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The best Bulma alternatives

8 tools that do a similar job to Bulma, 8 of them open source. Each entry says what it does and who it suits, so you can pick the one that fits instead of the most famous.

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Bulma

A CSS framework built on Flexbox that gives you styled layout and UI classes.

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    Bootstrap

    Open source · MIT · ★ 175k

    A free front-end toolkit of ready-made CSS and JavaScript for building responsive websites.

    Best for: Developers building responsive websites or web app interfaces quickly; Teams that want a common design system with ready-made components

    Full review Bulma vs Bootstrap
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    Tailwind CSS

    Open source · MIT · ★ 98.3k

    A utility-first CSS framework for building custom user interfaces quickly.

    Best for: Web developers who build their own interfaces and want to avoid writing large custom stylesheets; Teams that want a consistent set of design utilities across a project

    Full review Bulma vs Tailwind CSS
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    Milligram

    Open source · MIT · ★ 10.2k

    A small CSS stylesheet framework for clean, simple page styling, around 2kb gzipped.

    Best for: Developers who want a light starting point for a simple website or prototype; People who prefer writing their own HTML with minimal framework styling

    Full review Bulma vs Milligram
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    Spectre.css

    Open source · MIT · ★ 11.3k

    A small CSS framework with ready-made styles, a flexbox grid, and components for web pages.

    Best for: Developers who want a small, ready-made base for a simple website or web app; Teams that prefer plain CSS classes over a heavier JavaScript-driven UI library

    Full review Bulma vs Spectre.css
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    Materialize

    Open source · MIT · ★ 38.8k

    A CSS framework that gives web pages ready-made styled parts based on Google's Material Design.

    Best for: Developers building a web page or app who want a Material Design look quickly; Teams that want a ready-made component set instead of custom styling

    Full review Bulma vs Materialize
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    Tachyons

    Open source · MIT · ★ 11.7k

    A small, utility-class CSS library for building layouts without writing custom CSS.

    Best for: Developers who want to prototype or build a UI quickly with plain HTML or a component framework; Front-end developers who prefer utility classes over writing custom CSS

    Full review Bulma vs Tachyons
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    Semantic UI

    Open source · MIT · ★ 51k

    A CSS and JavaScript UI component framework built around theming and readable HTML.

    Best for: Front-end developers who want prebuilt UI components they can restyle with themes; Teams building responsive websites that need to work across many devices

    Full review
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    daisyUI

    Open source · MIT · ★ 42.7k

    A free component library of ready-made UI pieces for Tailwind CSS.

    Best for: Developers already using Tailwind CSS who want prebuilt components; Solo builders or small teams prototyping a web interface quickly

    Full review

How we pick: tools in the same category that solve the same problem, projects that name each other as alternatives, and open-source projects that describe themselves as an alternative to Bulma. We don't take payment for placement.