DaisyUI
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 5 of 11 CSS frameworks by recommenders
People recommend it as a free, framework-agnostic component library that is easy to use and extend. Critics find its components homogenized and say it adds little beyond plain CSS.
People recommend it as a free, framework-agnostic component library that is easy to use and extend. Critics find its components homogenized and say it adds little beyond plain CSS.
28 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 22
- criticize it
- 6
- approval share
- 79%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 22 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 3.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Easy to use and extend
“it feels like Bootstrap but much, much more customizable”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “Unpopular Opinion: Bootstrap is a better front-end framework than Tailwind” “as easy to use as DaisyUI or even Bulma”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “Oat – Ultra-lightweight, semantic, zero-dependency HTML UI component library” “Super easy to extend and change.”
Comment from 20 Jan 2026 in “The Overcomplexity of the Shadcn Radio Button” Holds up in real projects
“I've actually been pretty happy with it even now that I have to code myself”
Comment from 10 Apr 2026 in “I Hate Tailwind and Love Bootstrap” “Love DaisyUI & Tailwind. Building 5 systems with it now at work.”
Comment from 25 Jan 2026 in “Tailwind Components” “You really can't go wrong”
Comment from 27 Jul 2026 in “Removing React.js from the codebase and adapting Htmx for UI interactivity” Works well with LLM coding
“LLMs tend to do better with component libraries like shadcn or daisy than writing raw CSS in my experience.”
Comment from 19 Apr 2026 in “Thoughts and Feelings Around Claude Design” “pick something like DaisyUI or shadcn and their MCPs with Tailwind”
Comment from 8 Jan 2026 in “Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Components look like other libraries
“Every component framework or helper framework under the sun is barely doing anything different.”
Comment from 15 Aug 2026 in “Every Fucking Website” “the homogenization of component libraries like shadcn daisyui etc. all remarkably boring”
Comment from 13 Jun 2026 in “Tailwind and Slop Apps” “the state of shadcn/daisyui/the other six trillion ui patterns”
Comment from 21 Apr 2026 in “Tim Cook to become Apple Executive Chairman” Less simple than expected
“has the simplicity I thought I was going to get from DaisyUI but didn’t”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “Oat – Ultra-lightweight, semantic, zero-dependency HTML UI component library” “...and now you have three problems.”
Comment from 16 May 2026 in “Moving away from Tailwind, and learning to structure my CSS” Adds little beyond plain CSS
“It's treating the symptom rather than the cause.”
Comment from 20 Jan 2026 in “CSS Web Components for marketing sites” “So, we are back to regular CSS?”
Comment from 2 Aug 2026 in “I don't recommend Tailwind CSS”
Other CSS frameworks people recommend
The four most recommended other CSS frameworks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tailwind CSS | 387 | 234 | 62% | 12 | 5 yrs6 owners | — |
| Bootstrap | 73 | 40 | 65% | 11 | — | — |
| 98.css | 42 | 4 | 91% | 4 | — | Approved |
| Oat HTML UI component library | 29 | 11 | 73% | 2 | — | — |
| DaisyUIThis page | 22 | 6 | 79% | 6 | — | Approved |
What people said
21 of the 30 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Every component framework or helper framework under the sun is barely doing anything different.”
“So, we are back to regular CSS?”
“You really can't go wrong”
“If you like the project, you should support it, even if the merch store they use makes merch images that triggers your slop detectors.”
“the homogenization of component libraries like shadcn daisyui etc. all remarkably boring”
“...and now you have three problems.”
“the state of shadcn/daisyui/the other six trillion ui patterns”
“LLMs tend to do better with component libraries like shadcn or daisy than writing raw CSS in my experience.”
“utility is a second rate citizen in design”
“I've actually been pretty happy with it even now that I have to code myself”
“has the simplicity I thought I was going to get from DaisyUI but didn’t”
“as easy to use as DaisyUI or even Bulma”
“Love DaisyUI & Tailwind. Building 5 systems with it now at work.”
“Super easy to extend and change.”
“You get most of the benefits using good use of CSS.”
“This library doesn't appear to be accessible.”
“It's treating the symptom rather than the cause.”
“it feels like Bootstrap but much, much more customizable”
“if I wanted to pay for pre-made components, I would go with DaisyUI which is agnostic to the frontend framework”
“pick something like DaisyUI or shadcn and their MCPs with Tailwind”
“which has been reasonably nice so far”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.