| Metric | shadcn | flowbite | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 6,778,990 | 480,260 | shadcn 14.1x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +2014% | +17% | shadcn +1997 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 33 | 5 | shadcn 28 more |
| Unpacked size | 820 kB | 5.2 MB | shadcn 6.5x smaller |
| Latest release | 4.21.0, 4 Sept 2026 | 4.0.2, 13 May 2026 | shadcn 4 months more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 60 | 3 | shadcn 57 more |
| First published | 9 Jul 2024 | 2 Feb 2022 | flowbite 2.4 years earlier |
| GitHub stars | 124,557 | 9,363 | shadcn 13.3x higher |
| Open issues | 816 | 215 | shadcn 601 more |
| Open pull requests | 1,021 | 43 | shadcn 978 more |
| Contributors | - | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 1,522 | 171 | shadcn 8.9x higher |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | ESM only | ESM + CommonJS | Differs |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | MIT | MIT | Same |
Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.
shadcn6.7m latest weekflowbite480.3k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
shadcn
Major versions
- 1.0.09 Jul 2024
- 2.0.030 Aug 2024
- 3.0.027 Aug 2025
- 4.0.06 Mar 2026
Last 5 releases
- 4.21.04 Sept 2026
- 4.20.12 Sept 2026
- 4.20.02 Sept 2026
- 4.19.131 Aug 2026
- 4.19.021 Aug 2026
101 releases in total, 60 in the last 12 months
flowbite
Major versions
- 1.3.02 Feb 2022
- 2.0.026 Oct 2023
- 3.0.023 Jan 2025
- 4.0.012 Nov 2025
Last 5 releases
- 4.0.213 May 2026
- 4.0.117 Nov 2025
- 4.0.012 Nov 2025
- 3.1.27 Feb 2025
- 3.1.131 Jan 2025
46 releases in total, 3 in the last 12 months
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flowbite
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- Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsflowbite (shadcn: ESM only; flowbite: ESM + CommonJS)
- Need to load it with require()flowbite
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
- Node.js version requirementshadcn: >=20.18.1; flowbite: none declared (engines field in package.json)
- Need the more recent releaseshadcn (4.21.0 on 4 Sept 2026 vs 4.0.2 on 13 May 2026)
- Higher weekly npm downloadsshadcn (6.8m vs 480.3k)
Each line is generated from the data above.
- flowbite vs @shadcn/lintNo search data
flowbite: flowbite npm registry, flowbite npm downloads, flowbite GitHub, flowbite jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Indexability: Indexed.