Comparing Flowbite vs HeroUI. Which one is better in 2026?

Flowbite HeroUI

Looking for a Flowbite alternative? This page compares Flowbite and HeroUI, 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	HeroUI
MIT License Open source MIT License	MIT License Open source MIT License
ALL Frameworks Flowbite is framework agnostic and works everywhere	Only React Frameworks HeroUI works only with React
55 Unique components Flowbite has 67 Components, 55 of them are unique – for example pagination and button group are considered as same.	43 Unique components HeroUI has 50 Components, 43 of them are unique – for example pagination and button group are considered as same.
2 Built-in Themes Flowbite has light and dark themes	2 Built-in Themes HeroUI 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
132KB JavaScript size Imported JavaScript bundle size (minified)	1.2MB JavaScript size Imported JavaScript bundle size (minified)
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.	208 Dependencies HeroUI has 208 third-party dependencies. Using more third-party dependencies increases the risk of security vulnerabilities, compatibility problems, and long-term maintenance headaches from deprecated packages.
9.6MB Dependency size	37MB Dependency size
9300 GitHub stars	29700 GitHub stars
166000 Used by open source projects Based on GitHub's public repositories	71000 Used by open source projects Based on GitHub's public repositories
634000 NPM downloads Weekly downloads from NPM	420000 NPM downloads Weekly downloads from NPM
Yes CDN Flowbite CSS file is available on CDN	No CDN HeroUI 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 HeroUI 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 HeroUI requires changing JavaScript props one by one at build time to do design token customization
No works without Node.js Flowbite requires a Node.js environment	No works without Node.js HeroUI requires a Node.js environment
No No-build version Flowbite does not provide micro CSS files for each component	No No-build version HeroUI does not provide micro CSS files for each component
No P3 colors Flowbite does not use wide-gamut P3 colors by default	No P3 colors HeroUI does not use wide-gamut P3 colors by default
Yes RTL support Flowbite supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts	Yes RTL support HeroUI 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 HeroUI customizations requires changing JavaScript props at build time
No Native CSS nesting Flowbite doesn not use native CSS nesting	No Native CSS nesting HeroUI doesn not use native CSS nesting
214 Open GitHub issues As of June 2026	31 Open GitHub issues As of June 2026
vs Compare Flowbite vs daisyUI	vs Compare daisyUI vs HeroUI

Install daisyUI

1. Install daisyUI as a Node package:

NPM

npm i -D daisyui@latest

PNPM

pnpm add -D daisyui@latest

Yarn

yarn add -D daisyui@latest

Bun

bun add -D daisyui@latest

Deno

deno i -D npm:daisyui@latest

2. Add daisyUI to app.css:

@import "tailwindcss";
@plugin "daisyui";

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