# EneUI vs Aceternity UI, components, licence and agent access

Compare EneUI and Aceternity UI: what each one ships, its licence and price, whether it exposes an MCP server, and how many Aceternity UI components are already in the EneUI catalog. Numbers measured 2026-10-31.

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Aceternity UI is licensed Free components + Pro templates at Free + Pro. The table below puts it next to EneUI on the fields that decide an install, not on taste. Aceternity UI also ships an MCP surface; the difference is what it returns.

| Option | Components | Libraries | Licenza |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EneUI | 111,985 | 1472 | MIT (components keep their source licence) |
| Aceternity UI | 204 | 2 | Free components + Pro templates |

## When to pick it

- **EneUI**, You want one index over every library, including Aceternity UI, with source, licence and an install command your agent can run.
- **Aceternity UI**, You want this project's own MCP server and its house style, and you are not indexing other libraries.

## Verdict

Aceternity UI and EneUI are both free to use. EneUI charges for quotas and team features, never for reading a component. Aceternity UI also ships an MCP surface; the difference is what it returns.

## FAQ

### How many components does this page cover?

112,189 components measured in the catalog, across 2 families.

### How were the counts measured?

By reading the catalog: every component carries its source library and the license declared upstream. The numbers are computed per request, not copied from a post.

### Can I install them with shadcn?

Yes, every component page shows the `npx shadcn add` command against our registry, with a free token.