Compare Flux with daisyUI

daisyUI is a better Flux Alternative

daisyUI adds components to Tailwind CSS with a philosophy centered on CSS. This contrasts with Flux, which often integrates more deeply with JavaScript frameworks.

Flux is a UI component library designed for Laravel applications using Livewire. It provides a set of pre-built components and styles for building dynamic and interactive web interfaces.

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.

Tasks that might be easier with daisyUI compared to Flux

Developers often use stars to bookmark projects. More developers have chosen to star daisyUI over Flux on GitHub. Flux offers a good selection of components. daisyUI offers a wider selection compared to Flux. daisyUI runs as a self-contained plugin for Tailwind CSS

Unique components

57
daisyUI
31
Flux

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

GitHub stars

36000
daisyUI
690
Flux

In GitHub's top 400 repositories of all time

Components

Flux offers a good selection of components. daisyUI offers a wider selection compared to Flux.

Unique components

57
daisyUI
31
Flux

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

Themes

daisyUI's architecture is built around runtime theming using CSS variables. Flux usually relies on build-time theme generation.

Built-in Themes

35
daisyUI
2
Flux

daisyUI has 35 themes

Community & Support

Developers often use stars to bookmark projects. More developers have chosen to star daisyUI over Flux on GitHub. Many projects rely on daisyUI, as shown by its substantial download numbers

GitHub stars

36000
daisyUI
690
Flux

In GitHub's top 400 repositories of all time

Why daisyUI is better than Flux

Avoid Flux if you're not using Laravel or Livewire, or if you need a component library that works with other frameworks. Also, consider the dependency on Livewire 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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