Boron- and nitrogen-based chemical hydrogen storage materials, such as metal borohydrides, ammonia borane, hydrazine borane, metal-nitrogen-hydrogen systems, ammonia, and hydrazine, have been extensively investigated in the past years. A variety of methods have been developed to decrease the reaction temperature and enhance the reaction kinetics of these systems. This feature article is to serve as an up to date account of the recent progress in chemical hydrogen storage with the boron- and nitrogen-based materials.