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24 alternatives to Starfx – A modern approach to side-effect and state management in UI

A micro-mvc framework for react apps

Starfx is a state and side-effect management library for user interfaces launched in March 2024. It provides developers with tools to handle application state and effects in a modern, structured way. The library is… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Starfx – A modern approach to side-effect and state management in UI launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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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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    Build beautiful documentation websites with ease

    2023 · starlight.astro.build · its alternatives →

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    NextUI▲493

    Beautiful, fast and modern React UI library

    2022 · heroui.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! I was super frustrated at apps like tiktok and wechat preventing me from saving or downloading the animated gifs, so I made a little tool to turn a screen recording into a slack-sized emoji. Hope you get some value from this!

    Jun 2026 · vorpus.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Frames X▲307

    UI Kit & Design Handbook for Figma

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Following the Ant Design specification, we developed a React UI library antd (Pronunciation) that contains a set of high quality components and demos for building rich, interactive user interfaces.

    2016 · ant.design · its alternatives →

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    The dev friendly no-code editor for React development

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    React components for interactive math

    2023 · mafs.dev · its alternatives →

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    react.dev▲543

    The new home for React and its documentation

    2023 · react.dev · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN, I'm Nate, the creator of Tamagui. One is a React framework that does two things differently in hopes of simplifying how we build websites and apps: 1. It unifies React Native and React web with typed file system routing by making Vite able to serve RN. This lets you share (or diverge) your code in a simpler way for cross-platform apps. 2. We've partnered with Zero (https://zerosync.dev) to make local-first work well. We've been building a solution in One that makes Zero supporting server rendering, without waterfalls, and with seamless server/client handoff. ---…

    2024 · onestack.dev · its alternatives →

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    Framework for server-rendered React apps

    2017 · vercel.com · its alternatives →

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    Fumadocs▲203

    Beautiful docs. Optimized for React and Next.js.

    2024 · fumadocs.dev · its alternatives →

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    UI elements in ready-to-use components for React

    2017 · coolsymbol.now · its alternatives →

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    Performance results of AI coding agents on Next.js

    Oct 2025 · nextjs.org · its alternatives →

  15. 15TS

    The simplest app state management for React

    2021 · simpler-state.js.org · its alternatives →

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    When I started my career and built my first design system, I was beyond excited. It took a lot of iterations, learning and 6 months of work to launch it internally. In the next job, I did it again, then at the following job, again… And no matter which company I worked for, 80% of the design system was the same. I’ve decided to work full-time on the design system I’ve always wanted, and today I’m launching and open-sourcing it. You can use it to build Next.js apps faster, and I’ve designed it in a way that it’s hard to go wrong with it: you can choose any settings, and you’ll end up with a…

    Dec 2025 · once-ui.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey Hackers! My name is Alex and I’ve been working on this project for the past 8 months with the support of Figma Creator Fund. I’d love to hear your thoughts from your experience working with designers & component libraries. I started out in design and later got into coding, so I understand both sides really well. I did UX Design for 12 years at startups, at my own studio and at Wix, and then worked as a front-end dev at Wix for 2 more years. I've noticed a common problem: most component libraries work great for devs but not so well for designers. In my experience working with big teams,…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Simpler state management. Contribute to lucialand/luciex development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A data aware UI components library for building realtime maps - reactivemaps/README.md at master · appbaseio/reactivemaps

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Statechart library and editor. Contribute to jonasblixt/ufsm development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    LISTEN TO OUR NEW ANTHEM Crack UPSC CSE - GS with World\\

    2016 · nx-framework.com · its alternatives →

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    Beautiful, fast and modern React and TailwindCSS UI library

    2023 · heroui.com · its alternatives →

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    Glue4▲75

    Eliminate backend headache and empower your frontend dev

    2022 · its alternatives →

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