I’ve gathered 7 gems using these will definitely give you a creative edge as a new React developer.
1. 🧠 ReactBits
ReactBits isan open source collection of animated, interactive & fully customizable React components for building stunning, memorable websites. Whether it's button animations, loaders, modals, or hover cards. This site offers lightweight and reusable React patterns that feel modern and perform well.
*2. 💎 Lucide React *
Lucide is a community-driven fork of Icons with a React-specific package. If you're tired of mixing random SVGs and want a consistent visual language across your UI, Lucide is the go-to choice.
3. 🎠 Splide.js
Splide is a super flexible slider library that doesn’t rely on jQuery. It’s lightweight (under 30KB), fully responsive, and comes with rich features like sync sliders, thumbnails, lazy loading, and autoplay.
4. 🌀 Motion.dev
Motion is Framer’s open-source animation library for React that brings high-performance animations.
5. 🖼️ SVGRepo
SVGRepo hosts over 400,000+ free SVG icons and vector illustrations, ready to plug into any project. What makes it special is the unified style options, color customization, and download formats.
6. ✏️ Excalidraw
Excalidraw isn’t just a drawing tool — it’s a mind-mapping superpower. Perfect for wireframes, system architecture, and UI planning. The best part? It’s collaborative, fast, and export-friendly.
Which one are you going to explore first? 🎯
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