Compare shadcn/ui with daisyUI
daisyUI aims to make adding components to Tailwind CSS simple. Its method relies on CSS classes, unlike shadcn/ui which often uses JavaScript components.
daisyUI is trusted by thousands of developers, as evidenced by its GitHub popularity. The library of components in shadcn/ui is helpful. daisyUI's library of components is larger than shadcn/ui's. daisyUI consistently maintains zero dependencies as a core feature
daisyUI has 61 components, 57 of them are unique – for example pagination and button group are considered as same.
Weekly downloads from NPM
The library of components in shadcn/ui is helpful. daisyUI's library of components is larger than shadcn/ui's.
daisyUI has 61 components, 57 of them are unique – for example pagination and button group are considered as same.
daisyUI uses CSS variables for theming. This makes switching themes very simple compared to shadcn/ui, which might involve configuration files or JS.
daisyUI has 35 themes
daisyUI is trusted by thousands of developers, as evidenced by its GitHub popularity. shadcn/ui sees considerable usage. daisyUI shows higher adoption numbers based on weekly NPM downloads
Based on GitHub's public repositories
Weekly downloads from NPM
As of April 2025
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 If you found any outdated information, please open a PR to update it.