[crowdyriver]

While I like the modern feel of shadcn/ui and derivatives, I still think that daisyui is much easier to use.

You really just paste these 2 lines in your html and that's it:

  <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/daisyui@5" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
  <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@tailwindcss/browser@4" />

it's a bit more than 100kb of js, but for prototyping it is very nice.

I wish more UI libraries where in the same style. You can always optimize the bundle later.

[axadrn]

Thanks for the kind feedback! I totally get the appeal of daisyUI – super quick to drop in and great for prototyping.

With TemplUI, I’m aiming for a more minimal, dependency-free setup – no extra Tailwind plugins or runtime JS unless absolutely needed. The idea is to stay as close to the metal as possible and let devs build their own design system on top, rather than fight against a pre-styled one.

It's less “drop-in UI kit” and more “starter kit to build your own.” That makes it more customizable and hopefully a better fit for projects that want full control.