Looking for a Flux alternative? This page compares Flux and Bulma, 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.
Flux | Bulma |
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Paid license License Closed source paid license | MIT License Open source MIT License |
Only Laravel Frameworks Flux only works Laravel Livewire | ALL Frameworks Bulma is framework agnostic and works everywhere |
31 Unique components Flux has 35 components, 31 of them are unique – for example profile and avatar are considered as same. | 20 Unique components Bulma has 21 Components, 20 of them are unique – for example pagination and button group are considered as same. |
2 Built-in Themes Flux has 2 themes, colors are customizable but either for light or dark themes. | 2 Built-in Themes Bulma has light and dark themes |
No Supports more than two themes Does not support more than 2 themes at the same time | Yes Supports more than two themes Bulma support more than 2 themes at the same time |
42kB JavaScript size Imported JavaScript bundle size (minified) of Livewire which is required for Flux | 7.4kB JavaScript size Imported JavaScript bundle size (minified) – Bulma does not include any JavaScript by default but all interactivities require custom JavaScript. There's an unofficial @vizuaalog/bulmajs package that provides interactivity, which is 7.4kB. |
0 Dependencies Flux has no JS dependencies but it requires Laravel Livewire. | 1 Dependencies Bulma does not have any dependencies but all interactivities require custom JavaScript. There's an unofficial @vizuaalog/bulmajs package that provides interactivity. |
0 Dependency size Flux has no JS dependencies but it requires Laravel Livewire. | 21kB Dependency size Bulma does not have any dependencies but all interactivities require custom JavaScript. There's an unofficial @vizuaalog/bulmajs package that provides interactivity. |
690 GitHub stars | 49700 GitHub stars |
? Used by open source projects No data available | 259000 Used by open source projects Based on GitHub's public repositories |
? NPM downloads Flux is not available on NPM but it has 40000 weekly downloads on Packagist | 201000 NPM downloads Weekly downloads from NPM |
No CDN Flux CSS file is not available on CDN | Yes CDN Bulma CSS file is available on CDN |
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 Semantic class names Bulma CSS uses 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 Flux requires changing props one by one at build time to do design token customization | Yes Global customizations Bulma provides component-level CSS variables that let you adjust colors, sizes, spacing, radius, and other styles to match your design. |
Yes works without Node.js Flux does not require a Node.js environment. | Yes works without Node.js Bulma does not requires a Node.js environment |
No No-build version Flux does not provide micro CSS files for each component | No No-build version Bulma does not provide micro CSS files for each component |
Yes P3 colors Flux uses wide-gamut P3 colors | No P3 colors Bulma does not use wide-gamut P3 colors by default |
Yes RTL support Flux supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts | Yes RTL support Bulma supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts |
No Runtime CSS customization Flux customizations requires changing props at build time | Yes Runtime CSS customization Bulma uses CSS variables for design customization at runtime |
No Native CSS nesting Flux doesn not use native CSS nesting | No Native CSS nesting Bulma doesn not use native CSS nesting |
7 Open GitHub issues As of April 2025 | 317 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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