Free Bootstrap Alternatives Filtered by 'CSS / Stylesheets'

The best free alternative to Bootstrap is Bulma, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Bootstrap and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Bootstrap are Tailwind CSS, Material UI, Fomantic UI and Material Design for Bootstrap.

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  1. Tailwind CSS icon
     28 likes

    Tailwind is different from frameworks like Bootstrap, Foundation, or Bulma in that it's not a UI kit.

    106 Tailwind CSS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
    • CSS
     
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    Comments about Tailwind CSS as an Alternative to Bootstrap
    Julian Garner
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    I love tailwind i was originally using bootstrap but i was eyeballing tailwind but tailwind 2.0 converted me its the best css framework but its not its a utility framework for css its different then bootstrap

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    Tailwind CSS icon
    • Tailwind CSS is Free and Open SourceBootstrap is also Free and Open Source
    • Tailwind CSS is CustomizableBootstrap is not according to our users
  2. Material UI icon
     6 likes

    Material UI is an open-source React component library that implements Google's Material Design. It's comprehensive and can be used in production out of the box.

    97 Material UI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  3. Fomantic UI icon
     5 likes

    Fomantic UI is a modern front-end development framework that helps create beautiful, responsive layouts using human-friendly HTML.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Free framework offering 400+ UI elements, 600+ icons, numerous CSS animations, responsive design, SASS files, customizable templates, comprehensive tutorials, active community, detailed documentation, and support for jQuery, Angular, React, and Vue.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • React
    • Angular
    • Vue.js
    • jQuery
    • Bootstrap
     
  5. MUI icon
     6 likes

    MUI is a lightweight HTML/CSS/JS framework that follows Google's Material Design guidelines.

    53 MUI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  6. Material Components for the web (MDC Web) help developers execute Material Design. Developed by a core team of engineers and UX designers at Google, these components enable a reliable development workflow to build beautiful and functional web projects.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Spectre.css icon
     6 likes

    Spectre.css is a lightweight, responsive and modern CSS framework for faster and extensible development.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  8. Pixel Lite Bootstrap 4 UI Kit is a beautifully crafted UI Kit based on Bootstrap 4 Components. This theme was built following Bootstrap's methodologies by the heart. It has 100 components, 3 plugins and 3 example pages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. Structure is a declarative, Flexbox based grid framework. Structure defines layout using non-standard attributes on elements. (If you have used frameworks like AngularJS, you have already gotten some exposure to declarative syntax and non-standard attributes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Metro UI CSS icon
     11 likes

    Metro UI CSS a set of styles to create a site with an interface similar to Windows 8.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • LESS
    • jQuery
     
  11. Shoelace.css is a starter kit and not a framework. Customizable through CSS variables, it doesn’t require Less, Sass, or any preprocessing at all. The minified version is only 35.3KB and much smaller when gzipped.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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