pick-ui-library
Skill787 starsChanged 3 months agoMITView on GitHub
Pick the right library for a given frontend task from a curated, opinionated list — numbers, OTP inputs, charts, command menus, virtualization, drag and drop, toasts, state, styling, and more. Only runs when explicitly invoked; it does not trigger on its own.
45 other projects use a version of this, 18 of them edited; 2 new projects in the last 4 weeks, against 2 the 4 before.
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Steady: 2 new projects took it in the last 4 weeks, 1× the 4 weeks before.thin data
Most recently taken up by
- 1-Pankaj/AutonomousMarketingedited, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- Tresnanda/kybernword for word, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- leepokai/Codyncedited, first seen Nov 4, 2026
- HackIndiaXYZ/ai-first-startup-hackathon-build-a-startup-using-ai-only-arclightedited, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- irshadmarshall/CLAUDE-SKILLSword for word, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- LuanRoger/next-dxedited, first seen Nov 1, 2026
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Wrote their own version · 1
- Aleksandr-Litvinenko/ladny-interface★ 6same name
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
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The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
2 rules. 1 is common, 0 are distinctive, and 1 is very specific to this project.
1
Common
Most of the 18 edited versions we read keep these.
0
Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
1
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Very specific: line 14
Check what's already installed: Look at package.json first.
- Common: line 16
If the task isn't covered by the list, say so explicitly and recommend from your own knowledge — but be clear you've left the curated list.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 18 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Picking The Right Library
A lookup skill. When invoked with a task ("I need toasts", "what should I use for drag and drop?"), match the task to the curated list below and recommend the library. These are deliberate, taste-driven picks — don't substitute alternatives outside this list unless the user asks for one or the task genuinely isn't covered.
How to use this
- Identify the task, not the library the user named. "I need to show a dropdown" is a UI-primitives task (base-ui), even if they asked about something else.
- Check what's already installed. Look at
package.jsonfirst. If the project already uses a listed library, use it. If it uses a competitor (e.g. react-window instead of Virtuoso), flag the recommendation but don't churn the dependency without being asked. - Recommend one library, state what it's for in one sentence, and install/wire it up if that's part of the request. Don't present a menu of options when the list has a clear answer.
- If the task isn't covered by the list, say so explicitly and recommend from your own knowledge — but be clear you've left the curated list.
The list
UI components & primitives
| Task | Library |
| Unstyled, accessible UI components (dialogs, popovers, menus, selects…) | base-ui |
| Command menus (⌘K palettes) | cmdk |
| Toasts / notifications | Sonner |
| One-time password / verification code inputs | input-otp |
| Customizable GUIs / control panels | Leva — dialkit is an alternative |
Motion & visuals
| Task | Library |
| General-purpose animation (springs, layout animations, enter/exit) | motion (Framer Motion) |
| Animating numbers (counters, prices, stats) | NumberFlow |
| Animated text components | torph |
| 3D globes | Cobe |
| Dynamic OG images (HTML/CSS → SVG/PNG) | Satori |
| Syntax highlighting | shiki |
Reach for motion when you need springs, layout animations, exit animations, or gesture-driven values. A simple hover or fade doesn't need it — plain CSS transitions are the right tool there.
Charts
| Task | Library |
| Real-time / streaming charts | Liveline |
| General charts (static or interactive dashboards) | recharts |
The split: if data points arrive live and the chart scrolls with time, use Liveline. Everything else is recharts.
Interaction & performance
State & styling
| Task | Library |
| State management | zustand |
Constructing className strings conditionally | clsx |
| Type-safe, variant-driven styling for Tailwind | cva |
| Theme switching / dark mode (no flash on load) | next-themes |
The styling split: clsx for ad-hoc conditional classes; cva when a component has real variants (size, intent, state) that deserve a typed API. They compose — cva uses clsx-style inputs internally.
Common mismatches to catch
- Toasts built by hand or with a modal library → Sonner exists for exactly this.
- A
<div>-based dropdown/dialog with manual focus handling → base-ui, which handles accessibility, focus trapping, and dismissal. - Animating a number by re-rendering text → NumberFlow handles digit transitions properly.
- Rendering a 1,000+ row list directly → Virtuoso before reaching for pagination hacks.
- A
useState-per-component web of props for shared state → zustand. - Template-literal className ternaries three conditions deep → clsx (or cva if it's variant-shaped).
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