Looking for a Chakra UI alternative? This page compares Chakra UI and HyperUI, two popular UI component libraries. We are comparing features, size, efficiency and usage data to help you choose which component library is better for your next project.
Chakra UI | 🚀 HyperUI |
|---|---|
MIT License Open source MIT License | MIT License Open source MIT License |
Only React Frameworks Chakra UI works only with React | ALL Frameworks HyperUI is framework agnostic and works everywhere |
48 Unique components Chakra UI has 59 Components, 48 of them are unique – for example pagination and button group are considered as same. | 19 Unique components HyperUI has 24 Components, 19 of them are unique – for example pagination and button group are considered as same. |
2 Built-in Themes Chakra UI has light and dark themes | 2 Built-in Themes HyperUI has light and dark themes |
No Supports more than two themes Does not support more than 2 themes at the same time | No Supports more than two themes Does not support more than 2 themes at the same time |
765kB JavaScript size Imported JavaScript bundle size (minified) | 0 JavaScript size HyperUI doesn't ship JavaScript to browsers |
146 Dependencies Chakra UI has 146 third-party dependencies. Using more third-party dependencies increases the risk of security vulnerabilities, compatibility problems, and long-term maintenance headaches from deprecated packages. | 1 Dependencies HyperUI has no dependencies, but it requires @tailwindcss/forms plugin |
25MB Dependency size | 65kB Dependency size HyperUI has no dependencies, but it requires @tailwindcss/forms plugin |
38900 GitHub stars | 11000 GitHub stars |
372000 Used by open source projects Based on GitHub's public repositories | ? Used by open source projects Can't measure |
721000 NPM downloads Weekly downloads from NPM | ? NPM downloads Can't measure |
No CDN Chakra UI CSS file is not available on CDN | Yes CDN HyperUI uses Tailwind CSS class names which is available on CDN |
No Semantic class names Chakra UI does not use semantic CSS class names. Using semantic and descriptive CSS class names improves readability and maintainability of code independent of the current framework. | No Semantic class names HyperUI does not use semantic CSS class names. Using semantic and descriptive CSS class names improves readability and maintainability of code independent of the current framework. |
No Global customizations Chakra UI requires changing JavaScript props one by one at build time to do design token customization | No Global customizations HyperUI requires changing class names one by one at build time to do customization |
No works without Node.js Chakra UI requires a Node.js environment | Yes works without Node.js HyperUI does not requires a Node.js environment |
No No-build version Chakra UI does not provide micro CSS files for each component | No No-build version HyperUI does not provide micro CSS files for each component |
No P3 colors Chakra UI does not use wide-gamut P3 colors by default | Yes P3 colors HyperUI uses wide-gamut P3 colors by default |
No RTL support Chakra UI does not support right-to-left (RTL) layouts | Yes RTL support HyperUI supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts |
No Runtime CSS customization Chakra UI customizations requires changing JavaScript props at build time | No Runtime CSS customization HyperUI customizations requires changing Tailwind CSS class names at build time |
No Native CSS nesting Chakra UI doesn not use native CSS nesting | No Native CSS nesting HyperUI doesn not use native CSS nesting |
2 Open GitHub issues As of April 2025 | 0 Open GitHub issues 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";
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