MrCatz DataTable — Full-featured Livewire DataTable + CRUD built with DaisyUI

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Hey DaisyUI community 👋

I've been building a Laravel Livewire DataTable + Form Builder package for the past year, and DaisyUI has been the backbone of its entire UI layer.
Wanted to share it here because this project literally wouldn't exist without data-theme and the DaisyUI component primitives.

What it is

MrCatz DataTable — a batteries-included CRUD/admin table for Laravel Livewire apps. It gives you pagination,
filters, search, inline editing, bulk actions, Excel/PDF export, and a 25+ field programmatic Form Builder in one composable API.

• 📖 Docs (with live playgrounds): https://datatable.catzoid.tech
• 🎮 Demo: https://datatable.catzoid.tech/demo
• 💾 GitHub: https://github.com/mrc4tz/mrcatz-datatables
• 📦 Packagist: https://packagist.org/packages/mrcatz/datatable

Why DaisyUI specifically?

I evaluated headless libs (Radix, HeadlessUI) and opinionated kits (Filament, shadcn-php ports). DaisyUI won for three reasons that matter to a package
author:

1. Theming is just data-theme="..." — users of my package swap themes without touching my CSS. No CSS variables to expose, no prop drilling.
2. Zero JS dependency — critical for a Livewire-first package where the backend owns state. I can't ship a library that fights Alpine/Livewire over
   DOM ownership.
3. Semantic class names — btn btn-primary, modal, dropdown, table-zebra. When a user wants to customize, they know exactly where to look.

Components from DaisyUI used heavily

• modal + modal-box for add/edit/delete dialogs
• table table-zebra table-pin-rows for the data grid (+ sticky headers)
• dropdown for column visibility, filter popovers, and export menu
• btn btn-primary/ghost/error everywhere for action buttons
• input, select, textarea, checkbox, toggle, file-input, range across the Form Builder's 25+ field types
• badge for sort indicators, row counts, and filter chips
• alert for toast notifications
• tabs for form sections and the docs playground mode selector
• breadcrumbs for admin navigation trails
• swap for theme + dark-mode toggles
• tooltip for action button hints and keyboard shortcut hints
• collapse + collapse-arrow for expandable rows
• loading loading-spinner during data fetch
• steps on some onboarding docs pages

Pretty much every DaisyUI component gets a workout somewhere in the package.

Screenshots

What I'd love feedback on

• Are there DaisyUI v5 components I should be leaning on harder? Many components look useful but I haven't integrated
  them yet.
• data-theme granularity: right now the package inherits the page's theme. Some users want a different theme for the admin table only. Is scoping
  data-theme to a subtree a pattern others have solved cleanly?
• Dark mode: I use DaisyUI's built-in dark themes but let users bring their own. Any gotchas when packages bundle custom mrcatz-light /
  mrcatz-dark themes that shadow user themes?

Huge thanks to @saadeghi for DaisyUI — it's one of those libraries that quietly makes everything else possible. Happy to
answer questions, and if any DaisyUI contributor wants to peek at how a full-featured Livewire package leverages the component set, the source is public.

Cheers 🧡