The best Tailwind CSS alternatives
8 tools that do a similar job to Tailwind CSS, 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.
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Tailwind CSSA utility-first CSS framework for building custom user interfaces quickly.
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Bootstrap
Open source · MIT · ★ 175k
A free front-end toolkit of ready-made CSS and JavaScript for building responsive websites.
Best for: Developers building responsive websites or web app interfaces quickly; Teams that want a common design system with ready-made components
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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
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Tachyons
Open source · MIT · ★ 11.7k
A small, utility-class CSS library for building layouts without writing custom CSS.
Best for: Developers who want to prototype or build a UI quickly with plain HTML or a component framework; Front-end developers who prefer utility classes over writing custom CSS
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daisyUI
Open source · MIT · ★ 42.7k
A free component library of ready-made UI pieces for Tailwind CSS.
Best for: Developers already using Tailwind CSS who want prebuilt components; Solo builders or small teams prototyping a web interface quickly
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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
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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
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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
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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
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 Tailwind CSS. We don't take payment for placement.