Looking for a Preline UI alternative? This page compares Preline UI 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.
Preline UI | Flowbite |
|---|---|
MIT License Open source MIT License | MIT License Open source MIT License |
ALL Frameworks Preline is framework agnostic and works everywhere | ALL Frameworks Flowbite is framework agnostic and works everywhere |
66 Unique components Preline has 77 Components, 66 of them are unique – for example pagination and button group 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 Preline has light and 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 |
84.6kB JavaScript size Imported JavaScript bundle size (minified) | 132KB JavaScript size Imported JavaScript bundle size (minified) |
3 Dependencies Preline has 3 third-party dependencies. | 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. |
400kB Dependency size | 9.6MB Dependency size |
5400 GitHub stars | 8400 GitHub stars |
12700 Used by open source projects Based on GitHub's public repositories | 157000 Used by open source projects Based on GitHub's public repositories |
32000 NPM downloads Weekly downloads from NPM | 390000 NPM downloads Weekly downloads from NPM |
Yes CDN Preline CSS file is available on CDN | Yes CDN Flowbite CSS file is available on CDN |
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 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 Preline requires changing class names one by one at build time to do customization | No Global customizations Flowbite requires changing class names one by one at build time to do customization |
No works without Node.js Preline requires a Node.js environment | No works without Node.js Flowbite requires a Node.js environment |
No No-build version Preline 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 Preline uses wide-gamut P3 colors by default | No P3 colors Flowbite does not use wide-gamut P3 colors by default |
Yes RTL support Preline supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts | Yes RTL support Flowbite supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts |
No Runtime CSS customization Preline customizations requires changing Tailwind CSS class names at build time | No Runtime CSS customization Flowbite customizations requires changing Tailwind CSS class names at build time |
No Native CSS nesting Preline doesn not use native CSS nesting | No Native CSS nesting Flowbite doesn not use native CSS nesting |
37 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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