UI KITS/ INDEX
Submit a kit
Menu
ALTERNATIVES / CSS

Best Bootstrap alternatives

Bootstrap works well, but it isn’t the only option. Here are the 4 curated kits we’d weigh against it for a new css build — ranked by editorial score and adoption.

RANKED

4 Bootstrap alternatives, ranked

Compare side by side
Sass framework#1

Bulma

Pure CSS, no JavaScript.

Bulma is strongest when sass framework is the right foundation and the team values visual control over a generic UI grab bag.

Editorial score 88 · 49500 ★

Tailwind plugin#2

daisyUI

Component classes for Tailwind.

daisyUI is strongest when tailwind plugin is the right foundation and the team values visual control over a generic UI grab bag.

Editorial score 88 · 32900 ★

Utility-first CSS#3

Tailwind CSS

Style by composition. No class names to invent.

Tailwind CSS is strongest when utility-first css is the right foundation and the team values visual control over a generic UI grab bag.

Editorial score 86 · 82400 ★

CSS-in-JS engine#4

Panda CSS

Type-safe styles, zero runtime.

Panda CSS is strongest when css-in-js engine is the right foundation and the team values visual control over a generic UI grab bag.

Editorial score 82 · 5400 ★

NEXT

Still evaluating?

BUYER HELP

Use the buyer checklist

Twelve questions we use to score every UI kit in this index. Take it with you when you compare Bootstrap against the alternatives above.

Get the checklist →

Compare any two kits

Side-by-side comparisons of components, licensing, accessibility, and theming. Build your own Bootstrap-vs-alternative view in seconds.

Open the comparison tool →