Angular is one of the elite JavaScript framework with more than 60,000 GitHub stars. Developed by Google and based on TypeScript, Angular is capable of delivering great web applications with high web page performances.
With consistent updates, Angular has rooted its place in the list of best Angular web development frameworks. Popular brands like PayPal, Upwork, Netflix also use Angular in their frontend development.
However, there are plenty of Angular component libraries to choose from and in order to find the most suitable one, you need to dig deeper into each library which might get tedious for you.
So, here are some of the best Angular component libraries to use in 2020:-
1) Angular Material
Formerly known as Material2, Angular Material is an official component library built by Angular and TypeScript that focuses on implementing Google’s material design. It follows the best UI practices including adding the new feature promptly from command line templates.
Github Stars: 20,000+
Weekly npm downloads: 480,000+
Latest update: 8.0.1
Some Angular components you can use in this library are:-
- Pop up creation such as snackbar and Dialog
- Progress bar, progress spinner
- Icos and chips
- Layout components such as Grid list, Tabs, Cars etc.
- Toolbar menu and Navigation bar
2) NG Bootstrap
This Angular Library offers bootstrap 4 components and replaces Angular UI-bootstrap.
NG bootstrap provides very high testing coverage while removing all the third party JS dependencies.
Github Stars: 7000+
Weekly npm downloads: 200,000+
Latest update: 5.0.0-rc.0
Some Angular components you can use in this library are:-
- Tooltip
- Popover
- Typehead
- Modal
- Datepicker
3) NG Semantic UI
Ng Semantic library is built on Angular 2 and Semantic UI which is one the most popular and used UI components in the market.
Github Stars: 1000+
Weekly npm downloads: 461+
Latest update: 1.1.13
Some Angular components you can use in this library are:-
- Message
- Rating
- Menu
- List
- Segment
- Select
- Button
- Sidebar
- Flag
4) Prime NG
This is one of the most prestigious library of Angular framework with a set of 80+ UI components that is aligned with vast themes.
Also, customizing the components becomes easy in Prime NG due to its professional design and that is the main reason behind many big brands like eBay using this component library.
Github Stars: 6000+
Weekly npm downloads: 178,000+
Latest update: 8.0.0
Some Angular components you can use in this library are:-
- Uploading file component
- Overly components such as panel and lightbox
- Toolbar & scrollpanel
- Tabview panel
- Data components like Datalist & Datagrid
5) Clarity
Clarity is an open-source design system that came from VMware. It basically brings HTML and CSS components together along with Angular components.
Moreover, Clarity is an amazing library which can be useful for both i.e designers and developers.
Github Stars: 6000+
Weekly npm downloads: 11,000+
Latest update: 2.0.1
Some Angular components you can use in this library are:-
- Login page
- Grid
- Passwords
- Progress bars
- Alerts
- Toggle switches
- Radio buttons
6) NGX Bootstrap
This component library offers all the core bootstrap component that comes under Angular. It is one of the favorite library of Angular developers because it allows them to use many bootstrap features.
Another unique thing about this NGX Bootstrap is that it is compatible with both, desktop as well as mobile devices.
Github Stars: 5100+
Weekly npm downloads: 11,000+
Latest update: 2.0.1
Some Angular components you can use in this library are:-
- Pagination
- Alerts
- Datepicker
- Typehead
- Collapse
- Accordion
7) NG ZORRO
It is written in TypeScript and based on Ant design and offers entire enterprise - class UI. It is indeed regarded as the most optimal solution in the web applications development and also oftenly used in SaaS Application Development .
Popular brands using NG-Zorro component library of Angular:-
- Alibaba
- Apache Flink
- Thoughworks
Github Stars: 6800+
Weekly npm downloads: 33,000+
Latest update: 7.5.1
Wrapping up:-
So, these were the 7 best Angular component libraries you could use in 2020. There are many popular and successful Angular websites who are using this elite JS framework and its libraries in such a perfect way. You can also choose the best ones according to the requirements of your project.
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Top comments (8)
So I have used many of these frameworks. Currently ng-zorro is my favorite, it just gives more out of the box, very little overhead than like material, also changing css for ng-zorro components I found easier that prime/material
Hey @hopemanryan Thanks for your valuable feedback.
Thanks Ryan for sharing your opinion. We do use Ng-zorro a lot :)
github.com/ng-alain/ng-zorro-vscode
Maybe with this?
I use webstorm so no issue for me
very good tools. all thanks
Thanks :)
Wow!! Thanks for the sharing this angular component libraries.
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