Looking for a Preline UI alternative? This page compares Preline UI 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.
Preline UI | Meraki UI |
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MIT License Open source MIT License | MIT License Open source MIT License |
ALL Frameworks Preline is framework agnostic and works everywhere | ALL Frameworks Meraki UI 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. | 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 Preline has light and 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 |
84.6kB JavaScript size Imported JavaScript bundle size (minified) | 17kB JavaScript size Meraki UI requires Alpine.js |
3 Dependencies Preline has 3 third-party dependencies. | 0 Dependencies Meraki UI has no dependencies, but it requires Alpine.js |
400kB Dependency size | 0 Dependency size Meraki UI has no dependencies, but it requires Alpine.js |
5400 GitHub stars | 2600 GitHub stars |
12700 Used by open source projects Based on GitHub's public repositories | ? Used by open source projects Can't measure |
32000 NPM downloads Weekly downloads from NPM | ? NPM downloads Can't measure |
Yes CDN Preline CSS file is available on CDN | Yes CDN Meraki UI uses Tailwind CSS class names which 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 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 Preline requires changing class names one by one at build time to do customization | No Global customizations Meraki UI requires changing class names one by one at build time to do customization |
No works without Node.js Preline requires a Node.js environment | Yes works without Node.js Meraki UI does not requires a Node.js environment |
No No-build version Preline 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 Preline uses wide-gamut P3 colors by default | No P3 colors Meraki UI does not use wide-gamut P3 colors by default |
Yes RTL support Preline supports right-to-left (RTL) layouts | Yes RTL support Meraki UI 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 Meraki UI 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 Meraki UI doesn not use native CSS nesting |
37 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@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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