Tailwind CSS
Utility-first CSS framework for building custom user interfaces rapidly.
Styling and CSS npm MIT
Used in agent projects
4,410
34.7% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in styling and css
#1 of 15
by use in those projects
Downloads
134M
npm, last 7 days, tailwindcss
GitHub stars
97.9K
last push Oct 9, 2026
How Tailwind CSS is used
Tailwind CSS is a dependency in 4,410 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (34.7%), #1 of 15 in styling and css. The most used alternative there is Tailwind Merge. Projects that use it most often also use React (89.0%), Lucide React (53.0%), Next.js (57.0%).
Often used with Tailwind CSS
| React | 89.0% of Tailwind CSS projects · 2.1× more than average |
|---|---|
| Lucide React | 53.0% of Tailwind CSS projects · 2.7× more than average |
| Next.js | 57.0% of Tailwind CSS projects · 2.5× more than average |
| clsx | 49.6% of Tailwind CSS projects · 2.8× more than average |
| ESLint | 73.0% of Tailwind CSS projects · 1.9× more than average |
| Tailwind Merge | 47.7% of Tailwind CSS projects · 2.8× more than average |
| TypeScript | 82.7% of Tailwind CSS projects · 1.5× more than average |
| Class Variance Authority | 40.3% of Tailwind CSS projects · 2.9× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 36.8% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 32.6% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 39.7% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 40.4% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 34.3% of projects set up for it |
| OpenCode | 37.5% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 39.4% of projects set up for it |
| Kiro | 39.7% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Tailwind CSS as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install tailwindcss |
|---|---|
| Packages counted | tailwindcss, postcss, autoprefixer, @tailwindcss/postcss, @tailwindcss/vite, @tailwindcss/typography, @tailwindcss/forms, @tailwindcss/cli |
| Main stacks | Next.js (2,445), TypeScript / JavaScript (1,652), PHP (186), Python (62) |
| Example projects | Automattic/wp-calypso, NG-ZORRO/ng-zorro-antd, LeagueAkari/LeagueAkari, ding113/claude-code-hub, David-Crty/databasement |
Alternatives to Tailwind CSS
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tailwind Merge npm Merge Tailwind CSS classes intelligently without style conflicts. |
2,136 (16.8%) | 85.8M | 5,695 | MIT |
| Emotion npm CSS-in-JS library for styling React components with scoped styles and theming. |
332 (2.6%) | 20.2M | 18K | MIT |
| Sass npm CSS preprocessor adding variables, nesting and mixins to stylesheets. |
233 (1.8%) | 30.9M | 4,230 | MIT |
| styled-components npm CSS-in-JS library for styling React components with dynamic scoped styles. |
154 (1.2%) | 10.8M | 41.1K | MIT |
| react-responsive npm React library for implementing responsive design with CSS media queries. |
54 (0.4%) | 1.4M | 7,182 | MIT |
| tailwind-variants npm Compose Tailwind CSS classes conditionally with a variant-first composition API. |
53 (0.4%) | 4.3M | 3,318 | MIT |
| postcss-import npm PostCSS plugin to inline @import rules before other transformations. |
46 (0.4%) | 41M | 1,409 | MIT |
| NativeWind npm Use Tailwind CSS in cross-platform React Native applications. |
45 (0.4%) | 1.9M | 8,106 | MIT |