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Full-fledged UI FrameworksShadcn/ui (Radix/ui (+tanstack table +cmdk) + cva)TailwindUI (HeadlessUI + Tailwind)bootstrapbulma@mui/material@chakra-ui
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Average9.37.16.76.05.75.7
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Development speed / Ease of use1084466
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Atomic utility classes✅✅Only a few 🔶Only a few, w/ uncommon patterns 🔶Only a few 🔶 Only a few, w/ style props 🔶
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UI templates✅✅✅✅✅✅
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Reusable common components (buttons, badges, alerts, etc.)✅ no built-in variants 🔶✅✅✅✅
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Autocomplete/IntelliSensew/ vscode extension ✅w/ vscode extension ✅Only for utility classes 🔶Only for utility classes 🔶w/ typescript ✅w/ typescript ✅
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Automatic ordering (classes/props)w/ prettier-plugin-tailwindcss ✅w/ prettier-plugin-tailwindcss ✅🔴🔴w/ Eslint config ✅w/ Eslint config ✅
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Performance997475
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Only ship what you use Tailwind JIT ✅Tailwind JIT ✅imports-dependant tree-shaking; non-automatic purgeCSS 🔶🔴imports-dependant tree-shaking 🔶tree-shaking ✅
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No code-generation✅✅✅✅✅ (CSS in JS) 🔴
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Customizability1084444
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Possibility to add custom classes✅✅✅✅✅✅
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Possibility to remove built-in classes✅✅🔴🔴🔴🔴
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component variants (size, color, form, etc.)✅ not built-in, can be added with cva 🔶✅✅✅✅
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Customizable component variants✅ not built-in, can be added with cva 🔶🔴🔴🔴🔴
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Portability87101013
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Frameworks supportFull React support; Official ports in Svelte and Qwik incoming; possibility to copy tailwind styles and port to other headless libraries 🔶Full React & Vue support; possibility to copy tailwind styles and port to other headless libraries 🔶✅✅React only; similar libraries on Vue.js (ex: Vuetify) 🔴Full React and partial Vue support 🔶
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Maintainability887577
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Coherent API✅✅✅✅✅✅
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Coherent design system✅✅✅Many edge cases 🔶✅✅
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Coherent utility classes✅✅You will likely have to add your own (e.g. w/ pure CSS or w/ Sass) 🔶You will likely have to add your own (e.g. w/ pure CSS or w/ Sass) 🔶You will likely have to add your own (e.g. w/ pure CSS or w/ Sass) 🔶You will likely have to add your own (e.g. w/ pure CSS or w/ Sass) 🔶
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SemverOnly for radix/ui, tanstack table, cmdk, and cva 🔶Only for radix/ui, tanstack table, cmdk, and cva 🔶✅✅✅✅
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Useless classes highlightingOnly for duplicates 🔶Only for duplicates 🔶🔴🔴🔴🔴
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Documentation101010101010
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Built-in Search✅✅✅✅✅✅
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API reference✅✅✅✅✅✅
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Visual examples✅✅✅✅✅✅
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Chatgpt/custom AI assitant✅✅✅✅✅✅
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Price1005555
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Free to use100% Free ✅ $250 individual licence; $750 team licence 🔴Freemium (~$50 templates) 🔶Freemium (~$50 templates) 🔶Freemium (~$50 templates) 🔶Freemium (~$50 templates) 🔶
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