Comparing Flux vs Preline UI. Which one is better in 2025?

Flux Preline UI

Looking for a Flux alternative? This page compares Flux and Preline 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
Preline UI
Paid license
License
Closed source paid license
MIT
License
Open source MIT License
Only Laravel
Frameworks
Flux only works Laravel Livewire
ALL
Frameworks
Preline 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.
66
Unique components
Preline has 77 Components, 66 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
Preline 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
84.6kB
JavaScript size
Imported JavaScript bundle size (minified)
0
Dependencies
Flux has no JS dependencies but it requires Laravel Livewire.
3
Dependencies
Preline has 3 third-party dependencies.
0
Dependency size
Flux has no JS dependencies but it requires Laravel Livewire.
400kB
Dependency size
690
GitHub stars
5400
GitHub stars
?
Used by open source projects
No data available
12700
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
32000
NPM downloads
Weekly downloads from NPM
No
CDN
Flux CSS file is not available on CDN
Yes
CDN
Preline 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
Preline 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
Preline 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
Preline requires a Node.js environment
No
No-build version
Flux does not provide micro CSS files for each component
No
No-build version
Preline does not provide micro CSS files for each component
Yes
P3 colors
Flux uses wide-gamut P3 colors
Yes
P3 colors
Preline uses wide-gamut P3 colors by default
Yes
RTL support
Flux supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts
Yes
RTL support
Preline supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts
No
Runtime CSS customization
Flux customizations requires changing props at build time
No
Runtime CSS customization
Preline 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
Preline doesn not use native CSS nesting
7
Open GitHub issues
As of April 2025
37
Open GitHub issues
As of April 2025

Install daisyUI

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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