How Wyllet compares

Wallet connectors come in two kinds. Open-source kits like RainbowKit and ConnectKit give people who already have a wallet a way to connect it. Hosted platforms like Privy, Dynamic and Reown AppKit also sign people up with email or social accounts and create wallets for them. Wyllet is an open-source kit. Here is how it stacks up, including when another tool is the better pick.

Checked on October 12, 2026. Versions, licenses and dependency counts come from the npm registry; features, chains and pricing from each project’s documentation and pricing page. Something out of date? Tell us.

Choose Wyllet when

Your dApp is on wagmi v3, or you are upgrading to it.
Users should see their tokens and activity without you building those screens.
You want a drawer, popover or inline panel instead of only a modal.
You want no hosted service, account or usage-based pricing, and no extra dependencies.

Choose RainbowKit or ConnectKit when

Your app is on wagmi v2 and will stay there for now.
A modal connect flow is all you need.
With ConnectKit: you want its optional email and passkey sign-up.

Choose a hosted platform when

People sign up with email, phone or social accounts.
You need embedded wallets created for users who have none.
You support Solana, Bitcoin or other non-EVM chains.
Wyllet does none of these, by design.

Open-source connect kits

Free libraries you install and theme yourself. These are the closest alternatives to Wyllet.

	Wyllet	RainbowKit	ConnectKit	Web3-Onboard
License	MIT	MIT	BSD-2-Clause	MIT
Built on	wagmi v3 and viem	wagmi v2 and viem	wagmi v2 and viem (v3 in progress)	Its own stack (wagmi v2 module)
Direct runtime dependencies	0	7	9	12 (core)
Presentations	Drawer, popover, modal, mobile sheet and inline	Modal	Modal	Modal and a corner account widget
After connecting	Tokens, activity, networks and receive QR	Balance, chain switcher, and transactions your app registers	Balance and network switcher	Balance, up to 5 tokens and network switcher
Sign-In With Ethereum	Built in	NextAuth add-on	Built in	Not built in
Theming	4 presets, CSS variable tokens, per-element class names	3 presets and custom themes	8 presets and experimental CSS variables	Presets and CSS variables
Latest release	1.1.0, Oct 2026	2.2.11, May 2026	1.9.2, Mar 2026	2.24.1, Apr 2025

Hosted wallet platforms

Services with sign-up, embedded wallets and more chains, tied to an account and priced by monthly active users.

	Wyllet	Reown AppKit	Dynamic	Privy	thirdweb Connect
License	MIT	Reown Community License (source-available)	MIT SDK, hosted service	Apache-2.0 SDK, hosted service	Apache-2.0 SDK, hosted service
Account and pricing	None, free	Project ID; free up to 500 MAU	Environment ID; free up to 1,000 MAU	App ID; free up to 499 MAU	Client ID required
Email and social login	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Embedded wallets	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chains	EVM	EVM, Solana, Bitcoin and more	EVM, Solana, Bitcoin and more	EVM, Solana and Bitcoin	EVM
wagmi	Built on wagmi v3	Adapter for v2 (v3 in beta)	Optional connector (v2)	Optional package	Own stack (v2 adapter)
Direct runtime dependencies	0	13	29	42	31
Presentations	Drawer, popover, modal, mobile sheet and inline	Modal	Modal, dropdown and inline	Modal	Modal and inline

In detail

Wyllet vs RainbowKit

Open-source UI kit. npm: @rainbow-me/rainbowkit

RainbowKit is the closest alternative: a free, MIT-licensed React kit on wagmi and viem with a provider, a connect button and a config helper. Its latest release (2.2.11) supports wagmi v2 only, while Wyllet is built for wagmi v3.

RainbowKit opens its connect, account and chain screens as modals. Its account modal shows the native balance, and recent transactions appear only when your app registers each one. Wyllet adds drawer, popover and inline presentations, a token list, an activity timeline and toasts. RainbowKit has seven direct runtime dependencies (vanilla-extract among them); Wyllet has none.

Most of a switch is renaming. The migration guide maps every RainbowKit concept to its Wyllet equivalent.

Migrate from RainbowKit

Sources: npm, Docs, Recent transactions

Wyllet vs ConnectKit

Open-source UI kit. npm: connectkit

ConnectKit, from Family, is a free React kit on wagmi with eight visual presets and built-in SIWE. Its latest release (1.9.2) targets wagmi v2 and declares React 17 and 18 as peers, so it doesn't yet list React 19; a wagmi v3 version is in progress.

It can optionally offer email, phone and passkey sign-up through Aave Account, which Wyllet does not. Its account view shows the balance and a network switcher, with no token list or activity timeline. It has nine direct runtime dependencies, including styled-components and framer-motion.

Sources: npm, Docs

Wyllet vs Reown AppKit

Hosted wallet platform. npm: @reown/appkit

AppKit, formerly Web3Modal, is the connect UI from the company behind WalletConnect. It covers EVM, Solana and Bitcoin, adds email and social login, and ships views for tokens, activity, send, swap and on-ramp. It runs on React, Vue, Svelte, vanilla JS and mobile.

It is source-available under the Reown Community License rather than an open-source license: free up to 500 monthly active users, with paid plans above that, and it uses Reown’s hosted services. Its wagmi adapter supports wagmi v2, with v3 in beta. Pick AppKit if you need several chain families or social login; pick Wyllet for an MIT-licensed, EVM-only kit with no usage limits.

Sources: License, Pricing, Docs

Wyllet vs Dynamic

Hosted auth and wallet platform. npm: @dynamic-labs/sdk-react-core

Dynamic is a hosted authentication and wallet platform: email and social sign-in, embedded wallets, and a widget that opens as a modal, a dropdown or inline. It supports EVM, Solana, Bitcoin and many other chains.

You configure it in Dynamic’s dashboard with an environment ID. It is free up to 1,000 monthly active users and paid above that. The React SDK has 29 direct runtime dependencies, and wagmi is an optional connector (v2). Choose Dynamic when sign-up and embedded wallets matter more than owning the UI.

Sources: Pricing, Docs

Wyllet vs Privy

Hosted auth and wallet platform. npm: @privy-io/react-auth

Privy is a hosted login and embedded-wallet service: email, SMS, social accounts and passkeys, with wallets created for users who don’t have one. It supports EVM, Solana and Bitcoin, and React, React Native and native mobile.

It is free up to 499 monthly active users and paid above that. Its UI is a login modal; there is no prebuilt account panel with balances or activity. The React SDK has 42 direct runtime dependencies. Privy and Wyllet solve different problems: Privy onboards people without wallets, Wyllet gives people with wallets a polished way to connect and manage them.

Sources: Pricing, Docs

Wyllet vs thirdweb Connect

Hosted web3 platform. npm: thirdweb

thirdweb’s ConnectButton is part of the thirdweb SDK, which runs on its own stack rather than wagmi. It offers a modal or inline connect UI, email, phone, passkey and social login with in-app wallets, and a full account screen with tokens, NFTs, history, send, receive and buy.

It needs a thirdweb client ID, and removing thirdweb branding is a paid-plan feature. The SDK package has 31 direct runtime dependencies. Choose thirdweb if you already use its platform; choose Wyllet to stay on plain wagmi with no account or branding requirements.

Sources: ConnectButton, Pricing

Wyllet vs Web3-Onboard

Open-source connect library. npm: @web3-onboard/core

Web3-Onboard is a framework-agnostic connect library with its own Svelte-based UI, plus React, Vue and Solid wrappers. It is MIT licensed and adds a corner Account Center showing the balance and up to five extra tokens.

It does not build on wagmi (a separate module supports wagmi v2) and has no built-in SIWE. The core package was last published in April 2025, and the project now lives under the thirdweb organization on GitHub.

Sources: npm, GitHub

See it before you decide

Every option above is live in the playground, and the quick start gets a connect button into your app in a few minutes.

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