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Flowbite vs Magic UI
Open-source Tailwind-based UI components, but less emphasis on animation and landing-page templates
FlowbiteOpen-source UI components built with Tailwind CSS
Magic UIReact component library for design engineers. 100% open-source, and customizable.Which to pick
Pick Flowbite if you want…
- Tailwind-based UI components
- Integrations with Vue.js, Svelte or Angular (on Flowbite's list, not Magic UI's)
Pick Magic UI if you want…
- Animated UI components for landing pages
- Integrations with Typescript, Tailwind CSS or Framer Motion (on Magic UI's list, not Flowbite's)
Side by side
- What it is
- Flowbite:Flowbite is an open-source library of UI components and blocks built with Tailwind CSS.
- Magic UI:Magic UI is an open-source React component library with animated components, blocks and templates for landing pages.
- Best for
- Flowbite:Tailwind-based UI components
- Magic UI:Animated UI components for landing pages
- Who it’s for
- Flowbite:Front-end developers and designers using Tailwind CSS.
- Magic UI:Design engineers and front-end developers building marketing sites with React.
- Pricing
- Flowbite:Open source
- Magic UI:Open source
- Open source
- Flowbite:Yes, 9,365 GitHub stars
- Magic UI:Yes
- Works with
- Flowbite:React, Vue.js, Svelte, Angular, Next.js, Nuxt.js, Astro, Remix
- Magic UI:React, Typescript, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion, shadcn/ui
Flowbite features
- 600+ UI components. Ready-to-use components such as alerts, modals, tables and more, styled with Tailwind CSS.
- 400+ block sections. Pre-built page sections for marketing, application and e-commerce sites.
- Dark mode & RTL support. Automatic dark-mode switching and right-to-left language support.
- Figma design system. A full design system with variants, auto-layout and responsive components for designers.
- SVG icons & illustrations. Free collection of 400+ icons and 50+ illustrations, customizable via Tailwind classes.
- Framework adapters. Open-source component libraries for React, Vue, Svelte, Angular and many other frameworks.
Magic UI features
- 150+ animated components. Ready-to-use React components with motion effects built with Typescript, Tailwind CSS and Framer Motion.
- 50+ Pro blocks & templates. Premium collection of pre-designed blocks and templates for fast landing-page creation.
- Tailwind CSS integration. Components are styled with Tailwind, making them easy to customize.
- Compatible with shadcn/ui. Designed to work alongside the popular shadcn/ui component set.
- Copy-paste usage. Components can be copied and pasted directly into any React web app.
- Open-source licensing. All free components are released under an open-source license.
Flowbite vs Magic UI FAQ
Is Flowbite or Magic UI free?+
Yes, both are free and open source.
Is Flowbite or Magic UI open source?+
Yes, both are open source: Flowbite (themesberg/flowbite on GitHub, MIT license) and Magic UI.
Do Flowbite and Magic UI integrate with the same tools?+
Partly. Both list React. Flowbite also lists Vue.js, Svelte, Angular, Next.js and 8 more; Magic UI also lists Typescript, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion and shadcn/ui.
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