daisyUI adds components to Tailwind CSS with a philosophy centered on CSS. This contrasts with MUI, which often integrates more deeply with JavaScript frameworks.
MUI (formerly Material UI) is a comprehensive React UI library providing a set of pre-built, customizable components that implement Google's Material Design. It offers a wide range of tools and components for building consistent and visually appealing user interfaces in React applications.
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.
The star count implies that thousands of projects might be using daisyUI. MUI offers a good selection of components. daisyUI offers a wider selection compared to MUI. daisyUI runs as a self-contained plugin for Tailwind CSS
daisyUI has 61 components, 57 of them are unique – for example pagination and button group are considered as same.
MUI offers a good selection of components. daisyUI offers a wider selection compared to MUI.
daisyUI has 61 components, 57 of them are unique – for example pagination and button group are considered as same.
daisyUI's architecture is built around runtime theming using CSS variables. MUI usually relies on build-time theme generation.
daisyUI has 35 themes
The star count implies that thousands of projects might be using daisyUI. Many projects rely on daisyUI, as shown by its substantial download numbers
As of April 2025
Avoid MUI if you're not using React, or if you need a design that significantly deviates from Material Design. Also, consider the relatively large bundle size and the potential performance implications of using a large component library.
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@latestpnpm add -D daisyui@latestyarn add -D daisyui@latestbun add -D daisyui@latestdeno i -D npm:daisyui@latest2. Add daisyUI to app.css:
@import "tailwindcss";
@plugin "daisyui";This comparison is for informational purposes only. Information is based on GitHub public data, NPM registry data and official documentation websites. If you found any outdated information, please open a PR to update it.