Looking for a Meraki UI alternative? This page compares Meraki UI 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.
Meraki UI | MUI |
|---|---|
MIT License Open source MIT License | MIT License Open source MIT License |
ALL Frameworks Meraki UI is framework agnostic and works everywhere | Only React Frameworks MUI only works with React |
18 Unique components Meraki UI has 31 Components, 18 of them are unique – for example pagination and button group 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 Meraki UI has light and 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 |
17kB JavaScript size Meraki UI requires Alpine.js | 575kB JavaScript size Imported JavaScript bundle size (minified) |
0 Dependencies Meraki UI has no dependencies, but it requires Alpine.js | 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 Meraki UI has no dependencies, but it requires Alpine.js | 22.8MB Dependency size |
2600 GitHub stars | 95300 GitHub stars |
? Used by open source projects Can't measure | 1400000 Used by open source projects Based on GitHub's public repositories |
? NPM downloads Can't measure | 5000000 NPM downloads Weekly downloads from NPM |
Yes CDN Meraki UI uses Tailwind CSS class names which is available on CDN | No CDN MUI CSS file is not available on CDN |
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 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 Meraki UI requires changing class names one by one at build time to do 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 Meraki UI does not requires a Node.js environment | No works without Node.js MUI requires a Node.js environment |
No No-build version Meraki UI does not provide micro CSS files for each component | No No-build version MUI does not provide micro CSS files for each component |
No P3 colors Meraki UI does not use wide-gamut P3 colors by default | No P3 colors MUI does not use wide-gamut P3 colors by default |
Yes RTL support Meraki UI supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts | Yes RTL support MUI supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts |
No Runtime CSS customization Meraki UI customizations requires changing Tailwind CSS class names at build time | No Runtime CSS customization MUI customizations requires changing styles at build time |
No Native CSS nesting Meraki UI doesn not use native CSS nesting | No Native CSS nesting MUI doesn not use native CSS nesting |
0 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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