difference between ngx-bootstrap and ng2 bootstrap?

Question

I'm making project in bootstrap (UI) and angular 2. I'm new to both things My friend suggests me to use ng2 bootstrap I am so much confused between ngx bootstrap and ng2 bootstrap. Always when I search ng 2 bootstrap it take me to the ngx bootstrap. What is the difference between the two?

Answer 1

Since Angular2 is released, many components are published as npm modules and most them have prefix - ng2- or angular2- like ng2-bootstrap, angular2-tags-input.

After releasing Angular4, all those node modules were faced with serious problem - "Do we have to be renamed to ng4 or angular4???"

Here is an answer written by Igor Minar from Angular Core Team.

http://angularjs.blogspot.com/2016/12/ok-let-me-explain-its-going-to-be.html

"It’s just “Angular”"

As you can see here, Angular2 and Angular4 are all Angular.

And Upgrading version is not painful anymore like 2 to 4. Just do ng upgrade or ncu -u -a.

From now angular components should be ngx-something.

Answer 2

ng2-bootstrap and ngx-bootstrap are one and the same: ng2-bootstrap was the old name, ngx-bootstrap is the new name. It's a project that's attempting to create an Angular-specific version of the Twitter Bootstrap components (i.e. no dependency on jQuery). The project is run by Valor Software. I don't have inside knowledge but my guess is that the name change happened when Angular rebranded itself as just 'Angular' (instead of Angular 2).