# NextUI, release history and use on real websites.

Modern React UI library built on Tailwind CSS and React Aria. Provides beautifully animated components with a focus on developer experience and accessibility.

- **Status:** Legacy. Renamed HeroUI in January 2025: the @nextui-org/react package is deprecated and new releases come out as @heroui/react.
- **Category:** [UI Libraries](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui)
- **First release:** 2021
- **License:** MIT
- **Latest version:** 2.6.11 (5 Jan 2025)
- **Official website:** https://heroui.com
- **Documentation:** https://nextui.org/docs/guide/introduction
- **GitHub:** https://github.com/nextui-org/nextui
- **Page:** https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/nextui

## NextUI on audited websites

18 of the 16,845 websites audited by be1st run NextUI (<1%). That ranks it #23 of the 25 technologies in UI Libraries we have seen in audits.

### Most used in UI Libraries

1. [Lucide](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/lucide): 12% (1,958)
2. [shadcn/ui](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/shadcn-ui): 7.7% (1,303)
3. [Radix UI](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/radix-ui): 6.6% (1,107)
4. [React Hook Form](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/react-hook-form): 5.6% (949)
5. [React Router](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/react-router): 5.0% (838)
6. [Redux](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/redux): 2.3% (386)
7. [TanStack Query](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/tanstack-query): 1.9% (324)
8. [Emotion](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/emotion): 1.9% (319)
9. [Three.js](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/three-js): 1.7% (285)
10. [Styled Components](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/styled-components): 1.5% (258)

## NextUI versions and release history

1 release line since 2023, as listed by the npm registry. The latest version is 2.6.11, released 5 Jan 2025. npm marks the @nextui-org/react package as deprecated.

| Version | Released | Latest release | Releases |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | 1 Aug 2023 | 2.6.11 (5 Jan 2025) | 78 |

Sources: [npm registry, package @nextui-org/react](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@nextui-org/react), checked 8 Nov 2026.

## Other technologies in UI Libraries

- [Chart.js](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/chart-js): 1.4% of websites
- [Zod](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/zod): 1.3% of websites
- [MUI (Material UI)](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/mui): 1.2% of websites
- [Zustand](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/zustand): <1% of websites
- [DaisyUI](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/daisyui): <1% of websites
- [Chakra UI](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/chakra-ui): <1% of websites
- [Headless UI](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/headless-ui): <1% of websites
- [Framer Motion](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/framer-motion): <1% of websites
- [Ant Design](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/ant-design): <1% of websites
- [Mantine](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/mantine): <1% of websites
- [Recharts](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/recharts): <1% of websites
- [D3.js](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/d3-js): <1% of websites

[All 28 in UI Libraries](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui)

## Questions about NextUI

### What is NextUI?

Modern React UI library built on Tailwind CSS and React Aria. Provides beautifully animated components with a focus on developer experience and accessibility. The be1st catalog lists NextUI under UI Libraries. License of NextUI: MIT.

### What is the latest version of NextUI?

The latest version of NextUI is 2.6.11, released 5 Jan 2025 (source: npm registry, package @nextui-org/react).

### How many websites use NextUI?

18 of the 16,845 websites audited by be1st run NextUI (<1%), as of 8 Nov 2026.

### When was NextUI first released?

NextUI was first released in 2021; the oldest version listed by the npm registry dates from 2023.

### Is NextUI still a modern choice?

Not for new projects. NextUI counts as legacy. Renamed HeroUI in January 2025: the @nextui-org/react package is deprecated and new releases come out as @heroui/react.

### What are the alternatives to NextUI?

Technologies that do the same job as NextUI include MUI (Material UI), Chakra UI, and Mantine.

Numbers: latest audit of each of 16,845 websites audited by be1st, as of 8 Nov 2026.