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Foundation vs Tailwind Starter Kit: What are the differences?
Foundation: The most advanced responsive front-end framework in the world. 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; Tailwind Starter Kit: Free and Open Source UI for TailwindCSS. It is Free and Open Source. It does not change or add any CSS to the already one fromTailwindCSS. It features multiple HTML elements and it comes with dynamic components for ReactJS, Vue and Angular.
Foundation and Tailwind Starter Kit can be categorized as "Front-End Frameworks" tools.
Some of the features offered by Foundation are:
- Semantic: Everything is semantic. You can have the cleanest markup without sacrificing the utility and speed of Foundation.
- Mobile First: You can build for small devices first. Then, as devices get larger and larger, layer in more complexity for a complete responsive design.
- Customizable: You can customize your build to include or remove certain elements, as well as define the size of columns, colors, font size and more.
On the other hand, Tailwind Starter Kit provides the following key features:
- Comes with a huge number of Fully Coded CSS components
- Comes with 3 sample pages. They are fully coded so you can start working instantly
- Feature many dynamic components for React, Vue and Angular
Foundation and Tailwind Starter Kit are both open source tools. Foundation with 28.4K GitHub stars and 5.77K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Tailwind Starter Kit with 254 GitHub stars and 27 GitHub forks.
Pros of Foundation
- Responsive grid160
- Mobile first93
- Open source80
- Semantic75
- Customizable72
- Quick to prototype52
- Simple ui50
- Fast45
- Best practices44
- Easy setup39
- Neutral style6
- HTML, SCSS and JS6
- Accessibility support5
- Professional5
- Xy grid3
- Sass2
- Every new version is smaller, smarter & more efficient2
- Robust1
Pros of Tailwind Starter Kit
- Free5
- Practical5
- Open Source5
- Multiple Components5
- Easier5
- Faster4
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Cons of Foundation
- Requires jQuery5
- Awful site4