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Tailwindcss

A utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development.

Tailwindcss is an open-source libraries and runtimes project on GitHub under the MIT license (permissive), with 98k stars. It is built with TypeScript and Rust. Its last push was today.

Stars
98k
License
MIT
Activity
Active
Latest release
v4.3.4

Code on GitHub Website

Judgement

What it is
Framework or platform
What it does
A utility-first CSS framework that styles elements with small classes in markup and generates only the CSS you use.
Adopt it when
You build UIs in a component framework and want consistent styling without writing custom CSS files.
Watch out
Markup becomes class-heavy, and version 4 changed configuration significantly.
Ready for
Production-ready
Runs as
Library
Built with
TypeScript and Rust
How established
Established: started 9 years ago, latest release v4.3.4.
What the license allows
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

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