# Radix UI, release history and use on real websites. Unstyled, accessible UI primitives for React. Provides fully functional components (dialog, dropdown, tooltip, tabs) without visual styling: you define the design yourself. The foundation for shadcn/ui. - **Status:** Modern. Actively developed, the standard for accessible React components. - **Category:** [UI Libraries](https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui) - **First release:** 2020 - **License:** MIT - **Latest version:** 1.8.1 (12 Oct 2026) - **Official website:** https://www.radix-ui.com - **Documentation:** https://www.radix-ui.com/primitives/docs/overview/introduction - **GitHub:** https://github.com/radix-ui/primitives - **Page:** https://be1st.ai/technologies/ui/radix-ui ## Radix UI on audited websites 1,107 of the 16,845 websites audited by be1st run Radix UI (6.6%). That ranks it #3 of the 25 technologies in UI Libraries we have seen in audits. ### Websites running Radix UI vs all websites - **Web score:** 75 (all websites 72) - **SEO:** 79 (all websites 79) - **Security:** 65 (all websites 59) - **Performance:** 79 (all websites 72) - **AI Readiness:** 29 (all websites 31) ### 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) ## Radix UI versions and release history 2 release lines since 2022, as listed by the npm registry. The latest version is 1.8.1, released 12 Oct 2026. Radix Primitives have been published as separate @radix-ui/react-* packages since 2020; the dates below are from the radix-ui package, which bundles all of them, since 2022. | Version | Released | Latest release | Releases | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 21 Dec 2022 | 1.8.1 (12 Oct 2026) | 28 | | 0.x (before 1.0) | 1 Aug 2022 | 0.0.1 (1 Aug 2022) | 1 | Sources: [npm registry, package radix-ui](https://www.npmjs.com/package/radix-ui), 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 Radix UI ### What is Radix UI? Unstyled, accessible UI primitives for React. Provides fully functional components (dialog, dropdown, tooltip, tabs) without visual styling: you define the design yourself. The foundation for shadcn/ui. The be1st catalog lists Radix UI under UI Libraries. License of Radix UI: MIT. ### What is the latest version of Radix UI? The latest version of Radix UI is 1.8.1, released 12 Oct 2026 (source: npm registry, package radix-ui). ### How many websites use Radix UI? 1,107 of the 16,845 websites audited by be1st run Radix UI (6.6%), as of 8 Nov 2026. ### When was Radix UI first released? Radix UI was first released in 2020; the oldest version listed by the npm registry dates from 2022. ### Is Radix UI still a modern choice? Yes. Radix UI counts as a modern technology. Actively developed, the standard for accessible React components. ### What are the alternatives to Radix UI? Technologies that do the same job as Radix UI include Headless UI. Numbers: latest audit of each of 16,845 websites audited by be1st, as of 8 Nov 2026.