# gluestack/gluestack-ui

React & React Native Components & Patterns (copy-paste components & patterns crafted with Tailwind CSS (NativeWind))

Repository: https://github.com/gluestack/gluestack-ui
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gluestack-ui
Homepage: https://gluestack.io/
Language: TypeScript
License Family: other
Topics: react, ui, styled-components, accessibility, customizable-components, ui-components, universal-components, react-native, component-library, design-system
Last push: 2026-08-26T05:57:03+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 91/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 78, longevity 95
- inputs: {"age_days": 1330, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 69, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 222}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5267, forks 231 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:13.902259+00:00)

## What it is
gluestack-ui is a copy-pasteable React and React Native component library styled with Tailwind CSS (NativeWind), offering 30+ customizable, accessible components and patterns. It ships with a CLI for adding components directly into Expo, React Native, and (in v4) Next.js projects rather than being installed as a packaged dependency.

## Use cases
- build a react native app with tailwind-styled ui components
- copy-paste accessible components into an expo project
- create a universal design system shared between web and mobile
- customize themed ui components with tailwind classes
- add forms, modals, and navigation components to react native
- bootstrap an expo app with a starter kit and kitchensink demo

## When to choose
- you want full ownership of component code instead of a black-box dependency
- you're building Expo/React Native apps with NativeWind/Tailwind styling
- you need accessible, themeable components across React and React Native
- you prefer a shadcn-style copy-paste workflow with CLI tooling

## When to avoid
- your project uses Next.js with gluestack-ui v5, which doesn't yet support web/Next.js (use v4)
- you want a zero-config pre-packaged component library rather than vendored source code
- you need a license-guaranteed usage — the repo currently lists no license
- you're not using Tailwind CSS or NativeWind for styling

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, css-framework, cli, theme, accessibility
- domain: web-development, frontend, mobile-development, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: copy-paste-components, nativewind, tailwind-css, design-system, shadcn-style, component-library, universal-components, react, react-native, expo, typescript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- gluestack/gluestack-ui (main) score 91

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:13.902259+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 2026-08-29T17:59:29.272992+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gluestack/gluestack-ui (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:13.902259+00:00, sha 9a6e086ddee2)
  - homepage: https://gluestack.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:54:45.479649+00:00, sha 7de8f16b42f9)
  - site_page: https://gluestack.io/ui/docs/home/overview/introduction (fetched 2026-08-29T08:54:45.494691+00:00, sha e324665f384a)
  - site_page: https://gluestack.io/ui/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:54:45.488927+00:00, sha 30a2c57ea46a)
  - site_page: https://gluestack.io/ui/docs/home/overview/quick-start (fetched 2026-08-29T08:54:45.490905+00:00, sha 6526689b7bd1)
  - site_page: https://gluestack.io/ui/docs/home/getting-started/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T08:54:45.492829+00:00, sha 56a758440500)
  - site_page: https://gluestack.io/ui/docs/apps/kitchensink-app (fetched 2026-08-29T08:54:45.496525+00:00, sha f490bf72d3db)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.