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HeroUI by HeroUI (Next UI Inc.)

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Open-source React UI components built on React Aria and Tailwind CSS v4, with a CLI, llms.txt and an MCP server.

UI kits and website templates Open source

Is HeroUI free for commercial use? Yes →

Price
Free
Fully free.
Commercial use
Yes
Apache License 2.0
Credit the author
—
Agent access
Official MCP server

HeroUI popularity

Gid Score
53 /100
same scale as developer tools
GitHub stars
31K
2,238 forks · heroui-inc/heroui
Downloads
441K
npm, last 7 days, @heroui/react · +30.2% in 4 weeks
Used in agent projects
18
@heroui/react in our scan
HeroUI: downloads per weeknpm, @heroui/react 441,356
HeroUI: GitHub starsheroui-inc/heroui 30,986

Downloads from api.npmjs.org, stars and forks from GitHub, checked Oct 22, 2026. How the Gid Score is calculated.

Rules for your agent

- HeroUI (UI kits and website templates). Open-source React UI components built on React Aria and Tailwind CSS v4, with a CLI, llms.txt and an MCP server. Price: free; commercial use OK. Style: minimal, flat, colorful.
  Connect: npm @heroui/react.
  Get files: npm install @heroui/react (or the heroui CLI); docs for LLMs at heroui.com/llms.txt (html, css).
  Not allowed: Component library, not page templates
  Rule: Keep the Apache-2.0 licence text and any NOTICE if you redistribute the source.
  License: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/heroui-inc/heroui/v3/LICENSE (checked 2026-10-21; details: https://agentgid.com/assets/heroui/)

Paste it into your prompt or AGENTS.md. It is built from the license and API terms below.

License

LicenseApache License 2.0
Commercial useCommercial use OK
“Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license to reproduce, prepare Derivative Works of, publicly display, publicly perform, sublicense, and distribute the Work and such Derivative Works in Source or Object form.” raw.githubusercontent.com/heroui-inc/heroui/v...
Credit—
Inside your app or gameCan ship inside your app
Same clause as quoted for commercial use.
AI trainingNot stated
Bots and bulk downloadsNot stated
Rules
  • Keep the Apache-2.0 licence text and any NOTICE if you redistribute the source.

Connect it to an agent

How an agent gets filesnpm install @heroui/react (or the heroui CLI); docs for LLMs at heroui.com/llms.txt. · no sign-in
File formatshtml, css
Not allowed
  • Component library, not page templates
MCP serverOfficial
APINo public API: download by hand
npmnpm install @heroui/react
In AI-agent projects@heroui/react is in 18 of 4,828 JavaScript projects (0.4%) in our scan of repos set up for AI coding agents.
GitHubheroui-inc/heroui

Use it in your stack

React HeroUI v3: requires Tailwind CSS v4, no provider needed. Import tailwindcss first.
npm i @heroui/styles @heroui/react

/* globals.css */
@import "tailwindcss";
@import "@heroui/styles";

import { Button } from '@heroui/react';

function App() {
  return (
    <Button>
      My Button
    </Button>
  );
}

From the official docs: heroui.com/docs/react/getting-started/quick-start

Pricing

FreeFully free.
Paid from—
Usage price—
Good to knowDefault branch v3 carries Apache-2.0; older branches carried MIT.

Sources

Read on Oct 21, 2026: heroui.com/, raw.githubusercontent.com/heroui-inc/heroui/v3/LICENSE, github.com/heroui-inc/heroui.

Not confirmed: npm package @heroui/react 3.2.6 reports MIT while the repo's v3 branch LICENSE is Apache-2.0 (older branches MIT); both permit commercial use. MCP URL and install page not read.

Not legal advice. Check the license page before you ship.

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