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AuraUI vs Mastra
TypeScript framework for AI agents, focuses on agent orchestration, not design systems.
Which to pick
Pick AuraUI if you want…
- Design context for AI agents
- A free tool
- Integrations with Codex, Claude Code or Cursor (on AuraUI's list, not Mastra's)
Pick Mastra if you want…
- Typed AI agents with built-in observability
- Agent orchestration
- Open-source code (mastra-ai/mastra on GitHub)
- Integrations with React, Next.js or Node (on Mastra's list, not AuraUI's)
Side by side
- What it is
- AuraUI:AuraUI provides design markdown files and curated design skills to give AI coding agents visual direction and workflow context.
- Mastra:Mastra is an open-source TypeScript framework for building AI agents with memory, tools, workflows and observability.
- Best for
- AuraUI:Design context for AI agents
- Mastra:Typed AI agents with built-in observability
- Who it’s for
- AuraUI:Developers building UI with AI coding agents and teams needing consistent design guidance.
- Mastra:TypeScript developers building AI-powered applications and agents.
- Pricing
- AuraUI:Free
- Mastra:Freemium
- Plans
- AuraUI:—
- Mastra:Starter $0 per month · Teams $250 per month
- Open source
- AuraUI:—
- Mastra:Yes, 28,481 GitHub stars
- Works with
- AuraUI:Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini, Windsurf, Cline, Roo Code
- Mastra:React, Next.js, Node, LibSQL, Postgres, Vite
AuraUI features
- Design MD files. Downloadable markdown that encodes visual intent, tokens, patterns and principles for agents.
- Live HTML previews. Preview design systems in the browser before applying them.
- Curated Design Skills. Index of 39 ready-to-use design skills for UI, branding, and prototyping.
- Agent-agnostic integration. Works with any AI coding agent that can read project context.
- Public access, no account needed. Design MD previews and skills are browsable and downloadable without signing up.
- Markdown-in / Interface-out workflow. Add design markdown to an agent workspace, then generate UI consistently from prompts.
Mastra features
- Typed Agents. Define agents with instructions, models, tools and runtime behavior in TypeScript.
- Workflows. Compose multi-step, retryable, branchable workflows with typed control flow.
- Harness. Coordinate multi-mode agents with shared state, threads and storage.
- Memory. Durable observational memory with semantic recall and thread-aware storage.
- Observability. Logs, metrics, traces, datasets and signals for full runtime insight.
- Server & Studio. Run agents locally or in Mastra Cloud and manage them via a web studio.
AuraUI vs Mastra FAQ
Is AuraUI or Mastra free?+
AuraUI is free. Mastra has a free plan (Starter); paid plans start at $250/month (Teams).
Which is cheaper, AuraUI or Mastra?+
AuraUI is free, so it costs less. Mastra starts at $250/month (Teams).
Is AuraUI or Mastra open source?+
Mastra is open source (mastra-ai/mastra on GitHub). DevHunt has no public source repository on record for AuraUI.
Do AuraUI and Mastra integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: AuraUI lists Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and 4 more; Mastra lists React, Next.js, Node, LibSQL and 2 more.
On DevHunt
Based on each tool's website and DevHunt data. Details may change; check the official sites.