Element Plus

Element Plus is the Vue 3 successor to Element UI, aimed at desktop-density software: forms, tables and the dense administrative screens that internal tools are made of.

At a glance

Install	npm install element-plus
Vue version	3.x only, Element UI covers Vue 2
Styling	Sass variables and CSS custom properties
Density	compact by default, built for desktop
MCP server	not published, but llms.txt is available
License	MIT

Install

npm install element-plus

Auto-import keeps the bundle honest, since importing the whole library pulls in a lot:

npm install -D unplugin-vue-components unplugin-auto-import

What the code looks like

<template>
  <el-form :model="form" label-width="120px">
    <el-form-item label="Project name" prop="name">
      <el-input v-model="form.name" />
    </el-form-item>
    <el-button type="primary" @click="submit">Create</el-button>
  </el-form>

  <el-table :data="rows" stripe height="400">
    <el-table-column prop="name" label="Name" sortable />
    <el-table-column prop="status" label="Status" width="120" />
  </el-table>
</template>

Worth knowing before you commit

The project is very widely deployed in Chinese-language products, which is a strength and a friction: a large share of issue threads, blog posts and Stack Overflow answers are in Chinese. Translation is workable but slows debugging.

Accessibility coverage is partial rather than documented end to end. If you have a compliance requirement, verify the specific components you need rather than assuming.

Choose it if

• You are building an admin panel and want dense, form-heavy components out of the box.
• You are migrating an Element UI codebase from Vue 2 to Vue 3.

Look elsewhere if

• You need documented WAI-ARIA conformance. PrimeVue is stronger there.
• You are building a consumer product. The visual density fights you.