Compare Chakra UI with daisyUI

daisyUI is a better Chakra UI Alternative

Many developers find daisyUI useful because it works with any JavaScript framework, or even without one. Chakra UI is often tied to specific frameworks like Only React.

Chakra UI is a React component library that provides a set of accessible and reusable UI components for building modern web applications. It offers a range of customizable elements and tools designed to promote best practices for accessibility and developer experience.

daisyUI is a component library for Tailwind CSS that provides pre-designed components with theming capabilities. It is framework-agnostic, meaning it can be used in any web project, and it doesn't ship any JavaScript to the browser.

Why some developers choose daisyUI when they also use Chakra UI

daisyUI has built a strong community on GitHub, as shown by its star count. You can find many helpful components in Chakra UI. daisyUI includes more ready-to-use components in its collection. daisyUI works without needing any other external JavaScript or CSS libraries

Unique components

57
daisyUI
48
Chakra UI

daisyUI has 61 components, 57 of them are unique – for example pagination and button group are considered as same.

Components

You can find many helpful components in Chakra UI. daisyUI includes more ready-to-use components in its collection.

Unique components

57
daisyUI
48
Chakra UI

daisyUI has 61 components, 57 of them are unique – for example pagination and button group are considered as same.

Themes

daisyUI provides 35 themes compared to Chakra UI's 2. This wider selection can help find a design that fits your project faster.

Built-in Themes

35
daisyUI
2
Chakra UI

daisyUI has 35 themes

Community & Support

daisyUI has built a strong community on GitHub, as shown by its star count. daisyUI has a significant presence on NPM, reflected in its high download count

Used by open source projects

392000
daisyUI
372000
Chakra UI

Based on GitHub's public repositories

Why daisyUI is better than Chakra UI

Avoid Chakra UI if you're not using React, or if you need a design that significantly deviates from the default Chakra UI styles. Also, consider the dependency size and the potential impact on your application's performance.

Use daisyUI when you want to rapidly prototype or build a project with a consistent design system based on Tailwind CSS. It's well-suited for projects where you need a large variety of customizable components and theme options without writing a lot of custom CSS.

Install daisyUI

1. Install daisyUI as a Node package:

npm i -D daisyui@latest
pnpm add -D daisyui@latest
yarn add -D daisyui@latest
bun add -D daisyui@latest
deno i -D npm:daisyui@latest

2. Add daisyUI to app.css:

@import "tailwindcss";
@plugin "daisyui";

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