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reka-ui vs zag

reka-ui has 6,851 GitHub stars, 557 forks, 284 open issues and last shipped yesterday. zag has 5,220 stars, 291 forks, 26 open issues and last shipped yesterday. reka-ui leads on adoption by 31% (6,851 vs 5,220 stars). reka-ui is written in Vue under MIT; zag is written in TypeScript under MIT. reka-ui has attracted 8% as many forks as stars, zag 6%. reka-ui was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 3 topic tags (accessibility, headless, primitives), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.

Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.

reka-ui ★ 6.9K zag ★ 5.2K category Miscellaneous

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Side by side

reka-ui zag
GitHub stars ★ 6.9K ★ 5.2K
License MIT MIT
Written in Vue TypeScript
Last push 2026-09-30 2026-09-30
Forks ⑂ 557 ⑂ 291
Self-hosting Yes Yes
Data ownership Your server Your server

pick reka-ui if

  • You weight community size — 6.9K stars and counting
  • You want the MIT license terms
  • Your stack matches Vue
  • You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance

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pick zag if

  • You want the zag feature set and don't need the biggest community
  • You prefer the MIT license terms
  • Your stack matches TypeScript
  • You evaluated both and zag fits your workflow better

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About reka-ui

Reka UI is an MIT licensed, open source library of headless, accessible UI primitives for Vue, aimed at developers and design system teams who want to build their own components rather than adopt a pre styled kit — it was previously published as Radix Vue.

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About zag

Zag is an MIT licensed TypeScript library of framework agnostic, headless component state machines for building an accessible design system once and consuming it in React, Solid, Vue, Svelte or vanilla JavaScript.

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Frequently asked questions

Is reka-ui or zag more popular?

reka-ui has 6,851 GitHub stars and zag has 5,220. reka-ui has the larger community by that measure.

Are reka-ui and zag free?

Both are open source. reka-ui is licensed under MIT and zag under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.

What is the difference between reka-ui and zag?

reka-ui is written in Vue and zag in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.

Which should I choose, reka-ui or zag?

Choose reka-ui if you want the larger community (6,851 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose zag if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.