Is primeng free and open source?

Yes. primeng is open source, available under the MIT license.

Is primeng actively maintained?

primeng is actively maintained — the latest commit landed within the last month. Its health score is 100/100.

How popular is primeng?

primeng has 12.5k GitHub stars.

Does primeng have known security vulnerabilities?

No known security advisories are listed for primeng in the OSV database.

What are some alternatives to primeng?

Alternatives to primeng include Angular Material, PrimeReact, PrimeVue, Ng-Bootstrap and NG-ZORRO.

primeng

TypeScript MIT★ 12,516

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Health 100/100

Baseline50
Commit recency+25
Popularity+20
Security+5
Release cadence+10

PrimeNG is a comprehensive open-source UI component library for Angular, offering 80+ ready-made components such as data tables, forms, overlays, charts, and menus, along with theming support.

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Production readiness

5/5

Actively maintainedCommits in the last 6 months
No known vulnerabilitiesNo OSV advisories
Clear, usable licenseMIT (permissive)
Proven adoptionWidely used
Has documentationDocumentation indexed

Install

npm install @primeng/monorepo

SecurityNo known advisories

MaintenanceActively maintainedIs primeng still maintained? →

Our analysis

PrimeNG is a large suite of pre-built, themable UI components for the Angular framework, part of the broader PrimeFaces/Prime ecosystem that includes PrimeReact and PrimeVue.

When to use primeng

Use it when building Angular applications that need a broad, consistent set of components out of the box — especially data-heavy enterprise apps requiring advanced tables, forms, charts, and overlays without assembling pieces from multiple libraries.

When not to

Skip it if you prefer Google's Material Design conventions (use Angular Material), if you're not using Angular, or if you want a minimal-footprint app where pulling in a full component suite adds unnecessary weight and styling opinions.

Strengths

Very broad component coverage (80+ components) reducing the need for multiple dependencies
Multiple theme options and a designer/theming system for branding
Backed by an established commercial company (PrimeTek) with a sustainable maintenance model
Consistent API patterns shared across the Prime family of libraries

Trade-offs

Large surface area can increase bundle size if not tree-shaken carefully
Major version migrations (e.g., theming overhauls) have historically required notable refactoring
Styling customization can be fiddly when overriding default theme structures
Documentation quality varies across the many components

Maturity

Mature and widely adopted with 12k+ stars and active commercial backing from PrimeTek; it tracks current Angular releases and is used in many production enterprise applications.