Neobrutalism.dev
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Free neobrutalist UI component library that people share for its bold look and charts. Critics find it noisy and say it reads as LLM-generated.
Free neobrutalist UI component library that people share for its bold look and charts. Critics find it noisy and say it reads as LLM-generated.
16 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 9
- approval share
- 44%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 0.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Looks great overall
“This is pretty cool however I feel it's inconsistent. Some elements have a drop shadow and some don't”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Neobrutalism.dev – Just added Base UI support and added new color theme” “I liked yours very much, thanks for sharing.”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Neobrutalism.dev – Just added Base UI support and added new color theme” “Looks great, thanks for sharing.”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Neobrutalism.dev – Just added Base UI support and added new color theme”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Looks LLM-generated or vibe-coded
“This component library and the LLM default interpretation of the style is very much "in your face."”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Neobrutalism.dev – Just added Base UI support and added new color theme” “Really unfortunate how much I immediately associate this with vibe coded sites”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Neobrutalism.dev – Just added Base UI support and added new color theme” “I just realized this is one more thing destroyed by LLM after em-dashes.”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Neobrutalism.dev – Just added Base UI support and added new color theme” - Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Neobrutalism.dev – Just added Base UI support and added new color theme”
Noisy and hard to scan
“This component library and the LLM default interpretation of the style is very much "in your face."”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Neobrutalism.dev – Just added Base UI support and added new color theme” “find this extremely noisy and hard to scan”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Neobrutalism.dev – Just added Base UI support and added new color theme”
Other UI component libraries people recommend
The four most recommended other UI component libraries, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| shadcn/ui | 82 | 54 | 60% | 12 | 1 yr3 owners | — |
| Jelly UI | 41 | 38 | 52% | 1 | — | — |
| Tailwind UI | 38 | 28 | 58% | 3 | — | — |
| Performative-UI | 38 | 8 | 83% | 2 | — | — |
| Neobrutalism.devThis page | 7 | 9 | 44% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
13 of the 18 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I liked yours very much, thanks for sharing.”
“This is insanely verbose just for a button with a tooltip”
“find this extremely noisy and hard to scan”
“This component library and the LLM default interpretation of the style is very much "in your face."”
“Tying it to React is a shame.”
“This is pretty cool however I feel it's inconsistent. Some elements have a drop shadow and some don't”
“calling it neobrutalism is a corruption of the meaning of brutalism”
“this would probably be great UI for K-6 level educational apps”
“A Claude design template masqueraded as a whole framework”
“I just realized this is one more thing destroyed by LLM after em-dashes.”
“Really unfortunate how much I immediately associate this with vibe coded sites”
“Looks great, thanks for sharing.”
“The charts are particularly great.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.