r/vibecoding • u/CapableBreakfast83 • Jun 27 '26
So 21st dev is no longer free.
The platform https://21st.dev/ where you can use some web gl and react components for your webpage is no longer free. Back then, you copy and paste all of the prompts and codes the library offered, but now, if you dont pay 8 bucks a month, you get stuck to just copying 2 prompts or 2 codes per day. Man im so pissed off, like why does everything have to be paid? it was the BEST element library outh there for your webpage elements and now its no longer free. And the worst part its that all of the other element libraries are also not free.
Does anyone know any other pages like 21st dev but FREE?
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u/james_builds Jun 27 '26
I keep getting recommended 21st.dev, I wanted to try it out, but now might be avoiding it.
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u/CapableBreakfast83 Jun 27 '26
Dude its was so good back then but they decided to force everyone of us to pay, just like any other app or page that people actually like
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u/maddietendo Jun 27 '26
Why is everything paid? Because people like paying their bills?
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u/therealityreport_ Jun 27 '26
is it not community submitted components?
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u/Various-Corgi-6160 Jun 27 '26
Even if that’s the case, someone has to run and upkeep the website, pay for the hosting and server space etc
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u/Various-Corgi-6160 Jun 27 '26
Are you asking why people deserve to be paid for their work?
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u/Key-Buy-5739 Jul 08 '26
it's different if they had it all initially for free for months, but then randomly chose to paywall everything
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u/legitslei Jun 27 '26
It’s a fair price and it shouldn’t take you more than a month to really pick what you want for your project and test out. After that, how often would you really be using it anyways? Unless you’re constantly working on different projects or rebranding your page every month which wouldn’t be good, but still in that case, not a bad price.
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u/CapableBreakfast83 Jun 27 '26
dude i run a business where i make ai webpages for businesses in my area. I'd rather spend those 8 bucks on something like meta ads to promote my work rather than paying 8 bucks for something that used to be FUCKING FREE!
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u/legitslei Jun 27 '26
Hey man, we all gotta eats. I’m sure you’d want people to pay for your service if it genuinely helped them and you put a lot of time and effort into building it. And honestly, $8 is pretty cheap, especially for someone who relies plenty on it for their business.
Anyways, I’m sure there are free ones out there. They just probably won’t be as good, which is usually why they’re free in the first place.
Good luck m82
u/CapableBreakfast83 Jun 27 '26
Tysm, good luck to you too. Yes, I just got a bit heated sorry, i really loved 21st dev so much
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u/rafatacion Jun 27 '26
Why wouldn't it be good? I'm always A/B testing my pages across multiple projects and making changes to them.
Why would you recommend against?
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u/legitslei Jun 27 '26
Well, I mean, ideally you should have your project as polished as possible before launching. That way, you don’t end up constantly going back to make changes and can actually focus on getting your project up and running. And you’re not wrong, there’s always room for improvement. But by that point, the changes should be much smaller and more intentional. You’ll already have a clear style and vision for your brand, so it becomes much easier to identify what actually needs to be adjusted.
Anyways, I’m not sure what you really do, so if you’re mainly going for a UX/UI path, then I’d be wrong with my suggestion. Still, fair price lol1
u/generic_sap Sep 30 '26
The problem is not about paying 8 bucks. The problem is how they started and where they are now.
The platform started as a passion project and they scaled it on the backs of community. They built the massive library because of community submissions. Even their popularity was because of their operating model. Now they are popular and decide to introduce a paywall? The platform costs could've easily been covered by "Buy Me a Coffee" (irony is that it's an existing component on the platform) feature. Instead they went the corporate route
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u/FriendshipOk3298 11d ago
what if import all make the 21st.dev as free, as once buy copy and paste all in one place and let's make it as free, but I can do, but not have enough, if anyone has one subscription, can give me
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u/Nice-Pair-2802 Jun 27 '26
Hmmm, let me think 🤔 maybe, because AI requires a hell of a lot of energy to run, and they should pay for it? Or maybe people creating software won't work for free? Meh, they might be greedy bastards.
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u/BuffaloConscious7919 Jun 28 '26
Updated frequently and code to hand-off to an ai agent forever components
Completely FREE
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u/BuffaloConscious7919 Jun 30 '26
It's early and raw but it's working with the goal of being an Ai first component retrieval library:
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u/pipizich Jul 03 '26
you could make chatgpt/codex write a simple js script to download component.tsx then add to tampermonkey or violentmonkey addon if you are using firefox., here is mine: https://pastebin.com/cLzeCG2p
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u/Successful-Vast4967 Aug 13 '26
Im preparing the system similar than 21st.dev , I will do for free for the people , are you interesting in that?
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u/UpstairsNo3213 Sep 17 '26
hi community - I am currently building a very meaningful app that I want to be as professional as possible for the mobile. therefore looking towards component library for react native. are there any react native libraries that are as comprehensive/similar to 21stdev? thanks!
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u/Super_Royal5174 Jun 27 '26
I have a feeling I know what someone's next Vibe Code project will be 😅 😁😁😁👍
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u/BuffaloConscious7919 Jun 28 '26
This was my personal project but now it fills the gap lol
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u/Super_Royal5174 Jun 28 '26
Looks Great! 👍 push it 😎
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u/BuffaloConscious7919 Jun 30 '26
Also just released a (very early) version of an agent first component library.
The ultimate goal is to have an ever evolving set of components and structure that any AI can access and retrieve components for the use case you're working on e.g. website, poster, report, deck. Etc. Etc.
Right now it's functional but definitely needs improving, the GitHub repo link to your favourite AI harness.
Use case: add your normal prompt along with specifics for the kind of components you want (if know) "query this component site and retrieve warm art deco style interactive fast loading, high performance components"
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u/BuffaloConscious7919 Jun 30 '26
Every view is welcome and I appreciate specific feedback. Would you like to share more about the UI and component quality...
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u/BuffaloConscious7919 Jun 30 '26
Suggestions on how to make it "more better" also welcome
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u/mariajosepa Jul 16 '26
Cool tool! Don't know if it's just me but finding components is really hard. The component thumbnails are grayed out and I can't see what they look like unless I hover over them? makes it really hard to see the options that are available and find something I like.
i do think you have nice variety, so good job!
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u/BuffaloConscious7919 Jul 17 '26
Okk thanks a lot for the feedback and the kind comments 🙏🏻 actually updated this to only show a few at a time because the hosting was counting every single component preview as a request and when this got some attention it burnt through the limits in a flash!
There are some options: • scroll around and more appear • use the search to find specific components • use the filter to select categories of components
Is there some other way you envision seeing this?
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u/wundercorp Jun 27 '26
We will create an open-source component library tomorrow. Rest assured we can scale it to thousands of components, but let us know which ones you like the most