tailwindcss vs bootstrap
Estimated humans, week by week
- tailwindcss
- bootstrap
- npm downloads (same color, dashed)
The 12-month chart is drawn in the browser from the npm API.
tailwindcss vs bootstrap: which is more popular?
| package | npm / week | humans / week | inflation | confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tailwindcss | 166,617,250 | 166,586,058–166,617,250 | less than 1% | high |
| bootstrap | 8,278,982 | 8,176,031–8,272,634 | less than 1% | high |
Snapshot from the daily build of Nov 3, 2026, last 7 days of npm data. With JavaScript on, this page recomputes it live with a 12-month chart.
By estimated real human installs, tailwindcss is ahead of bootstrap by about 20×: about 166,611,874 vs 8,235,120 a week. npm's raw counts are 166,617,250 for tailwindcss and 8,278,982 for bootstrap, which include mirrors, scanners and crawlers.
How the estimate works
- Cut the spike every new version gets from mirrors in its first days.
- Subtract the flat floor robots download from every version each week.
- Show what is left as a range, with an honest confidence level.