tailwindcss vs bootstrap
Styling · npm download comparison · data as of 17 October 2026
tailwindcss is downloaded about 23× as often as bootstrap — 137,279,787 versus 5,884,932 downloads in the last 7 days.
Over the last 90 days, tailwindcss downloads changed +12.3% and bootstrap +4.8% compared with the 90 days before, so tailwindcss is growing faster.
● tailwindcss● bootstrapweekly downloads, last 12 months
Log scale — each grid line is 10× the one below, so both packages stay readable.
| tailwindcss | bootstrap | |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 137,279,787 | 5,884,932 |
| Monthly downloads | 605,535,471 | 28,018,261 |
| Downloads, last 12 months | 4,158,453,393 | 291,062,249 |
| 90-day growth | +12.3% | +4.8% |
| Latest version | 4.3.3 | 5.3.8 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Direct dependencies | 0 | 0 |
| Description | A utility-first CSS framework for rapidly building custom user interfaces. | The most popular front-end framework for developing responsive, mobile first projects on the web. |
Download counts come from the public npm registry API and include CI and mirror traffic, so treat them as a popularity signal, not a user count.