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Looking for an alternative to Foundation? Site Stats Database tracks 28 other ui & css frameworks; the top ones are below, ranked by adoption, with authority and traffic for each and the leading sites that use them. Foundation itself is used by 8,731 websites. Back to Foundation.
| UI Framework | Websites | Share | Median DR | Median traffic | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation (this page) |
| 8,731 |
| 4.3% |
| 32 |
| 5,619 |
| - |
| Bootstrap | 126,851 | 61.9% | 29 | 4,520 | Foundation vs Bootstrap |
| Animate.css | 47,649 | 23.2% | 25 | 3,603 | Foundation vs Animate.css |
| Normalize.css | 15,704 | 7.7% | 27 | 6,707 | Foundation vs Normalize.css |
| Tailwind CSS | 7,759 | 3.8% | 35 | 4,340 | Foundation vs Tailwind CSS |
| Element UI | 7,163 | 3.5% | 11 | 2,219 | Foundation vs Element UI |
| UIkit | 5,433 | 2.7% | 26 | 4,518 | Foundation vs UIkit |
| Vuetify | 4,229 | 2.1% | 30 | 5,332 | Foundation vs Vuetify |
| Radix UI | 3,291 | 1.6% | 39 | 4,812 | Foundation vs Radix UI |
| Material UI | 3,180 | 1.6% | 41 | 7,554 | Foundation vs Material UI |
| Headless UI | 2,125 | 1.0% | 42 | 7,338 | Foundation vs Headless UI |
| W3.CSS | 1,051 | 0.5% | 23 | 3,116 | Foundation vs W3.CSS |
| Pure CSS | 816 | 0.4% | 32 | 5,186 | Foundation vs Pure CSS |
| Angular Material | 814 | 0.4% | 46 | 4,286 | Foundation vs Angular Material |
| MDBootstrap | 756 | 0.4% | 41 | 5,054 | Foundation vs MDBootstrap |
| Materialize | 721 | 0.4% | 35 | 2,963 | Foundation vs Materialize |
| Chakra UI | 719 | 0.4% | 44 | 11,054 | Foundation vs Chakra UI |
| Shoelace | 599 | 0.3% | 29 | 6,609 | Foundation vs Shoelace |
| Ant Design | 524 | 0.3% | 39 | 4,927 | Foundation vs Ant Design |
| Mantine | 438 | 0.2% | 43 | 6,944 | Foundation vs Mantine |
| PrimeVue/PrimeReact | 414 | 0.2% | 53 | 14,384 | Foundation vs PrimeVue/PrimeReact |
| Flowbite | 376 | 0.2% | 34 | 4,275 | Foundation vs Flowbite |
| Bulma | 325 | 0.2% | 29 | 3,385 | Foundation vs Bulma |
| Kendo UI | 316 | 0.2% | 40 | 6,503 | Foundation vs Kendo UI |
| Semantic UI | 277 | 0.1% | 40 | 4,859 | Foundation vs Semantic UI |
| Material Design Lite | 270 | 0.1% | 41 | 4,077 | Foundation vs Material Design Lite |
| Layui | 170 | 0.1% | 34 | 2,587 | Foundation vs Layui |
| HeroUI/NextUI | 139 | 0.1% | 39 | 4,708 | Foundation vs HeroUI/NextUI |
| PrimeFaces | 133 | 0.1% | 48 | 5,781 | Foundation vs PrimeFaces |
Bootstrap is a popular front-end CSS framework for responsive layouts and prebuilt components. Originally from Twitter, it lets developers assemble consistent, mobile-friendly interfaces quickly. It remains one of the most common UI frameworks on the web.
126,851
Websites
61.9%
Share of UI Framework
29
Median DR
4,520
Median traffic
Top sites using Bootstrap
Animate.css is a library of ready-to-use CSS animations.
47,649
Websites
23.2%
Share of UI Framework
25
Median DR
3,603
Median traffic
Top sites using Animate.css
Normalize.css makes browsers render elements more consistently as a CSS reset alternative.
15,704
Websites
7.7%
Share of UI Framework
27
Median DR
6,707
Median traffic
Top sites using Normalize.css
Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework for building designs directly in markup. Instead of writing custom stylesheets, developers compose small utility classes, which speeds up consistent UI work. It has become a default styling choice for many modern React and Vue projects.
7,759
Websites
3.8%
Share of UI Framework
35
Median DR
4,340
Median traffic
Top sites using Tailwind CSS
Element UI is a Vue 2 component library.
7,163
Websites
3.5%
Share of UI Framework
11
Median DR
2,219
Median traffic
Top sites using Element UI
UIkit is a lightweight modular front-end framework.
5,433
Websites
2.7%
Share of UI Framework
26
Median DR
4,518
Median traffic
Top sites using UIkit
Vuetify is a Material Design component framework for Vue.
4,229
Websites
2.1%
Share of UI Framework
30
Median DR
5,332
Median traffic
Top sites using Vuetify
Radix UI is a set of unstyled, accessible component primitives for React.
3,291
Websites
1.6%
Share of UI Framework
39
Median DR
4,812
Median traffic
Top sites using Radix UI
MUI (Material UI) is a React component library implementing Material Design.
3,180
Websites
1.6%
Share of UI Framework
41
Median DR
7,554
Median traffic
Top sites using Material UI
Headless UI is a set of unstyled, accessible UI components from Tailwind Labs.
2,125
Websites
1.0%
Share of UI Framework
42
Median DR
7,338
Median traffic
By number of websites, the most widely used alternatives to Foundation are Bootstrap, Animate.css, Normalize.css, Tailwind CSS, Element UI. The right one depends on your needs; compare them on adoption, authority, and audience above.
Site Stats Database tracks 28 other ui & css frameworks used by 100 or more websites, plus a long tail of rarer ones. Foundation itself is used by 8,731 websites.
Bootstrap leads this category with 126,851 websites in our catalog.
Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; authority (Ahrefs Domain Rating) and traffic come from Ahrefs and DataForSEO. Everything reflects the sites we track and refreshes at least monthly.
Citation
Site Stats Database. "Foundation Alternatives & Competitors." Site Stats Database, July 1, 2026. https://sitestatsdb.com/technologies/ui-frameworks/foundation/alternatives
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