TailwindCss Tailwind CSS is one of my favorite and go-to tools. It’s almost a standard way of writing CSS these days. Even LLMs and AI tools are giving Tailwind CSS code these days.

Here are some of the highlights of V4:

  1. Build time 10X faster, Incremental build 100X faster.
  2. 35% smaller footprint.
  3. Power of Rust and Lightning CSS.
  4. 2X Faster parser.
  5. CSS-first config, Unified toolchain.
  6. Modern CSS features.

Getting Started (with Vite)

Here’s a quick guide to get started with Tailwind CSS V4 and Vite:

  1. Install

    pnpm i tailwindcss @tailwindcss/vite

  2. Import in vite.config.ts

    import { defineConfig } from "vite";
import tailwindcss from "@tailwindcss/vite";

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [tailwindcss()],
});

  3. Root CSS File (index.css)

    @import "tailwindcss";