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Bear UI: 50+ React Components, Zero Config Required

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Bear UI: 50+ React Components, Zero Config Required

Bear UI is a production-ready React component library built with Tailwind CSS and TypeScript. It’s part of the ForgeStack ecosystem and aims to be the “protective force” for your frontend — strong, reliable, and easy to use.

Whether you’re building dashboards, admin panels, or customer-facing apps, Bear UI gives you 50+ components so you can ship faster without compromising quality.

Why Bear UI?

Benefits

  • Zero config — Works out of the box. Install, import CSS, and start building.
  • Tailwind-powered — Uses Tailwind CSS for styling. No separate design system to learn.
  • Type-safe — Full TypeScript support and exported types for every component.
  • Accessible — ARIA attributes and keyboard navigation built in.
  • Tree-shakeable — Import only what you use. Keeps bundle size lean.
  • Customizable — Override styles via Tailwind. No fighting the library.
  • Production-ready — Built for real apps, not just demos.

Who is it for?

  • React developers who want to move fast
  • Teams standardizing on Tailwind
  • Projects that need TypeScript + accessibility
  • Anyone tired of wiring up the same UI patterns from scratch

Key Features

Feature Description
50+ components Layout, forms, data display, navigation, overlays, feedback, and more
React 18+ Targets modern React
Tailwind CSS Styling via utility classes, no extra CSS framework
TypeScript Types for all components and props
Accessible ARIA, focus management, keyboard support
ESM + CJS Works with any bundler
MIT License Free for personal and commercial use

Component Overview

Layout

Container, Flex, Grid, GridItem — responsive layout primitives.

UI

Button, ButtonGroup, Card, Badge, Paper, Divider, Typography, Link.

Forms

Input, Select, MultiSelect, Checkbox, Radio, Switch, Autocomplete, TransferList, FileUpload, NumberInput, OTPInput, ColorPicker, DatePicker, TimePicker, Slider.

Feedback

Alert, Spinner, Rating, Progress, Skeleton, Toast, BearLoader.

Overlays

Modal, Drawer, Tooltip, Popover, Menu, Dropdown, SpeedDial.

Data display

DataTable, Carousel, Accordion, Tabs, List, Avatar, Chip, TreeView, Timeline, Statistic, EmptyState, Image.

Navigation

Breadcrumbs, Stepper, BottomNavigation, AppBar, Pagination.

Utilities

ScrollArea, Collapsible, Kbd, CopyButton, Icon, BearIcons, BearLogo.

Quick Start

1. Install from npm

npm install @forgedevstack/bear
# or
pnpm add @forgedevstack/bear
# or
yarn add @forgedevstack/bear
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2. Import CSS (required, once per app)

import '@forgedevstack/bear/styles.css';
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3. Use components

import { Button, Card, CardHeader, CardBody } from '@forgedevstack/bear';

function App() {
  return (
    <Card>
      <CardHeader>
        <h2>Welcome to Bear</h2>
      </CardHeader>
      <CardBody>
        <Button variant="primary">Get Started</Button>
      </CardBody>
    </Card>
  );
}
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Links

Coming Soon

  • Data & Calendar — Richer data components and more calendar options (ranges, presets, etc.).
  • Style hook — A hook to control or extend styling consistently across components.

Summary

Bear UI is a modern, Tailwind-based React component library with TypeScript, accessibility, and zero-config setup. If you’re building React apps and want to focus on product logic instead of reinventing UI, it’s worth a look.

Try it on the portal or install via npm and drop it into your next project.

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