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Jakub Andrzejewski
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Top 10 Vue.js libraries you should be using in 2025

Vue.js has become a popular framework for building modern web applications, thanks to its flexibility and rich ecosystem. In 2024, the Vue ecosystem offers an abundance of tools and libraries to streamline development and enhance application performance.

But what you should be using in the next year? Here are the top 10 Vue.js libraries you should consider integrating into your projects.

Enjoy!

🟢 Top 10 Vue.js libraries for the upcoming year

Check these amazing libraries that will help you build more efficient web applications with Vue.

1. Vue Router

Vue Router is the official router for Vue.js, a progressive and flexible JavaScript framework for building web interfaces. It enables client-side routing, allowing users to navigate between different views or “routes” within a Single-Page Application (SPA) without requiring a full page reload.

Vue Router

Vue Router simplifies navigation between pages in single-page applications (SPAs) with features like dynamic routing and lazy loading.

2. Pinia

Pinia is a lightweight, type-safe, and flexible state management library designed specifically for Vue.js applications. It provides a simple and intuitive way to manage application state, making it easy to share data across components.

Pinia

Pinia provides a simple and efficient way to manage state in your Vue.js applications, making it a great choice for building scalable and maintainable projects.

3. Vite

Vite is a modern JavaScript build tool designed to provide a faster and leaner development experience for web projects. Pronounced “veet,” Vite is French for “quick” or “fast,” reflecting its focus on speed and efficiency.

Vite

Vite aims to simplify the bundling process, reduce build times, and provide a more efficient development experience for web developers. Its popularity has grown rapidly, with many developers and teams adopting it as their go-to build tool.

4. Vue Use

Vue Use is a collection of essential Vue Composition Utilities for Vue 2 and 3. It is a library that provides a set of reusable functions and utilities to help developers build Vue applications more efficiently and effectively.

VueUse

Vue Use is a valuable addition to the Vue ecosystem, providing developers with a set of powerful and reusable utilities to build more efficient and effective Vue applications

5. Vue I18n

Vue I18n is an internationalization (i18n) plugin for Vue.js, a popular JavaScript framework for building web applications. It provides a simple and efficient way to add support for multiple languages and locales to a Vue.js application.

Vue I18N

Vue I18n is a powerful and flexible plugin for adding internationalization support to Vue.js applications, making it easier to build global-ready web applications.

6. Vitest

Vitest is a next-generation testing framework powered by Vite. It is designed to be fast, minimalist, and easy to configure, making it an attractive alternative to other testing frameworks like Jest.

Vitest

Vitest is suitable for unit tests, integration tests, and component tests. It supports various testing styles, including Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) and Test-Driven Development (TDD).

7. Headless UI (with TailwindCSS)

Headless UI is a design pattern and library that separates the logic and behavior of a user interface component from its visual representation. It provides completely unstyled, fully accessible UI components, designed to integrate beautifully with Tailwind CSS.

Headless UI

This approach enables developers to create reusable, customizable, and accessible components without being tied to a specific visual design.

8. Playwright

Playwright is an open-source automation library for browser testing and web scraping. It allows developers to automate browser tasks in Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit with a single API, enabling the creation of reliable end-to-end tests that can run in both non-headless and headless modes.

Playwright

Playwright is a powerful tool for automating browser tasks and testing web applications, offering a robust and scalable solution for developers.

9. VuePress / VitePress

VuePress is a minimalistic Vue-powered static site generator optimized for technical documentation and websites with a focus on content. It is suitable for creating documentation websites, blogs, and other content-focused projects.

VuePress

Its minimalistic approach and focus on technical documentation make it an attractive choice for developers and teams working on Vue.js projects.

You can also use VitePress that work the similar way but it's framework agnostic.

10. Storybook

Storybook is a frontend workshop for building UI components and pages in isolation. It’s an open-source tool that helps developers design, develop, test, and document UI components in a sandboxed environment, separate from the main application.

Storybook

Storybook is a powerful tool that enables developers to work on UI components in isolation, streamline their development workflow, and improve collaboration and testing efforts.

📖 Learn more

If you would like to learn more about Vue, Nuxt, JavaScript or other useful technologies, checkout VueSchool by clicking this link or by clicking the image below:

Vue School Link

It covers most important concepts while building modern Vue or Nuxt applications that can help you in your daily work or side projects 😉

✅ Summary

Well done! Each of these libraries addresses specific challenges in Vue.js development, from routing and state management to UI components and testing. Explore and integrate the ones that fit your project’s needs to save time and enhance functionality.

Take care and see you next time!

And happy coding as always 🖥️

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kantha g ☁️

Please include vitepress.dev/

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Jakub Andrzejewski

Added :)

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Claudio Medeiros

The depth of your insights leaves me speechless

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agent_privatbanka

Never seen them before
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Varma Sagi

How did you think everyone setup their environments without these libs until now? there is nothing 2025 about this article.

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Rejown Ahmed Zisan

Storybook is just the thing I was lacking using, thanks for this great informative post

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brainuso

Thanks for the highlights. I think headless ui have not updated their Vue offering.

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Jakub Andrzejewski

Yes, unfortunately, they stopped shipping new update to Vue and only focus on React. I understand that because supporting both major frameworks is a lot of work and honestly, React has more popularity. But the current offering is still worth using :)