HeroUI v3 is a ground-up rewrite of the React component library formerly known as NextUI, now targeting both web and React Native. The release ships over 75 web components (21 new) and a new React Native library with 37 components. It is built on React Aria Components for accessibility and Tailwind CSS v4 for styling, with all animations moved to CSS and no JavaScript runtime dependency. The library adopts a compound component API compatible with React 19 and Next.js, and integrates AI tooling via an MCP Server, Agent Skills, and an llms.txt file. The npm package sees ~341,000 weekly downloads and the GitHub repo has ~27,700 stars. Migration from v2 requires careful planning as the two versions cannot coexist, though both full and incremental migration guides are available. Community feedback notes some v2 features are missing in v3, and there are concerns about roadmap transparency.

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