OnboardJS vs Other Libraries

React Joyride is great for quick overlay tours, but if you need the flow to feel like your app - not a layer on top of it - OnboardJS's headless architecture gives you complete control.

Intro.js pioneered product tours, but its jQuery-era architecture shows its age. If you're building with React, Next.js, or any modern framework, OnboardJS gives you a native experience.

Shepherd.js is well-maintained and capable, but it still renders its own UI. If you want your onboarding to be indistinguishable from your app, OnboardJS's fully headless approach is the answer.

Driver.js is impressively lightweight and has great highlighting, but its popover-only approach limits what you can build. OnboardJS lets you render anything—modals, drawers, inline hints, or custom components.

Reactour was one of the first React-specific tour libraries, but its class-based architecture and fixed UI make it feel dated. OnboardJS brings onboarding into the hooks era.