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Bootstrap vs Tailwind CSS

Bootstrap and Tailwind CSS are free.

Bootstrap logo: A CSS toolkit with a grid, buttons, forms, and navbars ready to use.
Bootstrap logo: A CSS toolkit with a grid, buttons, forms, and navbars ready to use.

Bootstrap

Free

A CSS toolkit with a grid, buttons, forms, and navbars ready to use.

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Pros of Bootstrap

  • A full layout is possible from the docs alone

  • The class names are widely known

  • Works with plain HTML, React, or Angular

Cons of Bootstrap

  • The default theme is recognizable

  • Customizing it deeply means fighting the theme

Tailwind CSS logo: CSS utilities you apply in markup instead of writing a stylesheet by hand.
Tailwind CSS logo: CSS utilities you apply in markup instead of writing a stylesheet by hand.

Tailwind CSS

Free

CSS utilities you apply in markup instead of writing a stylesheet by hand.

Try it

Pros of Tailwind CSS

  • You style a component without leaving the markup

  • Unused styles are stripped in production

  • The default scale keeps spacing consistent

Cons of Tailwind CSS

  • Class lists get long on complex components

  • It is a different habit if you are used to semantic CSS