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Tailwind CSS

A utility-first CSS framework for rapidly building custom user interfaces.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Tailwind CSS

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Summary

The top open-source alternatives to Tailwind CSS are Bootstrap, Bulma, and React. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.
  1. Simple and flexible HTML, CSS, and JS for popular UI components and interactions
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    • Open Source

    #Developer Tools #Design Tools #Web Frameworks 329 social mentions

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    Bulma is an open source CSS framework based on Flexbox and built with Sass. It's 100% responsive, fully modular, and available for free.
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    • Open Source

    #CSS Framework #Development Tools #Design Tools 109 social mentions

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    A JavaScript library for building user interfaces
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    • Open Source

    #Javascript UI Libraries #JS Library #JavaScript Framework 778 social mentions

  4. A modern responsive front-end framework based on Material Design
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    • Open Source

    #CSS Framework #Design Tools #Developer Tools 25 social mentions

  5. A CSS Framework and a Set of React Components that Implement Google's Material Design
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    • Open Source

    #Design Tools #Developer Tools #CSS Framework 75 social mentions

  6. Free UI components plugin for Tailwind CSS
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    • Open Source

    #Design Tools #User Experience #Developer Tools 138 social mentions

  7. Simple, modular and accessible UI components for your React applications.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Design Tools #Developer Tools #UI 197 social mentions

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    Cybernetically enhanced web apps
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    • Open Source

    #Javascript UI Libraries #JavaScript Framework #JS Library 356 social mentions

  9. An enterprise-class UI design language and React implementation with a set of high-quality React components, one of best React UI library for enterprises
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    • Open Source

    #Development Tools #Design Tools #UI 97 social mentions

  10. The most advanced responsive front-end framework in the world
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    • Open Source

    #CSS Framework #Design Tools #Developer Tools 18 social mentions

  11. A UI Component library implemented using a set of specifications designed around natural language
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    • Open Source

    #Design Tools #CSS Framework #Developer Tools 17 social mentions

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    A lightweight and modular front-end framework for developing fast and powerful web interfaces
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    • Open Source

    #CSS Framework #Design Tools #Developer Tools 20 social mentions

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  1. User avatar
    Pranav
    · 3 months ago
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    I personally love using this. It's my go-to way of writing css for all our projects

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      Stan Bright
      · 3 months ago
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      Yup, it seems like Tailwind is sort of a standard nowadays.

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    currencyuk
    · about 1 year ago
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    The not opinionated CSS bootstrap alternative.

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      Stan Bright
      · about 1 year ago
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      To be honest, it's even more than that. To me, it's been life-changing. It both empowers and gives freedom. I'm saying this as person who was reluctant to try it out for more than two years.

      My CSS path so far: Bootstrap => Bulma => Tailwind.