edit and create React apps live on an infinite canvas. We launched Onlook [1][2] as a local-first Electron app almost a year ago. Since then, “prompt-to-build” tools have blown up, but none let you design and iterate visually. We fixed that by taking a visual-first, AI-powered approach where you can prompt, style, and directly manipulate elements in your app like in a design…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I made this because building UIs in a lexical medium like code is super annoying. I have to pre-render what I’m making in my head, and then jump between the browser and IDE to test. I was inspired by the developer console in chrome and safari since I end up editing css there because it’s ironically more convenient. Hope it’s useful!
2022 · dev.aspect.app · its alternatives →
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Layouts.dev▲699A notebook for building interfaces with Tailwind & shadcn/UI
2024 · layouts.dev · its alternatives →
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2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I’m Kiet, one of the creators of Onlook studio. I made this app that allows you to visually edit your locally running React app and write the code back to it in real-time. The purpose is to allow you to develop UI while fully owning your code the whole time. There are other visual builders out there but they either require you to upload your code to the cloud or some lengthy setup process. Onlook runs locally, deterministically, and only requires adding a plugin for the compile step (2 lines of config change). Technical details: This is technically a web browser that can point to your…
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Build rich editor UIs faster with React components
2025 · tiptap.dev · its alternatives →
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