# Telerik UI for .NET

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/telerik/

5 people recommended Telerik UI for .NET in Hacker News comments, 2 had mixed feelings and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Commercial .NET UI component library people recommend for solid, easy-to-integrate interfaces; critics note it does not work on GNU/Linux and that free alternatives exist.

Summary written by Claude from 8 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Solid, easy-to-integrate pre-made components (2 comments in the sample): "Selling solid and easy to integrate pre-made components has been a pretty good business" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46529600)) "They're a solid library, IMO." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45906653))

## What people warn about

- Components don't work on GNU/Linux (1 comment in the sample): "it isn't as if those will magically work on GNU/Linux, due to how Component One, Telerik and co implement them" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47487114))

## Other UI component libraries people recommend

- [shadcn/ui](https://hackerapproved.com/p/shadcn-ui/): 54 recommend, 17 mixed, 49 criticize
- [Jelly UI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jelly-ui/): 23 recommend, 16 mixed, 37 criticize
- [Tailwind UI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tailwind-ui/): 22 recommend, 14 mixed, 27 criticize
- [Radix UI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/radix/): 11 recommend, 4 mixed, 17 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.telerik.com/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Telerik UI for .NET", https://hackerapproved.com/p/telerik/ (5 recommend, 2 mixed, 3 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.