# Mantine

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Mantine and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free React component library with many ready-made components, praised for fast UI building; critics call it bloated and over-engineered.

## Why people recommend it

- Fast to build functional UIs (4 comments): "A bit of config magic later, I can quickly whip out functional UIs faster than I can think of features." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46534668)) "It takes me 2 minutes to slap together a Mantine template and tap into some of the best UI components" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48914423)) "Its just so much faster than having to remember which contexts to wire in." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48798715))
- Full-featured with many components (3 comments): "It takes me 2 minutes to slap together a Mantine template and tap into some of the best UI components" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48914423)) "only Mantine is much more full-featured (without being messy and while maintaining flexibility)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48799033)) "It’s easy to use, full featured with lots of components and helpers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48792472))
- Trouble-free premade UI library (2 comments): "I'd always advocate for Mantine and css modules anywhere early enough to use premade UI solutions." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48927511)) "I've had no problems at all with UI libraries like Mantine." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46691756))

## What people warn about

- Bloated and over-engineered (2 comments): "bloated do-everything libraries. Ant, MUI, Mantine, or whatever else is aimed to be a superset of all possible website needs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48274903)) "Absolutely over-engineered and terrible in every way compared to everything else available." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48799983))
- Strongly disliked by some critics (2 comments): "mantine sucks so much I hate it and hope no manager ever forces it on anyone ever again" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48799953)) "Martine just straight up sucks." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48791722))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [shadcn/ui](https://hackerapproved.com/p/shadcn-ui.md): 82 recommend
- [Jelly UI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jelly-ui.md): 41 recommend
- [Tailwind UI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tailwind-ui.md): 38 recommend
- [Performative-UI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/performative-ui.md): 38 recommend
- [Radix UI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/radix.md): 20 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Mantine", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mantine/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).