PixilUI and BoardUI
A React and Tailwind CSS v4 design system for dashboards and agentic interfaces on React Aria: 103 components including 19 data charts, 10 Pro templates and 400+ design tokens. The free tier is MIT on GitHub.
In short
BoardUI is a design system for dashboards and agentic interfaces: 103 components including 19 charts, a free working chat app, and Pro agent pieces such as Composer, Task List, Web Search, Agent Progress, Questionnaire and Multi-agent Chat, on React Aria and Tailwind v4. Choose it for dashboards and agent chat in one system. Choose PixilUI for approvals, runs and tool calls whose pages list each state, with a 14-day refund window.
Checked against BoardUI's own docs on .
Side by side
| Question | BoardUI | PixilUI |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A design system for dashboards and agentic interfaces, with charts and templates | AI product components published as a shadcn registry |
| Agent items | Free: Agent Chat app, Agent Thinking, Composer Loader. Pro: Composer, Composer Panel, Composer Attachments, Task List, Web Search, Agent Progress, Agent Limits Card, Questionnaire, Multi-agent Chat, Agent Creator | Approval card, run timeline, tool call row, thinking state, streaming text; agent inbox and eval table in Pro |
| Charts and dashboards | 19 data charts; Pro templates for home, marketing, finance, HR and medical dashboards | Not part of the catalog |
| Built on | React 19.2, Tailwind v4, React Aria | React 19, Tailwind v4, Base UI |
| Price | €149 once with a year of updates, €199 lifetime, €349 for up to 5 developers; no subscription | Free items under MIT. Pro $199 once (the first 100 at $99 when Pro opens), Pro yearly $129, Team $599 once for 10 people |
| Refunds | No; broken items are fixed when reported on Discord | 14 days if no Pro source was installed; after that if an item is broken and not fixed within 14 days |
| Agent setup | A CLI with init and add, MCP over stdio and HTTP, an agent skill and AGENTS.md rules | llms.txt, an agent skill and a remote MCP server; free items need no login |
| Install | npx boardui@latest add <name> | npx shadcn@latest add @pixilui/approval-card |
What BoardUI is good at
- Dashboards and agent chat in one system: 19 charts, data tables, an app shell and a composer that agree on spacing, type and color.
- A free tier that does real work: an MIT chat app with a streaming endpoint, thinking indicators and the Composer Loader.
- Agent run narration in Pro: a streaming task list, a web search trail, step progress, context and plan limits, and plan-mode questions.
- Agent setup: a CLI that writes agent rules, MCP over stdio and HTTP, an agent skill, and markdown twins of its docs.
What PixilUI adds
- The decision moments: an approval card with a risk level, a note on reject and a receipt, and an agent inbox in Pro.
- Tool calls as rows with a live timer and their input and output JSON, and a run timeline with a step that waits on an approval.
- Two design styles, quiet and lively, from one token set.
- A 14-day refund before any Pro source is installed.
Install
BoardUI
npx boardui@latest initpnpm dlx boardui@latest inityarn dlx boardui@latest initbunx --bun boardui@latest initnpx boardui@latest add <name>pnpm dlx boardui@latest add <name>yarn dlx boardui@latest add <name>bunx --bun boardui@latest add <name>PixilUI, after adding the registry to components.json (installation)
npx shadcn@latest add @pixilui/approval-cardpnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @pixilui/approval-cardyarn dlx shadcn@latest add @pixilui/approval-cardbunx --bun shadcn@latest add @pixilui/approval-cardUsing both
BoardUI can carry the dashboards and the chat while PixilUI carries approvals, runs and tool calls. Each reads its own tokens, so keep one library per surface.
Questions
BoardUI or PixilUI?
BoardUI if you are building dashboards and an agent chat and want charts, tables and a composer from one system. PixilUI if the agent's decisions and records are the product: approvals with a risk level, runs with a waiting step, tool calls with their JSON, each with its states and keys on its page.
Does BoardUI include a Figma file?
Its site says every component is drawn in Figma first. The plans on its pricing do not list a Figma file, so ask BoardUI before buying for one.
Can BoardUI and PixilUI share a project?
Yes. Both ship source into your repo and both use Tailwind v4. BoardUI reads its own theme tokens and PixilUI reads foundation.css, so keep one library per surface.
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Sources
Read on . If something here no longer matches BoardUI's site, write to hello@pixilui.com and we will fix it.