Tailwind CSS
Rapidly build modern websites without ever leaving your HTML
- Also known as
- tailwind-css
What is Tailwind CSS?
A utility-first CSS framework packed with classes like flex, pt-4, text-center, and rotate-90 that can be composed to build any design directly in markup.
What Tailwind CSS does
The capabilities that matter for frontend ui frameworks, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Paradigm
- utility-first CSS
- Reusable component model
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- Virtual DOM
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- Signals / fine-grained reactivity
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- SSR support
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- First-class TypeScript
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- Built-in state management
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- Official router
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- Runtime size
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Tailwind CSS alternatives
Other frontend ui frameworks we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Angularmedium · 52%
- PreactFast 3kB alternative to React with the same modern APIlow · 31%
- Vue.jsThe Progressive JavaScript Frameworkmedium · 54%
- ReactThe library for web and native user interfaceslow · 44%
- Vue.jsThe Progressive JavaScript Frameworklow · 40%
- MUIThe React component library you always wantedlow · 38%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Tailwind CSS, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Package Downloads | 100 | 26.00 | 2600.0 | ✓ |
| Release Cadence | 91 | 10.00 | 905.6 | ✓ |
| Github Activity | 44 | 18.00 | 792.2 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 94 | 5.00 | 470.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 0 | 16.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Integrations | 0 | 8.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 13.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 24 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 65% |
Adoption
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"paradigm":"utility-first CSS"} | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | TypeScript | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | MIT | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 99% |
Release
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence days | 17 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 70% |