A Free Untitled UI React Alternative
Untitled UI React has free open source components and a paid PRO tier. Watermelon UI is an alternative where everything is free, including blocks, dashboards, and animated components. It uses React, Tailwind CSS, and the MIT license.
At a glance
| Watermelon UI | Untitled UI React | |
|---|---|---|
| Price and license | Free, MIT | Free MIT components, plus PRO one-time licenses |
| How you use it | Copy-paste, installs with the shadcn CLI | Copy-paste, its own CLI, and npm packages |
| Styling | Tailwind CSS v4 | Tailwind CSS v4, built on React Aria |
| Page sections and dashboards | 180+ blocks, dashboards, templates | Large PRO catalog of pages and examples |
Where Untitled UI is stronger
- It has a matching Figma design system, which is useful when designers and developers share one source of truth.
- The PRO catalog is very large.
- It is built on React Aria, which gives it a strong accessibility foundation.
Why pick Watermelon
- There is nothing to buy. Dashboards and blocks are free.
- It installs through the shadcn CLI, so it fits projects already on shadcn/ui.
- It has an MCP server for AI coding agents.