A ready-made set of reusable interface pieces — buttons, form fields, cards, menus — that designers and developers drop into their work instead of rebuilding each one. Every copy stays consistent because they all come from the same source.
Synonyms
- UI library
- component kit
Related terms
In plain words
- a shared box of prebuilt buttons and menus to reuse
- the parts bin of ready-made interface pieces
Usage example
Rather than designing a new dropdown, she pulled the standard one from the component library.
Don't confuse with…
- pattern libraryA component library holds individual pieces; a pattern library shows how to combine them into common solutions like a sign-up flow.
Categories
- Design systems