Comparing Flowbite vs Meraki UI. Which one is better in 2026?

Flowbite Meraki UI

Looking for a Flowbite alternative? This page compares Flowbite and Meraki UI, 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	Meraki UI
MIT License Open source MIT License	MIT License Open source MIT License
ALL Frameworks Flowbite is framework agnostic and works everywhere	ALL Frameworks Meraki UI is framework agnostic and works everywhere
55 Unique components Flowbite has 67 Components, 55 of them are unique – for example pagination and button group are considered as same.	18 Unique components Meraki UI has 31 Components, 18 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 Meraki UI 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)	17kB JavaScript size Meraki UI requires Alpine.js
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 Meraki UI has no dependencies, but it requires Alpine.js
9.6MB Dependency size	0 Dependency size Meraki UI has no dependencies, but it requires Alpine.js
9300 GitHub stars	2600 GitHub stars
166000 Used by open source projects Based on GitHub's public repositories	? Used by open source projects Can't measure
634000 NPM downloads Weekly downloads from NPM	? NPM downloads Can't measure
Yes CDN Flowbite CSS file is available on CDN	Yes CDN Meraki UI uses Tailwind CSS class names which is 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 Meraki 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 Global customizations Flowbite requires changing class names one by one at build time to do customization	No Global customizations Meraki UI requires changing class names one by one at build time to do customization
No works without Node.js Flowbite requires a Node.js environment	Yes works without Node.js Meraki UI does not requires a Node.js environment
No No-build version Flowbite does not provide micro CSS files for each component	No No-build version Meraki UI 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 Meraki UI does not use wide-gamut P3 colors by default
Yes RTL support Flowbite supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts	Yes RTL support Meraki UI 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 Meraki UI customizations requires changing Tailwind CSS class names at build time
No Native CSS nesting Flowbite doesn not use native CSS nesting	No Native CSS nesting Meraki UI doesn not use native CSS nesting
214 Open GitHub issues As of June 2026	3 Open GitHub issues As of June 2026
vs Compare Flowbite vs daisyUI	vs Compare daisyUI vs Meraki UI

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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