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Tailwind CSS

Utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development

85.0K stars 400 contributors Since 2017
Website → GitHub

Utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development

License
MIT
Min RAM
16 MB
Min CPUs
1 core
Scaling
single_node
Complexity
beginner
Performance
medium
Self-hostable
K8s native
Offline
Pricing
fully free
Docs quality
excellent
Vendor lock-in
none

Use cases

  • Rapidly build custom UIs without writing CSS
  • Design system token management
  • Responsive layouts for web apps

Anti-patterns / when NOT to use

  • Verbose HTML classes
  • Custom design tokens need config
  • Not a component library

Replaces / alternatives to

  • Bootstrap
  • Foundation
  • Bulma

Technical specs

Language
JavaScript
API type
SDK
Protocols
HTTP
Deployment
npm

Community

GitHub stars 85.0K
Contributors 400
Commit frequency weekly
Plugin ecosystem none
Backing Tailwind Labs
Funding vc_backed

Release

Latest version
Last release
Since 2017

Best fit

Team size
solosmallmedium
Industries
general

Tags

  • css
  • utility-first
  • responsive
  • dark-mode
  • jit
  • customizable
  • design-system
  • purge