# primefaces/primereact

The Most Complete React UI Component Library

Repository: https://github.com/primefaces/primereact
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/primereact
Homepage: https://primereact.org
Language: CSS
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: ui-components, react-components, charts, tree, primereact, react, treetable, grid, datatable, material, bootstrap, flex-carousel, responsive-components, flex-galleria, ripple, ripple-effect, flex, material-table, bootstrap-table
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-06-28T23:09:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 89, release rhythm 84, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3547, "days_push": 66, "days_rel": 111, "gap_med": 23.0, "n_releases_24m": 23}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8318, forks 1238 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:20.281447+00:00)

## What it is
PrimeReact is a comprehensive React UI component library offering 70+ accessible, themeable components (datatables, dialogs, charts, forms) across styled, Tailwind, primitive, and headless layers. The original repository is now archived, with active development continuing under the PrimeUI project at primereact.dev.

## Use cases
- build a react app with production-ready ui components
- add a feature-rich datatable with sorting filtering and pagination to react
- create accessible dialogs and overlays with headless react hooks
- theme a react design system with dark mode and design tokens
- copy-paste tailwind styled react components like shadcn/ui
- build charts and data visualization dashboards in react
- style react forms with formik or react hook form components

## When to choose
- you need a large, mature set of pre-styled react components with built-in theming and accessibility
- you want layered flexibility from headless hooks to fully styled components
- you are maintaining an existing project already built on PrimeReact MIT releases

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project and want active development and support - use the successor PrimeUI packages instead
- you need a framework-agnostic or non-React component library
- you want a tiny, minimal component set rather than a full design system

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, frontend-framework, charts, form-handling, theme, accessibility
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: react, component-library, headless-ui, tailwind-css, styled-components, archived, primeui, design-system, datatable, theming, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- primefaces/primereact (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:20.281447+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 2026-08-29T17:27:54.586468+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/primefaces/primereact (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:20.281447+00:00, sha 72a2d06c99ac)
  - homepage: https://primereact.org (fetched 2026-08-29T08:27:46.019915+00:00, sha 5e6c37b2b378)
  - site_page: https://primereact.dev/docs/styled/guides/introduction (fetched 2026-08-29T08:27:46.022604+00:00, sha 5cb3636a21eb)
  - site_page: https://primereact.dev/docs/tailwind/guides/introduction (fetched 2026-08-29T08:27:46.024505+00:00, sha 4c33bf8282fd)
  - site_page: https://primereact.dev/docs/primitive/guides/introduction (fetched 2026-08-29T08:27:46.026147+00:00, sha b93646da3ed7)
  - site_page: https://primereact.dev/docs/headless/guides/introduction (fetched 2026-08-29T08:27:46.027713+00:00, sha 707d29d952cc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.