Join the KendoReact Free Components Challenge: $5,000 in Prizes!
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Join the KendoReact Free Components Challenge: $5,000 in Prizes!

Publish Date: Mar 12
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We are so delighted to partner with Progress to bring the community a brand new DEV challenge.

Running through March 23, the KendoReact Free Components Challenge is all about showcasing what you can build with KendoReact's powerful free components.

From data grids to toolbars to form components and more, KendoReact offers a comprehensive suite of UI components that every React developer should experience building with. With 50+ free components available, you'll have everything you need to build an impressive application.

We have one prompt for this challenge but three ways to win. Read on to get started!

Our Prompt

For this challenge, your mandate is to build a React app of your choice that utilizes at least 10 KendoReact Free components.

You are free to build any type of application that showcases these components. Whether it's a dashboard, a productivity app, a personal portfolio, or something completely unique - we want to see what you can create with KendoReact.

And for those of you who prefer some structure, we have two additional prize categories for you to consider!

Prize Categories

  • AIm to Impress: Awarded to a top submission that integrates GenAI technology into their project.
  • Delightfully Designed: Awarded to a submission with an especially good UI design that used either the KendoUI Figma Kits and/or Progress ThemeBuilder during app creation.

Prizes

Our prompt winner (1) will receive:

Our prize category winners (2) will receive:

All Participants with a valid submission will receive a completion badge on their DEV profile.

How To Participate

In order to participate, you will need to publish a post using the submission template provided. You are welcome to use any framework as long as the UI is powered by React, and you include at least 10 KendoReact free components in your submission.

  • For those interested in the Delightfully Designed category:
    • ThemeBuilder requires creation of a Telerik account but has a sufficient free tier. Figma UI Kits are available for free in the Figma community.
    • Be sure to take in-progress screenshots of how you utilized ThemeBuilder of Figma UI Kits to include in your submission.

We can't wait to see what you build!

Challenge Submission Template

Please review our judging criteria, rules, guidelines, and FAQ page before submitting so you understand our participation guidelines and official contests rules such as eligibility requirements.

Need Help?

Get to know KendoReact by utilizing their docs, tutorials, and resources.

Important Dates

  • March 12: KendoReact Free Components Challenge begins!
  • March 23: Submissions due at 11:59 PM PDT
  • April 03: Winners Announced

We can't wait to see what you build! Questions about the challenge? Ask them below.

Good luck and happy coding!

Comments 54 total

  • Jess Lee
    Jess LeeMar 12, 2025

    Good luck everyone!!

  • Jackson Kasi
    Jackson KasiMar 12, 2025

    Can we use premium components as well?

    • Jess Lee
      Jess LeeMar 12, 2025

      You may, but they won't count towards the 10 Free Component requirement!

  • Julieana Andrade
    Julieana AndradeMar 12, 2025

    Wish you all good luck!

  • ANIRUDDHA  ADAK
    ANIRUDDHA ADAKMar 12, 2025

    Awesome 😍 😍😍

  • Pratik sharma
    Pratik sharmaMar 12, 2025

    Okay will take in this! Awesome

  • Kathryn Grayson Nanz
    Kathryn Grayson NanzMar 12, 2025

    The entire Progress team wishes you all best of luck!! If you have any questions about the components or need help with anything, don't hesitate to reach out :) We can't wait to see what you build!!

  • Paul
    PaulMar 12, 2025

    Can I use an existing project of mine that does not use Kendo components, submitting a version that does?

  • David Smith
    David SmithMar 12, 2025

    Awesome! ❤️❤️❤️

  •  Precious Kelvin Nwaogu
    Precious Kelvin NwaoguMar 12, 2025

    All the best for everyone!!

  • Arya Teja
    Arya TejaMar 12, 2025

    Anyone looking for collaborators?

    I am new to design and looking for people to collaborate with me.

    • Wamiq-Zahid
      Wamiq-ZahidMar 13, 2025

      I am interested. I have an app idea—basically, it is a dashboard. I need someone who can design it well in Figma using a UI kit.

      Let me know if you’re available to collaborate!

    • HARISHIKESH
      HARISHIKESHMar 14, 2025

      Hi, we can collaborate what kind of Designer you are looking for ?

    • Ashish Jha
      Ashish JhaMar 14, 2025

      Hey Arya,

      I'm interested in participating in this contest, but since I haven't participated in one before, I was wondering if you'd be open to collaborating as a team.

      Let me know what you think.

  • Kennedy Gitahi
    Kennedy GitahiMar 13, 2025

    Is next.js allowed or is this strictly a React challenge?

  • Jaweria Adeel
    Jaweria AdeelMar 13, 2025

    Exciting challenge for React devs Free components and $5K in prizes—time to code and win hcalcuators.com/

  • ANIRUDDHA  ADAK
    ANIRUDDHA ADAKMar 13, 2025

    I’m excited to apply this! 🎉

  • Devansh
    Devansh Mar 13, 2025

    these links to kendoreact website are not working . then i visited it via google search but it is still not opeing free tier just home page is loaded correctly else is not working as it must be

    • Kathryn Grayson Nanz
      Kathryn Grayson NanzMar 13, 2025

      Sorry you're having trouble! I just checked them now and they all seem to work okay for me – maybe clear your cache and try again? Let me know if you're still unable to access the site.

      • Devansh
        Devansh Mar 13, 2025

        ohh sorry !! my mistake Just checked it working fine ,Actually at first I tried it using my college wifi which for some firewall reason was blocking it, this time I tried using other wifi its working fine

  • nadeem zia
    nadeem ziaMar 13, 2025

    I enjoyed reading this, good information provided

  • Jose Muñoz
    Jose MuñozMar 13, 2025

    I am from Colombia, I can participe for the prizes?

  • D2D
    D2DMar 14, 2025

    Hi contestants, after discussing with one of the folks in charge of the contest, I've decided to leave my comment here to inform interested parties that I am offering my mentoring services for free to any and all participants.

    As a former participant in other contests and hackathons, and having won numerous of them in the past, I have benefitted greatly from the recognition since then.

    For the last couple of years, I have been mentoring and coaching other front-end developers & those interested in UX engineering.

    So, I'm here to offer my help once again. This is my way to pay it forward and to help you (the participants) to be one step closer to winning the prize money (just as I did before).

    I am usually more active on LinkedIn, so you can always chat me up there: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherman-chen-weizhi?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=android_app

    But I can also engage in mentoring conversations via this platform (I only joined fairly recently).

    For more serious conversations, we can always do it via Google Meet.

    • Kathryn Grayson Nanz
      Kathryn Grayson NanzMar 14, 2025

      Weizhi is a great resource! I highly encourage anyone looking for a mentor – or just a little technical help – to reach out to him :)

    • bakir claude-01
      bakir claude-01Mar 17, 2025

      rerr

  • Kavuma Herbert
    Kavuma HerbertMar 14, 2025

    Awesome I have to participate

  • Paul
    PaulMar 14, 2025

    Is there a help thread for Kendo components? In particular, I cannot for my life figure out how to put a link on a breadcrumb item.

  • ajagbe jubril
    ajagbe jubrilMar 14, 2025

    hey am new here and also new to coding as well

  • Saurav
    SauravMar 15, 2025

    Hello everyone, this my first time in this competition, i am more kind of backend guy, but can also do frontend. Anyone interested in collaboration?
    DM me linkedin.com/in/saurav0071/

  • Sai Shravan Vadla
    Sai Shravan VadlaMar 15, 2025

    Is it okay if we implement authentication in our apps? Will the judges go through the trouble of making an account?

    (I'm only asking this because in a previous project, I've implemented authentication and not even a single person signed up to even look at my project!)

  • Taizan
    TaizanMar 15, 2025

    Good Luck

  • Aein
    AeinMar 16, 2025

    چه خبر

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    DefxMar 16, 2025

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  • William
    WilliamMar 17, 2025

    Exciting challenge! $5,000 in prizes is a great incentive to explore KendoReact's 50+ free components. Looking forward to building something amazing with their comprehensive UI suite!

  • D2D
    D2DMar 17, 2025

    dev.to/d2d_weizhi/3-tipsguidelines...

    I know that we are already half-way thru this current contest/challenge, but I still want to use this opportunity to share THREE tips/guidelines that I hope will be helpful to all you contestants out there.

    They can also serve as friendly reminders if needed. Hope it helps.

  • Engineer Robin 🎭
    Engineer Robin 🎭Mar 17, 2025

    Best of luck everyone!

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  • Sidharth  Sreejil
    Sidharth SreejilMar 17, 2025

    Can I use Tailwind along with Kendo UI for styling other things ? Is it gonna put me in a lower judging score?

    • Kathryn Grayson Nanz
      Kathryn Grayson NanzMar 17, 2025

      Feel free to use Tailwind (or any other styling library)! It won't put you in a lower judging score, but it will disqualify you for the "delightfully designed" subcategory since you won't be using ThemeBuilder to generate the styles. However, if you'd prefer to just focus on the main prize and/or the AIm to Impress subcategory, that's no issue at all!

    • Paul
      PaulMar 20, 2025

      I would note that the Kendo stylesheet (default or generated from the Theme Builder) has quite a few utility classes, not unlike Tailwind. You might be able to use those in lieu of TW.

  • Rajesh Patel
    Rajesh PatelMar 18, 2025

    This sounds like an exciting challenge! KendoReact’s powerful UI components can significantly enhance project workflows, especially for teams managing complex projects.

    From a project management perspective, having intuitive and well-designed UI components can streamline collaboration and boost productivity. Tools like Teamcamp focus on simplifying project management, and integrating robust UI libraries like KendoReact can further improve user experience and efficiency.

    Curious—has anyone used KendoReact to enhance project dashboards or task management systems? Would love to hear your thoughts!

  • Navin Kumar.R
    Navin Kumar.RMar 18, 2025

    Anyone up for collaboration ?

  • Ravindra Kumar
    Ravindra KumarMar 21, 2025

    Very Good 👍

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  • D2D
    D2DMar 23, 2025

    On the final day of this challenge, I wanted to share THREE key things that I believe you can take away from this experience. These are also things I wished someone else has told me when I first started taking part in similar competitions during the early days of my journey.

    dev.to/d2d_weizhi/3-key-takeaways-...

  • websilvercraft
    websilvercraftMar 24, 2025

    I created a react playground, that includes a kendo react components, to quickly test the components.

    You can use it to test kendo components.

  • Zietjie Abrahams
    Zietjie AbrahamsMar 24, 2025

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