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Float UI v2 vs Starter Kit
Float UI offers free Tailwind UI components only, without the full backend, auth, or AI features of Starter Kit.
Float UI v2Free Tailwind UI components in Html, React, Vue, Svelte.
Starter KitKickstart Your Ideas, Build Without BoundariesWhich to pick
Pick Float UI v2 if you want…
- Free Tailwind UI components
- Integrations with HTML, React or Vue (on Float UI v2's list, not Starter Kit's)
Pick Starter Kit if you want…
- Ready-to-code Next.js starter with AI-ready workflow
- A free, open-source tool
- Integrations with Next.js 16, TypeScript 5 or TailwindCSS 4 (on Starter Kit's list, not Float UI v2's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Float UI v2:Float UI is a free, open-source Tailwind UI component library for HTML, React, Vue and Svelte.
- Starter Kit:Starter Kit is an open-source Next.js 16 starter template with TypeScript, Shadcn UI, Prisma, Supabase and AI-ready features.
- Best for
- Float UI v2:Free Tailwind UI components
- Starter Kit:Ready-to-code Next.js starter with AI-ready workflow
- Who it’s for
- Float UI v2:Front-end developers who need ready-made Tailwind components and templates.
- Starter Kit:Full-stack developers building web apps with Next.js
- Pricing
- Float UI v2:Freemium
- Starter Kit:Open source
- Open source
- Float UI v2:Yes, 3,592 GitHub stars
- Starter Kit:Yes
- Works with
- Float UI v2:HTML, React, Vue, Svelte, Tailwind CSS
- Starter Kit:Next.js 16, TypeScript 5, TailwindCSS 4, Shadcn UI, next-intl, Prisma, Supabase, Swagger UI
Float UI v2 features
- Beautifully designed. Provides modern, aesthetically pleasing components and templates.
- Fully responsive. Components adapt to any screen size out of the box.
- Customizable. Copy-paste code and adjust styles to fit your app.
- Multi-framework support. Components available for HTML, React, Vue and Svelte.
- Professional templates. Includes ready-to-use website templates built with React/Next.js and Tailwind.
- Open source & free. All components are released under an open-source license at no cost.
Starter Kit features
- Dev Containers. Pre-configured development environment using VS Code dev containers.
- Code Quality Tools. Biome, commitlint, Husky and lint-staged enforce formatting and conventional commits.
- UI Components. Shadcn UI component library with light/dark mode support.
- Internationalization. Built-in i18n via next-intl with English and Vietnamese locales.
- Auth & DB. Supabase authentication and Prisma ORM with PostgreSQL.
- API Docs. Swagger UI generated docs served at /api-docs.
- AI-Ready. Includes agent skill folders and documentation conventions for AI agents.
- One-Click Deploy. Deploy to Vercel with a single click or via Docker.
Float UI v2 vs Starter Kit FAQ
Is Float UI v2 or Starter Kit free?+
Float UI v2 has a free plan and paid plans. Starter Kit is free and open source.
Is Float UI v2 or Starter Kit open source?+
Yes, both are open source: Float UI v2 (MarsX-dev/floatui on GitHub) and Starter Kit (leho-dev/starter-kit on GitHub).
Do Float UI v2 and Starter Kit integrate with the same tools?+
Their integration lists don't overlap: Float UI v2 lists HTML, React, Vue, Svelte and 1 more; Starter Kit lists Next.js 16, TypeScript 5, TailwindCSS 4, Shadcn UI and 4 more.
On DevHunt
Float UI v2
44 upvotes · Launched on DevHunt on Dec 5, 2023
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