Tailwind CSS Standalone CLI: Use Tailwind CSS without Node.js

Tailwind just released a standalone CLI in self-contained executable, no Node.js or npm required.

You get all the power of the standard npm-distributed CLI in a convenient, portable package no dependencies required.

Get started

Download the executable for your platform from the latest release.

Copy it to the root directory of your project.

Rename the executable "tailwindcss" .

Now you can use it just like the npm-distributed CLI tool:

# Create a tailwind.config.js file./tailwindcss init# Start a watcher./tailwindcss -i input.css -o output.css --watch# Compile and minify your CSS for production./tailwindcss -i input.css -o output.css --minify

It comes bundled with the latest versions of all of tailwind's first-party plugins, so if you want to use them in your project, just require them in your tailwind.config.js file like you would in a Node-based project:

module.exports = {  // ...  plugins: [    require('@tailwindcss/forms'),    require('@tailwindcss/typography'),  ]}

Refrences

Standalone CLI: Use Tailwind CSS without Node.js - Adam Wathan