# Floating UI

JavaScript library that positions floating elements such as tooltips, popovers and dropdowns next to their anchors, with React and Vue bindings.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/floating-ui/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-08
Listed since: 2026-11-08

## Record

### Links

- home: https://floating-ui.com
- repository: https://github.com/floating-ui/floating-ui
- docs: https://floating-ui.com/docs/getting-started

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Floating UI contributors
- maintainerType: community
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2016
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: ui-library
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: not applicable
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: not applicable
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-07-11

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 32793
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 138319153
- contributors: 131
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 126362
- dependentPackages: 917

### Sources

- urls: https://floating-ui.com (read 2026-11-08)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/floating-ui/floating-ui (read 2026-11-08)
- urls: https://floating-ui.com/docs/getting-started (read 2026-11-08)
- maintainer: https://github.com/floating-ui/floating-ui/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-11-08)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/floating-ui/floating-ui/releases (read 2026-11-08)
- category: https://github.com/floating-ui/floating-ui/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-08)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/floating-ui/floating-ui (read 2026-11-08)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/floating-ui/floating-ui (read 2026-11-08)
- installMethod: https://floating-ui.com/docs/getting-started (read 2026-11-08)
- installMethod: https://floating-ui.com/docs/getting-started (read 2026-11-08)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/floating-ui/floating-ui/releases (read 2026-11-08)
- latestReleaseDate: https://registry.npmjs.org/@floating-ui/dom (read 2026-11-08)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/floating-ui/floating-ui (read 2026-11-08)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/floating-ui/floating-ui/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-11-08)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-11-01:2026-11-07/@floating-ui/dom (read 2026-11-08)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/@floating-ui%2Fdom (read 2026-11-08)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/@floating-ui%2Fdom (read 2026-11-08)

## Notes

Floating UI is a JavaScript library that positions floating elements such as tooltips, popovers and dropdowns next to an anchor. The [getting-started guide](https://floating-ui.com/docs/getting-started) installs it from npm or loads it from a CDN, and names separate packages for vanilla JavaScript, React and React Native, and Vue. A core package serves other platforms, such as canvas. The repository is a monorepo that also holds the project's website.

## Worth knowing

Floating UI forked Popper 2, and the project's [migration guide](https://floating-ui.com/docs/migration) covers moving an existing Popper v2 setup to Floating UI.

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