Integrating Tailwind CSS

Brisa, offers versatile integration with third-party libraries like TailwindCSS to be automatically handled for the Brisa internals.

Tailwind lets you use utility classes instead of writing CSS. These utility classes are mostly one-to-one with a certain CSS property setting: for example, adding the text-lg to an element is equivalent to setting font-size: 1.125rem in CSS. You might find it easier to write and maintain your styles using these predefined utility classes!

Installation

Run this command to integrate TailwindCSS in your Brisa project:

brisa add tailwindcss

And you are ready to use TailwindCSS in your Brisa project.

Manual Installation

If you want to install TailwindCSS manually, you can do it by running:

npm install tailwindcss postcss brisa-tailwindcss

And then, you can add the integration in your brisa.config.ts file:

brisa.config.ts

import brisaTailwindCSS from "brisa-tailwindcss";

export default {
  integrations: [brisaTailwindCSS()],
} satisfies Configuration;

And you are ready to use TailwindCSS in your Brisa project.

Installing the dependencies manually, take care to use a TailwindCSS version v.4.x.

Defaults

If you don't have any .css file with @tailwind directive or tailwindcss import, Brisa will automatically generate in build-time a default CSS file with TailwindCSS directives to be similar than TailwindCSS CDN:

@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;
@import 'tailwindcss/preflight';
@import 'tailwindcss/theme';

In the case you want to override the default CSS file, you can create a .css file in your src with @tailwind directives or @import 'tailwindcss/... and Brisa will use it instead of the default one. This .css file you need to import it in your src/layout.ts file.

Usage

You can use TailwindCSS classes in your Brisa project as you would in a regular TSX file:

export default function Home() {
  return (
    <div className="bg-gray-100">
      <h1 className="text-2xl font-bold text-gray-800">Hello, world!</h1>
    </div>
  );
}