Looking for a Flux alternative? This page compares Flux 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.
Flux  | Meraki UI  | 
|---|---|
Paid license  License  Closed source paid license  | MIT  License  Open source MIT License  | 
Only Laravel  Frameworks  Flux only works Laravel Livewire  | ALL  Frameworks  Meraki UI 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.  | 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  Flux has 2 themes, colors are customizable but either for light or 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  | 
42kB  JavaScript size  Imported JavaScript bundle size (minified) of Livewire which is required for Flux  | 17kB  JavaScript size  Meraki UI requires Alpine.js  | 
0  Dependencies  Flux has no JS dependencies but it requires Laravel Livewire.  | 0  Dependencies  Meraki UI has no dependencies, but it requires Alpine.js  | 
0  Dependency size  Flux has no JS dependencies but it requires Laravel Livewire.  | 0  Dependency size  Meraki UI has no dependencies, but it requires Alpine.js  | 
690  GitHub stars   | 2600  GitHub stars   | 
?  Used by open source projects  No data available  | ?  Used by open source projects  Can't measure  | 
?  NPM downloads  Flux is not available on NPM but it has 40000 weekly downloads on Packagist  | ?  NPM downloads  Can't measure  | 
No  CDN  Flux CSS file is not available on CDN  | Yes  CDN  Meraki UI uses Tailwind CSS class names which 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  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  Flux requires changing props one by one at build time to do design token customization  | No  Global customizations  Meraki UI 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.  | Yes  works without Node.js  Meraki UI 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  Meraki UI does not provide micro CSS files for each component  | 
Yes  P3 colors  Flux uses wide-gamut P3 colors  | No  P3 colors  Meraki UI does not use wide-gamut P3 colors by default  | 
Yes  RTL support  Flux supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts  | Yes  RTL support  Meraki UI supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts  | 
No  Runtime CSS customization  Flux customizations requires changing props at build time  | No  Runtime CSS customization  Meraki UI 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  Meraki UI doesn not use native CSS nesting  | 
7  Open GitHub issues  As of April 2025  | 0  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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