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Comparing Bootstrap to Tailwind is comparing apples to oranges. They are both css "frameworks", but bootstrap is also a completely pre-made optioned design syst

Comparing Bootstrap to Tailwind is comparing apples to oranges. They are both css "frameworks", but bootstrap is also a completely pre-made optioned design system. You don't really get that with Tailwind. The point of bootstrap is to get something that's 90% of what you want FAST. And it can easily be customised to build a design system for yourself. With tailwind you have more foundational design work to do up front. Personally I like the direction Bootstrap going, introducing utility classes, however there is more to do. My main wish is that they embrace web components for the JS side so that they are js framework agnostic. As with all these tools you should evaluate what's best for you and your team.

rozenmd 4y ago
Tailwind UI is basically that, and paying for it supports framework development.
- ipaddr 4y ago
  Just use daisyui, prettier and free
  - ghqst 4y ago
    Personally I like the model and style of Tailwind UI better, and I am more productive than I was with Daisy UI. I also am much better at identifying sites made with Daisy UI than I am sites made with Tailwind UI, though there's probably other factors. (however, the button animations are usually a dead giveaway)
- samwillis 4y ago
  Yes it is, but in a comparison of Bootstrap and Tailwind it's important not to conflate Tailwind and Tailwind UI, it confuses new users into thinking that can achieve the same as quickly with "pure" Tailwind.
kayson 4y ago
This is exactly why I use bootstrap for all of my projects (none of which are commercial). I don't really care what it looks like in the sense of layouts and color schemes, just that its consistent and easy to use. I've found that its also fairly easy to make small customizations when I need to.
mark_l_watson 4y ago
Thanks, I came here to say the same thing. I worked with a front end developer who used and liked tailwind. I always thought that Bootstrap was for people like me, it lets me get set up quickly, then I never think about the CSS on my sites again.
- samwillis 4y ago
  Bootstrap is for everyone from people who want something quick and easy and don't want to think about design, all the way to people implementing a highly customised design system. I think due to how prevalent vanilla Bootstrap sites are there is the impression that they all look the same. But it's actually a really good starting point for completely bespoke design systems too.
wankle 4y ago
Professionally, I do backend these days but for my personal sites, I like bootstrap. I haven't tried tailwind but I've checked it out a few times, it doesn't seem to catch my interest. It's also hocked like a new religion, similar to how JetBrains hocks their products which also discourages me from wanting to consider it.
- kaba0 4y ago
  Jetbrains? If anything, their userbase is just that fond of the products. I really to remember any case where they would have marketed themselves that way. For what its worth, their communication style is often regarded as pretty great compared to other companies, they don’t fck around with things like “pricing change”, they plain out say they had to increase their pricing.

rozenmd 4y ago

Tailwind UI is basically that, and paying for it supports framework development.

ipaddr 4y ago
Just use daisyui, prettier and free
- ghqst 4y ago
  Personally I like the model and style of Tailwind UI better, and I am more productive than I was with Daisy UI. I also am much better at identifying sites made with Daisy UI than I am sites made with Tailwind UI, though there's probably other factors. (however, the button animations are usually a dead giveaway)
samwillis 4y ago
Yes it is, but in a comparison of Bootstrap and Tailwind it's important not to conflate Tailwind and Tailwind UI, it confuses new users into thinking that can achieve the same as quickly with "pure" Tailwind.

kayson 4y ago

This is exactly why I use bootstrap for all of my projects (none of which are commercial). I don't really care what it looks like in the sense of layouts and color schemes, just that its consistent and easy to use. I've found that its also fairly easy to make small customizations when I need to.

mark_l_watson 4y ago

Thanks, I came here to say the same thing. I worked with a front end developer who used and liked tailwind. I always thought that Bootstrap was for people like me, it lets me get set up quickly, then I never think about the CSS on my sites again.

samwillis 4y ago
Bootstrap is for everyone from people who want something quick and easy and don't want to think about design, all the way to people implementing a highly customised design system. I think due to how prevalent vanilla Bootstrap sites are there is the impression that they all look the same. But it's actually a really good starting point for completely bespoke design systems too.

wankle 4y ago

Professionally, I do backend these days but for my personal sites, I like bootstrap. I haven't tried tailwind but I've checked it out a few times, it doesn't seem to catch my interest. It's also hocked like a new religion, similar to how JetBrains hocks their products which also discourages me from wanting to consider it.

kaba0 4y ago
Jetbrains? If anything, their userbase is just that fond of the products. I really to remember any case where they would have marketed themselves that way. For what its worth, their communication style is often regarded as pretty great compared to other companies, they don’t fck around with things like “pricing change”, they plain out say they had to increase their pricing.