If you use HyperUI, you might appreciate how daisyUI integrates directly with Tailwind CSS classes for styling components, offering a CSS-based alternative.
HyperUI is a collection of free, open-source UI components built with Tailwind CSS. It provides a set of basic components and templates that can be used to quickly prototype and build 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.
Both libraries are well-regarded. daisyUI has gained more stars than HyperUI, reflecting its growing popularity. HyperUI offers various UI elements. daisyUI provides a broader range of UI elements. daisyUI operates as a standalone Tailwind CSS plugin without dependencies
daisyUI has 61 components, 57 of them are unique – for example pagination and button group are considered as same.
In GitHub's top 400 repositories of all time
HyperUI offers various UI elements. daisyUI provides a broader range of UI elements.
daisyUI has 61 components, 57 of them are unique – for example pagination and button group are considered as same.
The 35 themes in daisyUI offer more variety than the 2 provided by HyperUI.
daisyUI has 35 themes
Both libraries are well-regarded. daisyUI has gained more stars than HyperUI, reflecting its growing popularity. daisyUI serves a large number of users, as seen from its NPM download statistics
In GitHub's top 400 repositories of all time
Avoid HyperUI if you require a component library with a wide range of advanced components or extensive customization options. Also, if you prefer a component library with built-in theming capabilities, HyperUI might not be the best choice.
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.
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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