What Flowbite does

Flowbite is a private, bootstrapped open-source software company founded in 2019 and headquartered in Timisoara, Romania. It operates an integrated ecosystem of UI component libraries, design systems, icon and illustration libraries, and developer tools built natively on top of the Tailwind CSS utility-first framework. The company's product surface spans a free MIT-licensed community edition (68+ interactive UI components distributed via NPM, jsDelivr CDN, GitHub, and a Figma community file) and a paid Pro tier (450+ premium sections, 60+ application UI pages, 53+ marketing pages, 430+ premium icons, React/TypeScript components, HUGO templates, and a 1000+-variant Figma design system). Framework-specific libraries extend the platform to React, Vue, Svelte, Angular, Next.js, Nuxt, Astro, Remix, Laravel, Django, Flask, Ruby on Rails, Symfony, Phoenix, Blazor, HUGO, Meteor.js, SolidJS, and Qwik.

The company's go-to-market is product-led: the free open-source community edition acts as a funnel for the Pro tier, with community contributions on GitHub and Discord amplifying distribution. Pro is sold directly through flowbite.com using Paddle.com as payment processor, with one-time perpetual licenses priced at $169 (Designer individual), $299 (Developer individual), $499 (Designer team of 10), and $999 (Developer team of 10), plus custom development services. Target customers are web developers, frontend engineers, and UI/UX designers building with Tailwind CSS, with secondary segments in freelancers, agencies, startups, SaaS companies, and e-commerce operators.

In 2024-2025, Flowbite made a deliberate expansion into AI, launching Flowbite GPT (a custom-trained ChatGPT model for UI code generation), Flowbite MCP UI (an SDK for building Model Context Protocol applications integrable with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Cursor, Windsurf, and other agentic clients), Flowbite LLM documentation, and Flowbite TypeUI. The company is led by founders Zoltán Szőgyényi and Robert Tanislav under the Themesberg parent studio umbrella, has 1-10 employees, and has not disclosed any institutional funding.

Name

Flowbite

Legal name

Flowbite

Website

https://flowbite.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Flowbite is an open-source UI component ecosystem built on Tailwind CSS, providing developers and designers with libraries, design systems, icons, illustrations, and AI tools. It monetizes via one-time Pro licenses, distributing free community editions through NPM, CDN, and Figma.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Timisoara

HQ country

Romania

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Pro License Sales (Developer Edition): Developer edition at $299 per license (individual) or $999 for team license (up to 10 members) provides access to 450+ premium UI blocks, 62+ application UI pages, 53+ marketing pages, E-commerce UI, React/TypeScript components, Figma files, admin dashboard, and 1-year support with renewable option.
2. Pro License Sales (Designer Edition): Designer edition at $169 per license (individual) or $499 for team license (up to 10 members) provides access to Figma design system files with 1000+ component variants, marketing/application/publisher/e-commerce UI Figma files, and 1-year support with renewable option.
3. Open Source (Community Edition): Community edition is free under MIT license. No direct revenue; drives adoption, community contributions, and funnel for Pro upgrades.
4. Custom Development / Hire Us: Flowbite team offers custom development services for clients needing help with their projects using Flowbite ecosystem.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Flowbite sells an open-source ecosystem of Tailwind CSS-based UI component libraries, a Figma design system, icon and illustration asset libraries, premium Pro component/blocks packages, and AI integration tools (Flowbite GPT and MCP UI SDK) that enable web developers and designers to build production websites and applications faster. The open-source community edition is distributed free under the MIT license via NPM, CDN, GitHub, and Figma Community, while the paid Pro tier (Developer and Designer editions) is sold as a one-time perpetual license through flowbite.com via Paddle checkout.

Product overview

Flowbite is an ecosystem built on top of Tailwind CSS consisting of multiple interconnected products. At its core is the Flowbite Library (open-source, MIT licensed) providing 68+ interactive UI components with data attributes interface and JavaScript API. The ecosystem expands through Flowbite Blocks (459+ section templates across Marketing, Application, Publisher, and E-commerce categories), the premium Flowbite Pro tier (offering 450+ premium sections, 60+ Application pages, 53+ Marketing pages, React components, Figma design system, HUGO templates, and 430+ icons), and the Flowbite Figma Design System (professional design kit with 1000+ component variants). Supporting products include Flowbite Icons (751 free SVG icons), Flowbite Illustrations (54 free 3D illustrations), Flowbite GPT (custom ChatGPT integration), and Flowbite MCP UI (Model Context Protocol SDK for AI agent integration). Framework-specific libraries extend support to React, Vue, Svelte, Angular, Next.js, Nuxt.js, Astro, Remix, Laravel, Django, Flask, Ruby on Rails, Symfony, Phoenix, Blazor, HUGO, Meteor.js, SolidJS, and Qwik. The platform operates under MIT license for open-source components with commercial licensing available for Pro features.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Flowbite React: Standalone React UI component library built with Tailwind CSS
• Flowbite Vue
• Flowbite Svelte
• Flowbite Angular
• Flowbite Icons
• Flowbite Illustrations
• Flowbite GPT
• Flowbite Pro
• MCP UI
• Flowbite Blocks

Products and services

• Flowbite Library The core open-source library of 68+ interactive UI components (alerts, modals, navbars, forms, tables, accordions, dropdowns, etc.) built with Tailwind CSS utility classes. Supports a data-attributes interface, JavaScript API (ESM/CJS), and TypeScript type declarations. Distributed free under the MIT license.
• Flowbite Blocks A collection of over 459 free and premium pre-built UI section blocks coded with Tailwind CSS and Flowbite for assembling marketing, application, publisher, and e-commerce website pages. Includes 100+ e-commerce UI blocks.
• Flowbite Pro (Developer Edition) Premium paid tier ($299 individual / $999 team of up to 10 members) providing 450+ premium website sections, 62+ application UI pages, 53+ marketing pages, e-commerce UI, React/TypeScript components, Figma files, admin dashboard, webpack bundler, HUGO templates, 430+ custom SVG icons, and 1-year renewable support.
• Flowbite Figma Design System Professional Figma design kit (free community edition and paid Pro Designer edition at $169 individual / $499 team) with 1000+ component variants, 27 pages, responsive designs for mobile/tablet/desktop, dark mode support, auto-layout, and design tokens. Provides design-to-code parity with the coded Flowbite component library.
• Flowbite Icons Free and open-source collection of 751 SVG icons (340 solid, 411 outline) compatible with Flowbite and Tailwind CSS. Supports React (JSX), Figma, raw SVG export, and categories including General, Arrows, Files, E-commerce, Food & Beverage, Media, User, Brands, Emoji, Text, Weather, and Education. MIT licensed.
• Flowbite Illustrations Free and open-source collection of 54 SVG illustrations in 3D styles, available in SVG and PNG formats with customizable colors, light and dark mode support, and a Figma file. MIT licensed. Designed by Berin Holy with Robert Tanislav and Zoltán Szőgyényi.
• Flowbite React Standalone React UI component library built with Tailwind CSS and TypeScript. Includes admin dashboard templates, charts, kanban board, calendar, chat interface, and 20+ pre-built pages. Available as open-source community edition and Pro version with React components.
• Flowbite Svelte Standalone Svelte UI component library built with Tailwind CSS, providing Flowbite-compatible components for Svelte-based web applications.
• Flowbite Vue Vue 3 UI component library built with Tailwind CSS for using Flowbite components in Vue.js projects, including Nuxt.js integration. Currently in development with community contributions.
• Flowbite Angular Angular component library and integration guide for using Flowbite components with the Angular framework and Tailwind CSS.
• Flowbite MCP UI SDK for building Model Context Protocol (MCP) applications deliverable as tools to AI agents in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, VS Code, Mistral AI, and Codex. Built with Flowbite UI components on top of the Skybridge framework.
• Flowbite GPT Custom-trained ChatGPT model available via the OpenAI GPT Store that generates UI components, sections, pages, and code snippets based on Flowbite's collection of UI component examples, JavaScript API references, and data-attributes interface.
• Flowbite Pro (Designer Edition) Premium paid tier ($169 individual / $499 team of up to 10 members) for designers, providing the Figma design system with 1000+ component variants, marketing/application/publisher/e-commerce UI Figma files, icons, illustrations, and 1-year renewable support.
• Flowbite Custom Development Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Build websites faster by eliminating the need to code common UI components from scratch
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

AI capability4 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Tailwind LabscoreTechnology or IntegrationFlowbite is built natively on top of Tailwind CSS, the utility-first CSS framework developed by Tailwind Labs. The company maintains full compatibility with Tailwind CSS v2, v3, and v4, and serves as the de facto component library ecosystem for Tailwind users. Flowbite is a Tailwind CSS plugin and is positioned as the missing component set for the framework.
• FigmacoreTechnology or IntegrationFlowbite maintains a professional Figma design system with 1000+ component variants, available both as a free community file and a paid Pro version. The design system is built using Figma features (variants, auto-layout, responsive components, dark mode) and is kept in parity with the coded components.
• ThemesbergcoreOthersThemesberg is the parent organization/studio behind Flowbite. The GitHub organization themesberg hosts the main Flowbite repository and related projects (flowbite-react, flowbite-icons, flowbite-illustrations, etc.). Founders Zoltan Szogyenyi and Robert Tanislav operate under this umbrella.
• Evelyne KrallminorOthersDesigned Flowbite Icons (340 solid icons) along with Robert Tanislav. Icons are open-source under MIT license.
• Berin HolyminorOthersDesigned Flowbite Illustrations (54 SVG illustrations in 3D styles) along with Robert Tanislav and Zoltan Szogyenyi.
• ConvertKitminorOthersFlowbite uses ConvertKit for email newsletter management, including subscriber terms of service and privacy policy compliance.
• Paddle.comminorOthersPaddle.com serves as the payment processor for Flowbite Pro license purchases, handling checkout, invoicing, VAT collection, and refund processing.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Tailwind UI: The official, premium component and template library for Tailwind CSS, built by Tailwind Labs. It is the most directly comparable product to Flowbite Pro, targeting the same Tailwind developer audience with paid UI blocks and application/marketing templates.
• shadcn/ui: A popular open-source collection of copy-paste React components built on Tailwind CSS and Radix UI. It competes head-to-head with Flowbite React for the same Tailwind-using developer audience and has rapidly become the default starting point for new React/Tailwind projects.
• daisyUI: A Tailwind CSS plugin/component library that adds semantic component class names on top of Tailwind utilities. It targets the same Tailwind developer base as Flowbite and offers both free and Pro tiers with similar positioning.
• Preline UI: An open-source Tailwind CSS component library with a paid Pro tier offering pre-built application and dashboard UI. It mirrors Flowbite's freemium + Pro model and competes for the same Tailwind builder audience.

Broad incumbents

• Material UI (MUI): One of the largest and most established React component libraries, offering a comprehensive design system and component set. While it does not specifically target Tailwind, it competes for the same developer mindshare and design-system budgets that Flowbite Pro addresses.
• Chakra UI: A widely adopted React component library focused on simplicity and accessibility. It serves the same UI-building use case as Flowbite React and competes for design-system and component-library share across web teams.
• Ant Design: An enterprise-grade React UI library with extensive components and a mature design system. It competes with Flowbite Pro in the application/dashboard UI space, particularly among enterprise and SaaS builders.
• PrimeReact / PrimeNG / PrimeVue (PrimeBlocks): PrimeTek's suite of comprehensive UI component libraries spanning React, Angular and Vue, plus PrimeBlocks templates. It overlaps with Flowbite's multi-framework library strategy and Pro template offering.

Emerging players

• Radix UI: An open-source library of unstyled, accessible UI primitives commonly composed with Tailwind CSS (notably via shadcn/ui). It represents the alternative primitives-based paradigm that Flowbite's higher-level component model competes against.
• HeroUI (formerly NextUI): A modern React UI library offering beautifully designed, accessible components with strong Tailwind integration. It targets the same frontend-builder audience as Flowbite React and competes on design quality and developer experience.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/zoltanszogyenyi
• GitHubgithub.com/themesberg
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC_Ms4V2kYDsh7F_CSsHyQ6A
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/zoltanszogyenyi

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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