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element-plus vs naive-ui

UI component librariesPackage data 25 Sept 2026
element-plusv2.14.6, 18 Sept 2026

A Component Library for Vue 3

$ npm install element-plus
naive-uiv2.45.3, 27 Aug 2026

A Vue 3 Component Library. Fairly Complete, Theme Customizable, Uses TypeScript, Fast

$ npm install naive-ui
Metricelement-plusnaive-uiDifference
Weekly downloads554,761184,246element-plus 3.0x higher
12-month download growth+45%+106%naive-ui +62 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies1518naive-ui 3 more
Unpacked size41.9 MB49.5 MBelement-plus 18% smaller
Latest release2.14.6, 18 Sept 20262.45.3, 27 Aug 2026element-plus 22 days more recent
Releases, last 12 months21--
First published12 Jun 2019--
GitHub stars27,78318,561element-plus +50%
Open issues885413element-plus 472 more
Open pull requests274283naive-ui 9 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks1,053199element-plus 5.3x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM + CommonJSESM + CommonJSSame
Runtimes---
LicenseMITMITSame

Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.

element-plus564.9k latest weeknaive-ui184.2k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

element-plus

Major versions
  1. 1.0.012 Jun 2019
  2. 2.0.07 Feb 2022
Last 5 releases
  1. 2.14.618 Sept 2026
  2. 2.14.521 Aug 2026
  3. 2.14.47 Aug 2026
  4. 2.14.310 Jul 2026
  5. 2.14.212 Jun 2026
149 releases in total, 21 in the last 12 months

naive-ui

Major versions
  1. -
Last 5 releases
  1. -
Release count not fetched
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  • Module formatBoth ESM + CommonJS
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementelement-plus: none declared; naive-ui: >=20 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releaseelement-plus (2.14.6 on 18 Sept 2026 vs 2.45.3 on 27 Aug 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadselement-plus (554.8k vs 184.2k)

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Indexability: Indexed.