# alibaba/ChatUI

The UI design language and React library for Conversational UI

Repository: https://github.com/alibaba/ChatUI
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chatui
Homepage: https://chatui.io
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ui, chat, chatbot, react
Last push: 2026-03-30T02:23:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 56/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 74, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2220, "days_push": 157, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4445, forks 425 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:50.393575+00:00)

## What it is
ChatUI is a React component library and UI design language from Alibaba for building conversational chat interfaces. It provides chat message components, theming, internationalization, and responsive, accessible chat UI out of the box.

## Use cases
- build a chatbot interface in react
- create a customer support chat widget
- add conversational ui to a web app
- customize a themed chat message list
- build a mobile-friendly chat interface
- render chat bubbles and quick replies in react

## When to choose
- you need a production-ready React chat UI with theming and i18n
- you want battle-tested chat interaction patterns from a large-scale chatbot
- you need responsive and accessible chat components

## When to avoid
- you need a full chatbot backend or NLU - this is UI only
- you use Vue, Angular, or Svelte rather than React
- you need native mobile chat components rather than web

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, frontend-framework, chat-interface, internationalization, theme
- domain: frontend, web-development, chatbots, developer-tools
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: react, conversational-ui, chat-ui, design-language, typescript, responsive-design, accessibility, nodejs

## Member repositories
- alibaba/ChatUI (main) score 56

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:50.393575+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:20:48.372654+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alibaba/ChatUI (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:50.393575+00:00, sha 3d43a008bed1)
  - homepage: https://chatui.io (fetched 2026-08-29T09:08:16.401651+00:00, sha 2a25a74bd68b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.