David UI

TL;DR: David UI is a free, MIT-licensed component library by Creative Tim. It ships 300+ Tailwind CSS components, 290+ pre-built UI blocks, an AI page generator, and Figma design files - all without a login. Copy-paste and go.

What Is David UI?

David UI is an open-source UI component library built on top of Tailwind CSS, created by Creative Tim - the team behind some of the most downloaded UI kits in the developer space (8.6M+ cumulative downloads). The library is fully free, requires no account, and comes under the MIT license.

The core idea is simple: stop writing the same buttons, navbars, and forms from scratch. David UI gives you a catalog of ready-to-drop-in components and full UI sections, so you can focus on building the actual product. It currently supports HTML natively, with React, Next.js, Vue, and Angular support on the roadmap.

Features ✨

• 300+ Tailwind CSS Components - Buttons, modals, cards, navbars, forms, tables, and everything in between

• 290+ Pre-built UI Blocks - Complete sections (hero, pricing, dashboard, e-commerce) ready to drop into a page

• AI Pages Generator - Generate full landing pages and dashboards with Tailwind CSS code via Creative AI

• Figma Integration - Full Figma library with design tokens, variables, and auto-layouts

• Copy-paste workflow - No CLI setup, no configuration. Grab the code, paste it, and ship

• Framework-agnostic - Works with HTML, React, Vue, Angular, and any Tailwind CSS setup

• MIT License - Free for personal and commercial use with zero restrictions

• TypeScript support - Components can be used programmatically with full TypeScript types

• CDN available - Include via JSDelivr CDN or install via npm depending on your workflow

• Responsive by default - All components are built with mobile-first Tailwind classes

Included Components 📒

David UI currently ships 28+ component types across its HTML library, with more on the roadmap:

• Form elements: Input, Textarea, Checkbox, Radio Button, Switch

• Navigation: Navbar, Sidebar, Breadcrumbs, Pagination, Tabs

• Feedback: Alerts, Spinner, Progress Bar, Rating Bar, Tooltip, Popover

• Layout: Cards, Accordion, List, Table, Timeline, Footer

• Interactive: Buttons, Button Group, Icon Button, Stepper, Chips/Badges, Avatar

• Media: Image, Video

• Typography: Full heading hierarchy (H1-H6), body text, lead text, small text with color variants

The PRO tier (David UI PRO via Creative AI) adds marketing blocks, e-commerce UI, and application blocks beyond the free set.

Pros and Cons

Pros ✅

• Completely free, forever - no paywall, no freemium tricks

• Huge component coverage for a free library (300+ components is genuinely impressive)

• AI page generator is a standout feature not seen in most free libraries

• Figma files included - great for design-developer handoff

• MIT license means you can use it in client work and commercial products without worrying

• Clean, modern aesthetics that don't look like generic boilerplate

• CDN option lowers the barrier to entry for HTML-only projects

• Backed by Creative Tim's reputation and a community of 2.6M+ developers

Cons ⚠️

• React, Next.js, Vue, and Angular support is still "Coming Soon" as of early 2025

• The AI generator is a separate tool (Creative AI), not embedded directly into the component docs

• Dark mode is also still on the roadmap, not available yet

• Fewer interactive JavaScript-heavy components compared to more mature libraries like Flowbite or daisyUI

• Documentation, while clean, is still maturing compared to long-established alternatives

Integration

• HTML - Native support via copy-paste or CDN script tag

• npm - Install david-ai package for modular ESM imports

• React - Planned (coming soon via roadmap)

• Vue / Angular - Planned in a future roadmap step

• Next.js - Planned, listed in framework integrations

• Tailwind CSS v3 - Required as a peer dependency; all components use Tailwind utility classes

• Figma - Full design library available on Figma Community

• TypeScript - Full TypeScript support for programmatic component initialization

• CDN (JSDelivr) - Drop-in script tag for zero-build workflows