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UI version comparison

Updated on October 17, 2022
Applicable to Cosmos React applications

Pega Platform version 8.6 introduces Cosmos React, a modernized UI.

Cosmos React is the newest version of the Cosmos design system that, paired with a view-based architecture, offers superior efficiency and responsiveness, but supports a narrower feature set than the default section-based architecture of Theme Cosmos. By understanding the limitations of either framework, you can better meet your business needs.

The following table presents recommended uses for the two UIs.

User interface choice in Pega Platform version 8.6

Cosmos ReactTheme Cosmos
New applications
New applications with capabilities that Cosmos React does not support. For more information, see Feature limitations in Cosmos React.
New, simple applications without unsupported features of Cosmos React in 8.6, and can be enhanced incrementally as the new view-based UI evolves. For more information, see Feature limitations in Cosmos React.
New application based on an Theme UI-Kit applicationSee Best practices for using Cosmos React in new and existing applications
Existing applications.See Best practices for using Cosmos React in new and existing applications
Application features
Mashup
Mobile
Offline mode
Accessibility
Localization
Reporting
Simple reporting and data exploration
Complex reporting with sub-reports and joins
Application UI that uses data from reports with complex joins
Authentication
Attribute-based access controls (ABAC)
OAuth 2.0 authentication
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