Looking for a Flowbite alternative? This page compares Flowbite and Flux, 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.
Flowbite | Flux |
|---|---|
MIT License Open source MIT License | Paid license License Closed source paid license |
ALL Frameworks Flowbite is framework agnostic and works everywhere | Only Laravel Frameworks Flux only works Laravel Livewire |
55 Unique components Flowbite has 67 Components, 55 of them are unique – for example pagination and button group are considered as same. | 31 Unique components Flux has 35 components, 31 of them are unique – for example profile and avatar are considered as same. |
2 Built-in Themes Flowbite has light and dark themes | 2 Built-in Themes Flux has 2 themes, colors are customizable but either for light or 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 |
132KB JavaScript size Imported JavaScript bundle size (minified) | 42kB JavaScript size Imported JavaScript bundle size (minified) of Livewire which is required for Flux |
22 Dependencies Flowbite has 22 third-party dependencies. Using more third-party dependencies increases the risk of security vulnerabilities, compatibility problems, and long-term maintenance headaches from deprecated packages. | 0 Dependencies Flux has no JS dependencies but it requires Laravel Livewire. |
9.6MB Dependency size | 0 Dependency size Flux has no JS dependencies but it requires Laravel Livewire. |
8400 GitHub stars | 690 GitHub stars |
157000 Used by open source projects Based on GitHub's public repositories | ? Used by open source projects No data available |
390000 NPM downloads Weekly downloads from NPM | ? NPM downloads Flux is not available on NPM but it has 40000 weekly downloads on Packagist |
Yes CDN Flowbite CSS file is available on CDN | No CDN Flux CSS file is not available on CDN |
No Semantic class names Flowbite 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 Flux 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 Flowbite requires changing class names one by one at build time to do customization | No Global customizations Flux requires changing props one by one at build time to do design token customization |
No works without Node.js Flowbite requires a Node.js environment | Yes works without Node.js Flux does not require a Node.js environment. |
No No-build version Flowbite does not provide micro CSS files for each component | No No-build version Flux does not provide micro CSS files for each component |
No P3 colors Flowbite does not use wide-gamut P3 colors by default | Yes P3 colors Flux uses wide-gamut P3 colors |
Yes RTL support Flowbite supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts | Yes RTL support Flux supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts |
No Runtime CSS customization Flowbite customizations requires changing Tailwind CSS class names at build time | No Runtime CSS customization Flux customizations requires changing props at build time |
No Native CSS nesting Flowbite doesn not use native CSS nesting | No Native CSS nesting Flux doesn not use native CSS nesting |
184 Open GitHub issues As of April 2025 | 7 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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