The best Bootstrap alternatives
8 tools that do a similar job to Bootstrap, 8 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.
You're replacing
BootstrapA free front-end toolkit of ready-made CSS and JavaScript for building responsive websites.
- 1
Tailwind CSS
Open source · MIT · ★ 98.3k
A utility-first CSS framework for building custom user interfaces quickly.
Best for: Web developers who build their own interfaces and want to avoid writing large custom stylesheets; Teams that want a consistent set of design utilities across a project
- 2
Bulma
Open source · MIT · ★ 50k
A CSS framework built on Flexbox that gives you styled layout and UI classes.
Best for: Developers who want a quick, consistent styling baseline for a web page; Projects that already have their own JavaScript and only need a style layer
- 3
Materialize
Open source · MIT · ★ 38.8k
A CSS framework that gives web pages ready-made styled parts based on Google's Material Design.
Best for: Developers building a web page or app who want a Material Design look quickly; Teams that want a ready-made component set instead of custom styling
- 4
Tabler
Open source · MIT · ★ 42k
Free, open source Bootstrap 5 admin dashboard UI kit with dark mode and RTL support.
Best for: Developers building internal admin panels or dashboards quickly; Teams already comfortable with Bootstrap who want ready-made components
- 5
NES.css
Open source · MIT · ★ 21.9k
A CSS library that styles buttons, boxes and forms to look like retro NES-era games.
Best for: Developers building a retro or game-themed web page or demo; Designers prototyping pixel-style interfaces quickly
- 6
Bootswatch
Open source · MIT · ★ 14.7k
A collection of free, open source visual themes that restyle Bootstrap websites.
Best for: Developers who already use Bootstrap and want a different look quickly; Prototypes and internal tools where a finished style matters more than a custom design
- 7
Bootstrap Table
Open source · MIT · ★ 11.8k
A JavaScript plugin that adds sorting, pagination, selection and more to HTML tables.
Best for: Web developers already using Bootstrap who need sortable, paginated tables; Teams building admin dashboards or internal tools that display lists of records
- 8
Gentelella
Open source · MIT · ★ 21.6k
Free admin dashboard template built with vanilla JavaScript, SCSS and Vite, without Bootstrap or jQuery.
Best for: Developers who want a starting point for an internal admin panel without adopting a frontend framework; Teams that want to avoid Bootstrap and jQuery dependencies
How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Bootstrap. We don't take payment for placement.