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    tailwindlabs/tailwindcss

    A utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development.

    98.6K stars
    7.1K forks
    737 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 9, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    2 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 2 days ago, with 360 contributors on GitHub.

    Peaked at #26 in the weekly ranking the week of Jan 11, its best in the past year.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a utility-first CSS framework for rapid and custom user interface development.
    • Enables fast styling with low-level utility classes that reduce the need for custom CSS and improve design consistency.
    • Use for building responsive, mobile-first web applications with minimal CSS overhead.
    • Use for creating highly customizable design systems without writing traditional CSS stylesheets.
    • Use for integrating with modern frontend frameworks like React or Vue to streamline UI styling workflows.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    From the README

    A utility-first CSS framework for rapidly building custom user interfaces.

    For full documentation, visit tailwindcss.com.

    Excerpt from the tailwindlabs/tailwindcss README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

    Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots

    Aug 27: +13Sep 12: +11Nov 8: +299Nov 9: +179

    +1,476 stars over 90 days across 12 snapshot days; best day +299 on Nov 8.

    Forks

    7.1K+1.5K

    Open issues

    116+61

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