Looking for a Flux alternative? This page compares Flux 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.
Flux | MUI |
|---|---|
Paid license License Closed source paid license | MIT License Open source MIT License |
Only Laravel Frameworks Flux only works Laravel Livewire | Only React Frameworks MUI only works with React |
31 Unique components Flux has 35 components, 31 of them are unique – for example profile and avatar 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 Flux has 2 themes, colors are customizable but either for light or 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 |
42kB JavaScript size Imported JavaScript bundle size (minified) of Livewire which is required for Flux | 575kB JavaScript size Imported JavaScript bundle size (minified) |
0 Dependencies Flux has no JS dependencies but it requires Laravel Livewire. | 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. |
0 Dependency size Flux has no JS dependencies but it requires Laravel Livewire. | 22.8MB Dependency size |
690 GitHub stars | 95300 GitHub stars |
? Used by open source projects No data available | 1400000 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 | 5000000 NPM downloads Weekly downloads from NPM |
No CDN Flux CSS file is not available on CDN | No CDN MUI CSS file is not 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 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 Flux requires changing props one by one at build time to do design token customization | No Global customizations MUI requires changing JavaScript props one by one at build time to do design token customization |
Yes works without Node.js Flux does not require a Node.js environment. | No works without Node.js MUI requires a Node.js environment |
No No-build version Flux does not provide micro CSS files for each component | No No-build version MUI does not provide micro CSS files for each component |
Yes P3 colors Flux uses wide-gamut P3 colors | No P3 colors MUI does not use wide-gamut P3 colors by default |
Yes RTL support Flux supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts | Yes RTL support MUI supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts |
No Runtime CSS customization Flux customizations requires changing props at build time | No Runtime CSS customization MUI customizations requires changing styles at build time |
No Native CSS nesting Flux doesn not use native CSS nesting | No Native CSS nesting MUI doesn not use native CSS nesting |
7 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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