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Comparison

Blossom UI is thoughtfully built with design systems, customizability, and developer experience at its core — enabling teams to craft stunning apps faster and more consistently.

Below is a comparison of Blossom UI with some of the most popular React Native UI libraries, highlighting where it stands out.

vs React Native Paper​

React Native Paper is a mature, community-driven library that implements Google’s Material Design guidelines for Android and iOS.
While it’s an excellent choice for Material-based apps, Blossom UI focuses on flexibility and a design-system-first approach.

Why Blossom UI stands out:​

  • Offers 32+ production-ready components, exceeding Paper’s set of essentials.
  • Includes advanced components like Select, MultiSelect, DatePicker, and Calendar.
  • Provides a custom design system — not limited to Material Design — allowing you to tailor the look and feel for each platform.
  • Fully supports the Web platform, with live previews available for every documented component resulting in a great developer experience.

vs UI Kitten​

UI Kitten has been an inspiration to Blossom UI — especially in terms of theming and customization.
However, UI Kitten’s active development has slowed down, while Blossom UI continues to evolve with modern features and best practices.

Why Blossom UI stands out:​

  • Delivers more than 32 components, going beyond Kitten’s core offering.
  • Adds unique components such as Chip, OtpInput, ShimmerView, and more.
  • Extends the theme system for finer control and easier scalability.

vs React Native Elements​

React Native Elements provides a great base for building cross-platform apps.
Blossom-UI builds upon that foundation by providing a more extensive set of components and a deeply customizable design system.

Why Blossom UI stands out:​

  • Ships with 32+ components, covering both foundational and advanced needs.
    Examples include Select, MultiSelect, DatePicker, and Calendar.
  • Features a comprehensive design system, offering 9 primary shades and 5 semantic shades per color — unlike Elements, which supports only a single shade per color.
  • Encourages full theme consistency across apps, ensuring better scalability and maintainability.

In essence, Blossom UI combines the best of existing design libraries with a flexible, theme-first approach — empowering developers to build beautiful, consistent, and scalable mobile and web experiences.