Looking for a Flowbite alternative? This page compares Flowbite and NuxtUI, 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 | NuxtUI |
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MIT License Open source MIT License | MIT License Open source MIT License |
ALL Frameworks Flowbite is framework agnostic and works everywhere | Only Vue Frameworks NuxtUI works only with Vue |
55 Unique components Flowbite has 67 Components, 55 of them are unique – for example pagination and button group are considered as same. | 37 Unique components NuxtUI has 50 Components, 37 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 NuxtUI has light and dark themes, the primary color is customizable |
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) | 85kB 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. | 259 Dependencies NuxtUI has 259 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 | 151MB Dependency size |
8400 GitHub stars | 4700 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 | 71000 NPM downloads Weekly downloads from NPM |
Yes CDN Flowbite CSS file is available on CDN | No CDN NuxtUI 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 NuxtUI 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 NuxtUI requires changing class names one by one at build time to do customization |
No works without Node.js Flowbite requires a Node.js environment | No works without Node.js NuxtUI requires a Node.js environment |
No No-build version Flowbite does not provide micro CSS files for each component | No No-build version NuxtUI 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 NuxtUI uses wide-gamut P3 colors by default |
Yes RTL support Flowbite supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts | Yes RTL support NuxtUI 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 NuxtUI customizations requires changing JavaScript props at build time |
No Native CSS nesting Flowbite doesn not use native CSS nesting | No Native CSS nesting NuxtUI doesn not use native CSS nesting |
184 Open GitHub issues As of April 2025 | 316 Open GitHub issues As of April 2025 |
1. Install daisyUI as a Node package:
npm i -D daisyui@latest
pnpm add -D daisyui@latest
yarn add -D daisyui@latest
bun add -D daisyui@latest
deno i -D npm:daisyui@latest
2. Add daisyUI to app.css:
@import "tailwindcss";
@plugin "daisyui";
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