Looking for a Flux alternative? This page compares Flux and Flowbite, 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 | Flowbite |
|---|---|
Paid license License Closed source paid license | MIT License Open source MIT License |
Only Laravel Frameworks Flux only works Laravel Livewire | ALL Frameworks Flowbite 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. | 55 Unique components Flowbite has 67 Components, 55 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 Flowbite 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 |
42kB JavaScript size Imported JavaScript bundle size (minified) of Livewire which is required for Flux | 132KB JavaScript size Imported JavaScript bundle size (minified) |
0 Dependencies Flux has no JS dependencies but it requires Laravel Livewire. | 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 Dependency size Flux has no JS dependencies but it requires Laravel Livewire. | 9.6MB Dependency size |
690 GitHub stars | 8400 GitHub stars |
? Used by open source projects No data available | 157000 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 | 390000 NPM downloads Weekly downloads from NPM |
No CDN Flux CSS file is not available on CDN | Yes CDN Flowbite 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 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 Global customizations Flux requires changing props one by one at build time to do design token customization | No Global customizations Flowbite requires changing class names one by one at build time to do customization |
Yes works without Node.js Flux does not require a Node.js environment. | No works without Node.js Flowbite requires a Node.js environment |
No No-build version Flux does not provide micro CSS files for each component | No No-build version Flowbite does not provide micro CSS files for each component |
Yes P3 colors Flux uses wide-gamut P3 colors | No P3 colors Flowbite does not use wide-gamut P3 colors by default |
Yes RTL support Flux supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts | Yes RTL support Flowbite supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts |
No Runtime CSS customization Flux customizations requires changing props at build time | No Runtime CSS customization Flowbite customizations requires changing Tailwind CSS class names at build time |
No Native CSS nesting Flux doesn not use native CSS nesting | No Native CSS nesting Flowbite doesn not use native CSS nesting |
7 Open GitHub issues As of April 2025 | 184 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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