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daisyUI

Use named CSS components and themes across different application frameworks.

Documentation reviewed

Source review

What this status means

Understand the resource

What it is.

daisyUI adds component classes and theme tokens to Tailwind CSS. A button or disclosure can keep familiar HTML while acquiring a consistent appearance. It does not provide an application backend, and many interactions come from native HTML or code the developer supplies.

When it is useful

Choose it when a project wants a themed interface with less repeated utility markup, especially across server-rendered or mixed-framework pages. It works best when the team is deliberate about the HTML semantics underneath the classes.

A proposed application

Put it to work.

This example illustrates a possible use. The proposed workflow and expected result are separate from the bounded checks recorded below.

Try this

Proposed workflow: style a support-request triage page with priority buttons, a native details disclosure for source context and explicit light/dark themes. Keep actual submission handling separate, and inspect every modal's name and focus behavior. Our local fixture tested CSS, theme switching and native controls; it did not send a support request.

Result to aim for

A themed set of reusable classes on readable HTML, with an explicit list of interactions that still need application code.

Before you start

What you need.

  • For the documented plugin setup, use a compatible Tailwind build and daisyUI version. The fixture used daisyUI 5.7.50's shipped CSS directly, without executing its plugin or build script.
  • Semantic HTML and any necessary interaction code. The inspected package is MIT licensed and had no runtime dependencies in its manifest.

The practical boundaries

What to watch for.

  • Class names can style an element but cannot turn an unsuitable element into a complete accessible control.
  • The first public modal sample had no aria-labelledby reference. Add and verify an accessible name in your own modal composition.
  • The shipped stylesheet is not proof that every theme has suitable contrast for your content, states or custom colors.

Review record

What we could establish.

  • Why included (2026-10-19): Adds a popular CSS-first option that can be compared with the React-specific libraries; recent releases show maintenance, not measured growth. GitHub reported 42,625 stars for the upstream repository (saadeghi/daisyui); the sampled default-branch commit is dated 2026-10-13. This is a dated popularity/activity snapshot, not a measured growth rate or safety ranking.
  • Public official documentation and declared package requirements reviewed. The example above is a proposed workflow; executed checks are listed separately below.
  • Earlier selector, focus-timing and setup probes remain in the retained evidence. Final conclusions use the corrected bounded tests and keep unmet coverage explicit.
Source coverage and runtime coverage are separate

The source-review notes describe documentation and identity. The account-free evaluation below records exactly which public interaction or local fixture was checked, what happened, and what remains untested.

Check current access, terms, licensing and data handling before using a resource with your own material.

Runtime and security evaluation

What the evaluation covers.

Bounded runtime checkedAccount-free ·

The public native-dialog sample opened and closed with keyboard focus returning to its trigger. Six local checks passed for compiled styles, theme tokens, native disclosure and checkbox behavior, focus outline and a disabled button. The Tailwind plugin itself was not executed.

Methods: Public HTTP response · Public browser sample · Local package fixture. A completed check covers the stated sample; it is not a safety certification.

Target
https://daisyui.com/components/modal/ plus a local daisyui fixture
Version or capture
Local daisyUI 5.7.50 prebuilt CSS with authored native HTML; no Tailwind plugin execution. Public demo is separately unversioned.
Integrity scope
Package archive SHA-256 e8e51df2ac7b077a512242bca51433a95c9b35f6d5b76faec98ce964aba8424c (npm SHA-512 integrity matched). Public document SHA-256 95ca0685443ea57f04ea9083b804861ff5341c66fb520e74fcfb9833a81604ed; response-body scope only.

Test conditions

  • Chrome 155.0.8059.82, 1280 x 900 desktop viewport; UTC browser context.
  • Fresh temporary browser profile and context; no inherited account storage. Child environment allowed only runtime paths, with credential variables omitted.
  • Public HTTPS GET/HEAD only; form submission, non-read methods, WebSockets, service workers and downloads blocked. Selected telemetry requests were blocked.
  • Exact direct dependencies; 38-package lock installed with --ignore-scripts, empty user/global npm configs, isolated cache and allowlisted environment. No lifecycle install scripts ran.
  • Local browser responses served only the authored fixture, pinned bundle or stylesheet. External HTTP(S) requests were denied, with zero recorded attempts in the final fixture. WebSocket attempts were blocked but not counted.
  • Existing Rolldown 1.2.14 bundled inspected prebuilt exports without running upstream build scripts.

Individual checks and observations

  1. Public sample response

    pass

    Public HTTP response: Anonymous public GET; capture status, response-body hash and selected headers.

    Observed: HTTP 200; https://daisyui.com/components/modal/. Reachability only.

  2. Keyboard open and dialog semantics

    pass

    Public browser sample: Focus the first documented dialog trigger; press Enter; inspect visible dialog and accessible-name reference.

    Observed: A visible dialog opened; aria-labelledby target present=False. Presence of a reference is not a screen-reader test.

  3. Bounded dialog focus containment

    pass

    Public browser sample: Press Tab six times while the sample remains open and inspect focus containment after each press, allowing browser chrome or focus guards.

    Observed: Six Tab steps alternated between the dialog Close button and browser chrome. No background-page control received focus in these steps; native modal behavior, not library JavaScript.

  4. Escape and focus restoration

    pass

    Public browser sample: Press Escape, wait for exit animation and inspect closed state plus focus on original trigger.

    Observed: Closed=true; trigger focus restored=true. No save action or form submission.

  5. Compiled component styles

    pass

    Local package fixture: Inspect button geometry and colors with the pinned prebuilt stylesheet.

    Observed: {"display":"inline-flex","height":40,"background":"oklch(0.45 0.24 277.023)","radius":"4px"}

  6. Theme token switch

    pass

    Local package fixture: Switch the synthetic root from light to dark and compare resolved base colors.

    Observed: {"light":"oklch(100% 0 0)","dark":"oklch(25.33% .016 252.42)"}

  7. Native disclosure with CSS

    pass

    Local package fixture: Use Enter twice on an authored details/summary element styled with collapse classes.

    Observed: Open after Enter=true; closed after second Enter=true. Behavior comes from native HTML; daisyUI supplies styling.

  8. Native checkbox with CSS

    pass

    Local package fixture: Use Space twice on the authored styled checkbox.

    Observed: Native checkbox toggled and restored=true. No library JavaScript used.

  9. Keyboard focus visibility

    pass

    Local package fixture: Focus the styled action after keyboard input and inspect outline.

    Observed: {"matches":true,"outline":"solid","width":"2px"}

  10. Disabled control boundary

    pass

    Local package fixture: Inspect disabled property and verify a click is not emitted by programmatic click on a native disabled button.

    Observed: {"disabled":true,"clicks":0} Native HTML behavior, not a backend permission boundary.

Security findings and boundaries

Passive inspection of official public response headers and request hosts, declared package metadata, and the exact local fixture where stated. No exploitation, authentication, private input or backend writes.

Observed · caution

Modal naming needs review when copying a sample

The first documented dialog opened with visible heading text but no aria-labelledby reference in the sampled DOM. The native dialog handled Escape; verify a usable accessible name rather than assuming the visual heading supplies one.

Observed · info

Sampled response and request surface

The anonymous HTTPS demo response included none of the selected security response headers. Requests attempted 7 additional host(s), including fonts.googleapis.com, fonts.gstatic.com, api.daisyui.com, cdn.carbonads.com. The guard blocked 1 request(s). Host attempts include blocked requests; this does not establish retained data or exploit resistance.

Observed · info

Pinned fixture network boundary

All six daisyui fixture checks completed with zero recorded HTTP(S) request attempts and zero page errors. WebSocket attempts were blocked but not counted. This applies to the small authored fixture; it is not a claim about every export, dependency or integration.

Practical caveats

  • Class names can style an element but cannot turn an unsuitable element into a complete accessible control.
  • The first public modal sample had no aria-labelledby reference. Add and verify an accessible name in your own modal composition.
  • The shipped stylesheet is not proof that every theme has suitable contrast for your content, states or custom colors.

What remains untested

  • Only the pinned prebuilt stylesheet and small native HTML fixtures were exercised; plugin compilation, tree-shaking and application integration were not tested.
  • Native checkbox, details and disabled-button behavior belongs to the browser, not daisyUI JavaScript. Theme contrast and full reduced-motion behavior were not audited.

Security limits

  • No authentication, authorization, tenant isolation, retention or backend processing was tested.
  • No comprehensive source/dependency audit, vulnerability scan or security certification. Header presence or absence describes one response, not the safety of a product.
  • Request guards can alter normal page behavior. Full browser, mobile, assistive-technology and performance coverage is outside this evaluation.

Evaluation sources

  1. Official documentation
  2. Official evaluated sample
  3. Upstream repository
  4. GitHub repository snapshot endpoint

    Star count and repository identity observed 2026-10-19.

  5. Sampled source revision

    Default branch snapshot; not a claim that the hosted demo deploys this exact commit.

  6. Package manifest snapshot

    Exact registry version and dependency/license declaration; installed only where the evaluation says so.

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Follow the evidence

Sources and further reading.

  1. Official documentation
  2. Official evaluated sample
  3. Upstream repository
  4. GitHub repository snapshot endpoint

    Star count and repository identity observed 2026-10-19.

  5. Sampled source revision

    Default branch snapshot; not a claim that the hosted demo deploys this exact commit.

  6. Package manifest snapshot

    Exact registry version and dependency/license declaration; installed only where the evaluation says so.

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