AWS Northstar
AWS Northstar is a free, open-source design system built with React. NorthStar is an open source design system with reusable React components for rapidly prototyping intuitive, meaningful and accessible user experience. It has 215 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license.
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Get started
Copy the files into a new folder with degit (no git history), or clone the repository with git.
npx degit aws/aws-northstar my-ui
cd my-ui
npm install # then run the dev script from the READMEgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/aws/aws-northstar.git my-uiSources: GitHub docs on template repositories, degit.
About AWS Northstar
NorthStar is an open source design system with reusable React components for rapidly prototyping intuitive, meaningful and accessible user experience. It simplifies your work and ensures consistent, predictable user experience at scale for your customers. With NorthStar, you can focus on innovation and do more with less.
Built with
- React
- TypeScript
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How do I use AWS Northstar?
Copy the files into a new folder with npx degit aws/aws-northstar my-ui (no git history), or fork the repository on GitHub. Then follow the README for the install and dev commands.
Can I use AWS Northstar for commercial projects?
Yes. AWS Northstar is released under the Apache-2.0 license, a permissive license that allows commercial use as long as you keep the copyright and license notice. Third-party assets bundled with it (images, fonts, icons) may have their own terms.
Is AWS Northstar maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Sep 22, 2026. Its latest release is v1.4.2. appsgit only lists templates from repositories with a commit in the last six months.