next-themes VS tailwindcss-theme-swapper

Next themes is used for themes switching

Shadcn UI supports dark mode for Next.js and Vite applications. For Next.js applications, Shadcn UI uses next-themes for the dark mode toggling functionality. When a user toggles between light and dark mode, the application switches between the light and dark theme tokens.

Let’s start with Next.js. We’ll use the next-themes package, which allows us to handle dark mode very easily without worrying about blocking page rendering to check user preferences.

"use client"; import React from "react"; import { ThemeProvider as NextThemesProvider } from "next-themes"; import { ThemeProviderProps } from "next-themes/dist/types"; // https://github.com/pacocoursey/next-themes/issues/152#issuecomment-1364280564 // needs to be called NextThemesProvider not ThemesProvider // not sure why export function Providers(props: ThemeProviderProps) { return ; }

Next themes

It is that simple. It has 74,528 weekly npm downloads and if it's good enough for @leeerob, it's good for me too. Get creative with your loading state and toggle button (or not && KISS). Check out their next-themes GH repo for more info.

also: https://github.com/pacocoursey/next-themes

i usually use https://github.com/pacocoursey/next-themes when dealing with themes, it doesnt flash

In the thread that inspired this blog post, tailwindcss-theme-swapper was mentioned. It looks like an interesting option and saves some of the boilerplate in getting setup.