Overview

Bootstrap

Stacks55.5K

Followers13.2K

Votes7.7K

GitHub Stars173.6K

Forks79.2K

ElementUI

Stacks69

Followers131

Votes8

GitHub Stars54.2K

Forks14.6K

Bootstrap vs ElementUI: What are the differences?

Key Differences between Bootstrap and ElementUI

Introduction

Bootstrap and ElementUI are popular front-end frameworks used for building responsive and user-friendly websites. While they share some similarities in terms of grid systems and component libraries, there are several key differences that set them apart.

Design Philosophy: Bootstrap is known for its sleek and modern design, with a focus on simplicity and minimalism. On the other hand, ElementUI adopts a more colorful and visually appealing design, which is more suitable for applications that require a vibrant and engaging user interface.
Component Customization: Bootstrap provides a wide range of pre-defined components that can be easily customized using its comprehensive set of CSS classes and variables. ElementUI, on the other hand, offers a higher level of component customization with its flexible and extensible system, allowing developers to create highly tailored UI components to match specific design requirements.
Theme Support: Bootstrap offers a default theme that can be easily customized or replaced with third-party themes. ElementUI, on the other hand, comes with a powerful theme system that allows developers to switch between different themes effortlessly, making it easier to maintain visual consistency across projects.
Internationalization (i18n) Support: ElementUI has built-in support for internationalization, making it easier to translate the UI components into different languages. Bootstrap, however, does not provide native i18n support, requiring developers to rely on additional libraries or custom solutions to achieve the same functionality.
Mobile Responsiveness: Both Bootstrap and ElementUI are responsive frameworks, meaning they can adapt to different screen sizes and devices. However, Bootstrap's grid system is more mature and widely adopted, offering a flexible and robust solution for building mobile-friendly layouts. ElementUI's grid system is also responsive but may require additional customization for complex responsive designs.
JavaScript Integration: Bootstrap heavily relies on JavaScript for its interactive components and functionalities. ElementUI, on the other hand, provides a rich set of UI components that are tightly integrated with Vue.js, a popular JavaScript framework, making it easier to build complex and interactive UIs using a single technology stack.

In summary, Bootstrap and ElementUI differ in design philosophy, component customization, theme support, internationalization, mobile responsiveness, and JavaScript integration.

Advice on Bootstrap, ElementUI

Bridget

Full Stack Developer at Bridget Sarah

May 29, 2020

Decided

I do prefer to write things from scratch however when it came to wanting to jump-start the frontend, I found that it was taking me a lot longer hence why needing to use something very fast.

Bootstrap was the boom when it came out, I didn't like it, to be honest, set in its way and a pain to over-ride and in addition, you can tell from a distance if you're using boostrap and as everything looks the same.

I came across Tailwind CSS as I wanted more dynamic features, you could say, I've been now doing it for a few days and I love it a lot. I've been practising with the full stack part installed but I an't we wait until I do a new project, and I'll e able to select exactly what I want. Much faster.

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Daniel

Frontend Developer at atSistemas

Jun 10, 2020

Needs adviceon

New Relic

Next.js

React

I'm building, from scratch, a webapp. It's going to be a dashboard to check on our apps in New Relic and update the Apdex from the webapp. I have just chosen Next.js as our framework because we use React already, and after going through the tutorial, I just loved the latest changes they have implemented.

But we have to decide on a CSS framework for the UI. I'm partial to Bulma because I love that it's all about CSS (and you can use SCSS from the start), that it's rather lightweight and that it doesn't come with JavaScript clutter. One of the things I hate about Bootstrap is that you depend on jQuery to use the JavaScript part. My boss loves UIkIt, but when I've used it in the past, I didn't like it.

What do you think we should use? Maybe you have another suggestion?

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Syed

Jul 16, 2020

Needs adviceon

Bootstrap

Tailwind CSS

I am planning to redesign my entire application, which is currently in Bootstrap. I heard about Tailwind CSS, and I think its really cool to work with. Is it okay if I use Bootstrap and Tailwind together? I can't remove Bootstrap altogether, as my application is using the js dependencies of Bootstrap, which I don't want to disturb.

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Detailed Comparison

Bootstrap	ElementUI
Bootstrap is the most popular HTML, CSS, and JS framework for developing responsive, mobile first projects on the web.	It is not focused on Mobile development, mainly because it lacks responsiveness on mobile WebViews.
Preprocessors: Bootstrap ships with vanilla CSS, but its source code utilizes the two most popular CSS preprocessors, Less and Sass. Quickly get started with precompiled CSS or build on the source.;One framework, every device: Bootstrap easily and efficiently scales your websites and applications with a single code base, from phones to tablets to desktops with CSS media queries.;Full of features: With Bootstrap, you get extensive and beautiful documentation for common HTML elements, dozens of custom HTML and CSS components, and awesome jQuery plugins.	-
Statistics
GitHub Stars 173.6K	GitHub Stars 54.2K
GitHub Forks 79.2K	GitHub Forks 14.6K
Stacks 55.5K	Stacks 69
Followers 13.2K	Followers 131
Votes 7.7K	Votes 8
Pros & Cons
Pros 1582 Responsiveness 1193 UI components 943 Consistent 779 Great docs 677 Flexible Cons 26 Javascript is tied to jquery 16 Every site uses the defaults 15 Grid system break points aren't ideal 14 Too much heavy decoration in default look 8 Verbose styles	Pros 8 Avaliable for other frontend frameworks too
Integrations
No integrations available	React Native Bootstrap Vue JavaScript Vue.js

What are some alternatives to Bootstrap, ElementUI?

Foundation

Foundation is the most advanced responsive front-end framework in the world. You can quickly prototype and build sites or apps that work on any kind of device with Foundation, which includes layout constructs (like a fully responsive grid), elements and best practices.

Semantic UI

Semantic empowers designers and developers by creating a shared vocabulary for UI.

Materialize

A CSS Framework based on material design.

Material Design for Angular

Material Design is a specification for a unified system of visual, motion, and interaction design that adapts across different devices. Our goal is to deliver a lean, lightweight set of AngularJS-native UI elements that implement the material design system for use in Angular SPAs.

Material-UI

Material UI is a library of React UI components that implements Google's Material Design.

Blazor

Blazor is a .NET web framework that runs in any browser. You author Blazor apps using C#/Razor and HTML.

Quasar Framework

Build responsive Single Page Apps, SSR Apps, PWAs, Hybrid Mobile Apps and Electron Apps, all using the same codebase!, powered with Vue.

Nuxt.js

Nuxt.js presets all the configuration needed to make your development of a Vue.js application enjoyable. You can use Nuxt.js for SSR, SPA, Static Generated, PWA and more.

UIkIt

UIkit gives you a comprehensive collection of HTML, CSS, and JS components which is simple to use, easy to customize and extendable.

Tailwind CSS

Tailwind is different from frameworks like Bootstrap, Foundation, or Bulma in that it's not a UI kit. It doesn't have a default theme, and there are no build-in UI components. It comes with a menu of predesigned widgets to build your site with, but doesn't impose design decisions that are difficult to undo.