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ANNOUNCEMENT

The Next Chapter of PrimeTek

For nearly two decades, PrimeTek has been building UI component libraries for developers around the world.

It started in 2008 with PrimeFaces for JavaServer Faces. Over time, the ecosystem expanded to PrimeNG for Angular, PrimeReact for React, and PrimeVue for Vue. What began as a focused open source project became a family of UI libraries used by individual developers, startups, enterprises, banks, hospitals, universities, government agencies, and Fortune 500 companies across the world. Today, PrimeTek libraries are used at a global scale, with hundreds of millions of downloads across the ecosystem.

That scale is something we are deeply proud of. It is also something that requires a serious and sustainable foundation.

Today, we are announcing the next chapter of PrimeTek: PrimeUI, a unified licensing model for PrimeNG, PrimeReact, and PrimeVue, alongside a new generation of advanced premium components under PrimeUI PRO.

This change allows us to continue maintaining, improving, and expanding the PrimeTek ecosystem for the long term.

Why We Are Making This Change

PrimeTek has historically followed a simple model: the core libraries were free and open source, while the company generated revenue through add-on products such as templates, blocks, UI Kit, Theme Designer, support services, and long-term support licenses.

That model worked for many years.

But the reality has changed.

The way developers build software has evolved. Expectations for UI libraries have grown significantly, while the add-on model that once funded our work no longer matches the scale of what we maintain.

Maintaining four major UI libraries across four different platforms is no longer a small open source effort. Each library includes dozens of components, thousands of APIs, accessibility requirements, design system concerns, framework compatibility changes, browser updates, bug reports, security updates, documentation, examples, support requests, and continuous releases.

The expectations placed on these libraries are now enterprise-grade.

The old add-on store model can no longer fund the level of engineering, support, and product quality that our users need from PrimeTek.

We had a choice to make:

Continue with a model that was no longer sustainable, or create a commercial foundation that allows us to keep building PrimeTek products with the quality and reliability our community and customers expect.

We chose sustainability.

What Is PrimeUI?

PrimeUI is the new licensing brand for the PrimeTek UI library family.

The product names you know are not changing:

  • PrimeNG remains PrimeNG.
  • PrimeReact remains PrimeReact.
  • PrimeVue remains PrimeVue.

Your existing code, package names, imports, and framework choices do not need to change because of the PrimeUI brand.

PrimeUI provides a unified license that covers the professional use of our core UI libraries, together with PrimeUI PRO components included in the Commercial Suite as they are released.

Instead of separate commercial offerings scattered across different products, PrimeUI gives teams a clearer and more predictable way to license the ecosystem.

A note on PrimeFaces: PrimeFaces remains open source and continues independently. Going forward, PrimeFaces will be developed and maintained by independent volunteer developers who are not employees of PrimeTek. PrimeTek is no longer the maintainer of the project, but will continue to support PrimeFaces as its financial sponsor. PrimeFaces users are not affected by the PrimeUI licensing change. PrimeFaces LTS and Templates will be open sourced. All PrimeFaces PRO support contracts will be honored by PrimeTek until their expiry.

Community Remains Free for Eligible Users

We know PrimeTek would not exist without the developer community.

That is why we are keeping a free Community license for individuals, students, non-profits, non-commercial open source projects, and small organizations.

The Community license is free for organizations that meet all of the following criteria:

  • Less than $1M in annual revenue
  • Fewer than 5 developers
  • Fewer than 10 employees
  • Less than $3M in venture capital funding

Registration is self-service and based on an eligibility confirmation.

The Community license provides the same core library feature set as the Commercial license. We are not paywalling individual core components for eligible Community users.

Our goal is simple: PrimeTek should remain accessible to individuals, students, open source maintainers, small teams, and early-stage companies.

Commercial organizations that build on PrimeUI now license it like any other professional tool in their stack.

PrimeUI Licenses

PrimeUI launches with two licenses.

Community

Community is free for eligible users and organizations.

It includes access to PrimeNG, PrimeReact, and PrimeVue under the Community eligibility terms.

Community licenses are valid for 12 months and may be renewed at no cost by confirming continued eligibility. A 30-day grace period is provided after expiration.

Because Community is based on ongoing eligibility, Community license keys require annual renewal.

Commercial Suite

Commercial is the professional license for organizations using PrimeTek libraries in commercial applications and for users who do not qualify for Community.

The Commercial Suite includes everything PrimeUI offers:

  • PrimeNG, PrimeReact, and PrimeVue
  • PrimeUI PRO components
  • PrimeBlocks
  • Theme Designer
  • Premium Support

Commercial is priced at $599 per developer as a perpetual license with one year of updates. This is our launch price through the end of 2026. Starting in 2027, the standard price will be $799 per developer.

After the first year, update access can be extended for $399 per developer per year.

Commercial licenses do not require annual key rotation. The license is perpetual for the versions covered by the active update period, and renewal is optional for continued access to new versions and updates.

Why Commercial Licensing?

A UI library used by millions of developers cannot rely only on goodwill purchases of add-ons.

The engineering load is too large, the support expectations are too high, and the pace of framework evolution is too fast.

PrimeUI Commercial gives professional teams a stable and predictable way to use PrimeTek libraries while directly funding the engineering behind them.

It also gives commercial users important advantages:

  • No eligibility requirements
  • No annual Community confirmation
  • No annual license key rotation
  • Perpetual use rights for covered versions
  • One year of updates included
  • Optional update extension
  • PrimeUI PRO components
  • PrimeBlocks
  • Theme Designer
  • Professional support access
  • Clear licensing for procurement and compliance

PrimeUI PRO

In addition to the core PrimeUI libraries, we are introducing PrimeUI PRO, a new line of advanced premium components.

PrimeUI PRO components are designed to work standalone or alongside PrimeNG, PrimeReact, PrimeVue, or any other UI library.

PrimeUI PRO components are available two ways: included with the Commercial Suite, or purchased individually for teams that use a different UI library and want a specific component on its own.

At launch, PrimeUI PRO components are available for Vue. Angular, React, Lit, and Blazor versions will follow as the product line expands.

  • Scheduler
  • Text Editor
  • Task Board
  • Charts

Additional components are in active development and will be released as they become production-ready:

  • DataGrid
  • Gantt
  • Diagram
  • PDF Viewer

Commercial Suite customers receive all current and future PrimeUI PRO components released within their update period. Teams outside the PrimeUI ecosystem can purchase individual components as standalone licenses.

What Happens to Existing MIT Versions?

All existing MIT-licensed versions remain MIT forever.

This change is not retroactive.

The new license applies only to future major versions:

  • PrimeNG 22
  • PrimeReact 11
  • PrimeVue 5

These future major versions will be distributed under the PrimeUI license and will no longer be released as open source.

If you are using a current MIT-licensed version, your rights under the MIT license do not change.

Distribution and License Verification

Future major versions will be distributed as compiled npm packages under the new PrimeUI license.

License verification is designed to be offline-first. Applications do not need to contact PrimeTek servers at runtime.

If a license key is missing, invalid, or expired, the package may display a license notice according to the applicable license terms.

We know commercial users care deeply about privacy, reliability, CI/CD workflows, and offline environments. The licensing system has been designed with those requirements in mind.

Premium Support

As part of this transition, paid customers will receive access to professional support.

The public GitHub issue trackers have served the community for many years, but they are no longer the right support model for enterprise-grade commercial software.

Commercial users will have access to a structured support portal for reporting issues, receiving responses, and tracking cases, with a first response within one business day.

Community users will continue to have access to public documentation, changelogs, known issues, Discord community channels, and GitHub Discussions.

Existing Products

As part of the PrimeUI transition, several existing PrimeTek products are being reorganized.

PrimeBlocks and Theme Designer Basic tier are no longer sold as standalone products. They are now included with the PrimeUI Commercial license, giving commercial users access to the core libraries, UI blocks, and theme tooling under a single license.

Theme Designer Extended tier is now rebranded as Figma-To-Theme, a standalone per-organization product for teams that want advanced Figma-driven theme workflows.

Figma UI Kit continues as a standalone product for designers.

Templates continue as standalone products.

PrimeFaces LTS will be open sourced.

PrimeNG LTS will be sunset for new sales.

Why This Matters

PrimeTek has remained independent by choice. That independence has allowed us to build for multiple frameworks, serve different developer communities, and make long-term product decisions without outside control or sponsorship-driven priorities.

PrimeUI gives that independence a sustainable commercial foundation.

A UI library used at global scale cannot rely only on goodwill purchases of add-on products. The engineering load is too large, the support expectations are too high, and the pace of framework evolution is too fast.

This change allows us to invest directly in the work our users expect from PrimeTek:

  • Better component quality
  • Accessibility
  • Documentation
  • Theming
  • Design tooling
  • Professional support
  • Framework compatibility
  • New advanced components
  • New libraries beyond our current ecosystem

What Comes Next

PrimeUI is not only a licensing change. It is also the foundation for the next phase of PrimeTek.

Beyond PrimeNG, PrimeReact, and PrimeVue, we plan to expand the ecosystem with new libraries in the near future:

  • PrimeLit for Web Components
  • PrimeBlazor for the .NET ecosystem

Each of these will be introduced when they are mature enough to preview and discuss publicly.

This change allows PrimeTek to grow beyond what the old model could support. With a sustainable commercial foundation, we plan to expand the team across engineering, support, design, and product development. That means more capacity for maintenance, accessibility, documentation, framework compatibility, premium support, and new products.

PrimeUI is not only a licensing change. It is the foundation for building a larger and stronger PrimeTek.

Our Commitment

We understand that this is a major change.

We also understand that some developers will have questions, concerns, and strong opinions. That is expected. PrimeTek has been open source for a long time, and many people discovered our work because it was freely available.

We are grateful for that history.

At the same time, we believe this change is necessary for the long-term health of the ecosystem.

The choice is not simply between free and commercial.

The choice is between an unsustainable model that slowly limits what we can build, and a sustainable model that allows us to keep improving the products our users depend on.

PrimeUI is our commitment to the future of PrimeTek.

To the developers, teams, and companies that have supported us over the years: thank you.

We are excited to build this next chapter with you.

Çağatay Çivici, on behalf of the PrimeTek Team