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KendoReact Free Components Challenge

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Build without boundaries!

Challenge Status: Live Ended
Submissions Due: September 28, 2025 23:59 PT

We're excited to announce the return of a beloved challenge! Running through September 28, our latest KendoReact Free Components Challenge invites you to explore KendoReact's free UI components and discover how their AI tools can accelerate your workflow.

With 50+ free components available, you'll have everything you need to build a polished, high-performing and accessible application.

There are three ways to win this challenge! We'll select one overall prompt winner and a winner for each additional prize category.

Each winner will receive:

  • $1,000 USD
  • Exclusive DEV Badge
  • DEV++ Membership

All Participants with a valid submission will receive a completion badge on their DEV profile.

Key Dates

  • Contest start: September 10, 2025
  • Submissions due: September 28, 2025
  • Winners announced: October 09, 2025

Badge Rewards

Challenge Completion Badge
Challenge Completion Badge
Challenge Winner Badge
Challenge Winner Badge

Find Out More

Ask questions and share your ideas on the KendoReact Free Components Challenge Launch Post.

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Sponsored by Progress

Master the art of React UI with the only React component library you need! KendoReact is a professional UI kit on a mission to help you design & build beautiful apps with React much faster.

Challenge Prompt

Build Without Boundaries

For this challenge, what you build is entirely up to you as long as you build a React app of your choice that utilizes at least 10 free KendoReact UI components. Show us your creativity and demonstrate the versatility of KendoReact's component library!

Additional Prize Categories

In addition to our overall prompt, submissions may qualify for two additional prize categories:

  • Code Smarter, Not Harder: Use the KendoReact AI Coding Assistant to help build part (or all) of your app. Start a 30-day free trial (no credit card required) and make sure to describe where and how you used the AI Coding Assistant in your submission!

  • RAGs to Riches: There's a brand new member of the Progress family: Nuclia! This RAG-as-a-service tool makes deploying Agentic RAG a breeze. Include it in your app (requires starting a 14-day trial, no credit card required), share your experience, and qualify for this additional prize category!

How To Participate

In order to participate, you will need to publish a post using our submission template below. You are welcome to use any framework as long as the UI is powered by React, and you include at least 10 KendoReact Free Components in your submission.

Submission Template

Judging Criteria:

  • Use of underlying technology
  • Usability and User Experience
  • Accessibility
  • Creativity

Helpful Links & Resources

We encourage all participants to join the Progress Labs Discord to connect with others building with KendoReact and Nuclia. This is a place to find teammates, ask questions, or just chat!

Helpful Links

Frequently Asked Questions

Participation

Can I submit to multiple prompts?

Yes, you are welcome to submit to multiple prompts.

Can one submission qualify for multiple prompts?

Yes, if your submission offers a solution to multiple prompts, it can qualify for multiple prompts.

Can I submit to a prompt more than once?

Yes, you can submit multiple submissions per prompt but you'll need to publish a separate post for each submission.

  • In the event that you may win two or more prompts, and your submission is very close with another participant, we will favor the other participant.
  • In the event that you do win two or more prompts, you will only receive one winner badge.

Can I work on a team?

Yes, you can work on teams of up to four people.

  • If you collaborate with anyone, you'll need to list their DEV handles in your submission post so we can award a badge to your entire team! Please only publish one submission per team.
  • DEV does not handle prize-splitting, so in the event that your submission wins the cash prize, you will need to split that amongst yourselves. Thank you for understanding!

How old do I have to be to participate?

Participants need to be 18+ in order to participate.

If I live in X, am I eligible to participate?

For eligibility rules, see our official challenge rules.

Submission

Can my submission include open source code?

Riffing on open source code and borrowing and improving on previous work/ideas is encouraged but it's important your changes are significant enough to ensure your submission is valid.

When does riffing become plagiarism?

It will depend, but transparency is important, license compatibility is important. You can use someone else's code to give you a jumpstart to demonstrate your ideas on top of someone else's base, but not just re-package the base. It should be clear to the judges what you added to the project in terms of the code and conceptual inspiration. This means, you should clearly state what you were building on and what elements are original to this new submission. When building on existing code, we expect a significant change that adds something tangible to the output. i.e. a new animation, and new sprite, a new function, a new presentation. Not just changes to the source - i.e. changing colours, changing one sprite, changing one function.

What happens if my submission is considered plagiarized or invalid?

Anything deemed to be plagiarism will not be eligible for prizes. Incidental plagiarism may simply result in your disqualification from the challenge (regardless of the number of other valid submissions you have published). Egregious plagiarism will result in your suspension from DEV entirely. Any non-generic, non-trivial usage of prior work, including open source code must be credited in your submission.

Do submissions have to be in English?

Non-english submissions are eligible for a completion badge but not eligible for prizes due to the current limitations of our judges. We will not be judging on mastery of the English language, so please don't let this deter you from submitting if you are not a native English speaker! We hope to evolve this in the future to be more accommodating.

Do I need a license for my code?

You are not required to license your code but we strongly recommend that you do. Here are some you may consider: MIT, Apache, BSD-2, BSD-3, or Commons Clause.

Can I use AI?

Use of AI is allowed as long as all other rules are followed. We want to give you a chance to show off your skills in realistic scenarios. If you use AI tools to help you achieve your submission, all the power to you.

How do I embed my project directly into my DEV post?

Our editor supports many types of embeds, including: Stackbliz, Glitch, Github, etc. You can typically use the {% embed https://... %} syntax directly in the post. Click here for more information on our markdown support.

  • For CodePen, you will need to use this syntax: {% codepen http://... %}
  • For CodeSandbox, you will need to use this syntax: {% codesandbox http://... %}

Judging and Prizing

Can there be ties?

In the event of a tie in scoring between judges, the judges will select the entry that received the highest number of positive reactions on their DEV post to determine the winner.

How will I know if I won?

Winners will be announced in a DEV post on the winner announcement date noted in our key dates section.

When will I receive my DEV badge?

Both participation and winner badges will be awarded, in most cases, the same day as the winner announcement.

When will I receive my prizes?

The DEV Team will contact you via the email associated with your DEV profile within, at most, 10 business days of the announcement date to share the details of claiming your prizes.

What steps do I need to take to receive my cash prize?

The winner (including each member of a team) may be required to sign and return an affidavit of eligibility and publicity/liability release, and provide any additional tax filing information (such as a W-9, social security number or Federal tax ID number) within seven (7) business days following the date of your first email notification.

KendoReact Free Components Challenge Rules

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open only to 18+. Contest entry period begins September 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM PDT and ends September 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM PDT. Contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law or regulation. All entries must be submitted during the contest period. For Official Rules, see KendoReact Free Components Challenge Contest Rules and General Contest Official Rules.