Looking for a Flowbite alternative? This page compares Flowbite and MUI, 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 | MUI |
|---|---|
MIT License Open source MIT License | MIT License Open source MIT License |
ALL Frameworks Flowbite is framework agnostic and works everywhere | Only React Frameworks MUI only works with React |
55 Unique components Flowbite has 67 Components, 55 of them are unique – for example pagination and button group are considered as same. | 32 Unique components MUI has 51 components, 32 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 MUI has 2 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) | 575kB 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. | 85 Dependencies MUI has 85 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 | 22.8MB Dependency size |
8400 GitHub stars | 95300 GitHub stars |
157000 Used by open source projects Based on GitHub's public repositories | 1400000 Used by open source projects Based on GitHub's public repositories |
390000 NPM downloads Weekly downloads from NPM | 5000000 NPM downloads Weekly downloads from NPM |
Yes CDN Flowbite CSS file is available on CDN | No CDN MUI 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 MUI 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 MUI 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 MUI requires a Node.js environment |
No No-build version Flowbite does not provide micro CSS files for each component | No No-build version MUI 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 MUI does not use wide-gamut P3 colors by default |
Yes RTL support Flowbite supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts | Yes RTL support MUI 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 MUI customizations requires changing styles at build time |
No Native CSS nesting Flowbite doesn not use native CSS nesting | No Native CSS nesting MUI doesn not use native CSS nesting |
184 Open GitHub issues As of April 2025 | 1700 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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