qodesign vs Ark UI
Ark UI is a free, MIT licensed headless library of 45+ accessible components for React, Solid, Vue and Svelte, from the Chakra UI team. Ark Plus examples cost $199 once. qodesign sells finished, animated Next.js + Tailwind screens from $3, each with a PROMPT.md for your AI editor.
| qodesign | Ark UI | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3 each (one dashboard $9), or $29 once for all 16 paid | The library is free (MIT). Ark Plus, a paid set of examples, is $199 once for one person and $599 once for a team (shown down from $249 and $649), with lifetime updates |
| Free | 6 free components, 5 MIT with no email needed | All 45+ components. Only the Ark Plus examples are paid |
| Size | 16 paid + 6 free components, more added as they ship | 45+ accessible, unstyled components, plus the paid Ark Plus examples for React, Solid and Vue |
| What's in a download | React + Tailwind (TSX), PROMPT.md, HTML file | See their site |
| Licence | Personal, commercial and client projects; no reselling the source | MIT for the library (GitHub). Ark Plus is a paid licence |
| Stack | React + TypeScript, Tailwind (most also use Framer Motion), HTML version included | Headless components for React, Solid, Vue and Svelte with the same API, built on Zag.js state machines. No default styles: you bring Tailwind, Panda, CSS-in-JS or plain CSS. It has an llms.txt with the docs for each framework |
| Best for | One memorable animated moment in your app (login, checkout, nav, dashboard) | Teams building their own design system who want accessible behaviour without any built-in look, across more than one framework |
Which one to pick
- Pick Ark UI if
- Pick Ark UI if you are building your own design system and want solid, accessible behaviour with no styling to fight, and the same API in more than one framework.
- Pick qodesign if
- Pick qodesign if you want the look and the motion done already: one finished screen, like an animated login, tab bar or checkout, for a few dollars, with a PROMPT.md for Cursor, v0 or Lovable.
qodesign pieces to look at first
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