# HeroUI

> HeroUI (formerly NextUI) is an open-source React and React Native component library that pairs the accessibility of React Aria with the utility-first styling of Tailwind CSS. Founded by Junior Garcia and backed by Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch, it ships 75+ web components plus a native library, and positions itself as a UI framework built for both human developers and AI coding agents.

- **Founded:** 2023
- **Headquarters:** Buenos Aires, Argentina
- **Founders:** Junior Garcia (Founder & CEO)
- **Team size:** 5-7
- **Products:** HeroUI (open-source library), HeroUI v3, HeroUI Pro, HeroUI Chat, HeroUI Figma Kit v3
- **Notable:** Rebranded from NextUI to HeroUI and rebuilt the library ground-up as v3., ~30,000 GitHub stars on the main repository., ~341,000 weekly npm downloads of @heroui/react.

## Products & services

- **HeroUI (open-source library)** — Open-source React and React Native component library built on React Aria and Tailwind CSS v4. 75+ web components, accessible by default, no CSS-in-JS runtime. Apache-2.0 licensed. Previously NextUI.
- **HeroUI v3** — Ground-up rewrite on Tailwind CSS v4 with compound component APIs, OKLCH colors, CSS-only animations, React 19 support, and a new 37-component React Native library.
- **HeroUI Pro** — Premium tier with installable components and blocks, full-page templates (dashboards, mail, chat, finance), design systems, and AI skills/MCPs for tools like Cursor and Claude.
- **HeroUI Chat** — AI-powered platform for generating beautiful frontend apps from prompts.
- **HeroUI Figma Kit v3** — Design kit with 1:1 parity to the code components so designers and developers ship the same thing.
- **AI tooling (MCP Server, Agent Skills, llms.txt)** — Machine-readable docs and tooling so AI coding assistants understand components and write correct UI code.

## Achievements

- Rebranded from NextUI to HeroUI and rebuilt the library ground-up as v3.
- ~30,000 GitHub stars on the main repository.
- ~341,000 weekly npm downloads of @heroui/react.
- Accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch.
- Shipped a brand-new React Native library with 37 components.
- One of the first React UI libraries built natively for AI coding agents (MCP server, agent skills, llms.txt).

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — HeroUI v3 covered by InfoQ as a ground-up rewrite for React and React Native on Tailwind CSS v4.
- **2026-06** — v3.2.0 released; monthly minor-release cadence.
- **2026-03** — HeroUI v3 launched - 75+ web components, 37 React Native components, AI tooling, Figma Kit v3.
- **2024** — Accepted into Y Combinator S24; raised $500K from YC, Pioneer Fund, and Epakon Capital.

## Links

- Website: https://heroui.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/heroui
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/hero_ui
- GitHub: https://github.com/heroui-inc/heroui

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Last updated: 2026-07-31