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standalone cli use tailwind css without node js tailwind css v 4 3 k ctrl k docs blog showcase partners plus december 16 2021 standalone cli use tailwind css without node js adam wathan adamwathan tailwind css is written in javascript and distributed as an npm package which means you ve always had to have node js and npm installed to use it this has made it harder to integrate into projects where using npm isn t always common and with tools like rails and phoenix both moving away from npm by default we needed to find a way for people to use tailwind in these projects without forcing them to adopt an entirely separate ecosystem of tooling today we re announcing a new standalone cli build that gives you the full power of tailwind cli in a self contained executable no node js or npm required get started to install it grab the executable for your platform from the latest release on github making sure to give it executable permissions example for macos arm64 curl slo https github com tailwindlabs tailwindcss releases latest download tailwindcss macos arm64 chmod x tailwindcss macos arm64 mv tailwindcss macos arm64 tailwindcss now you can use it just like our npm distributed cli tool create a tailwind config js file tailwindcss init start a watcher tailwindcss i input css o output css watch compile and minify your css for production tailwindcss i input css o output css minify we ve even bundled the latest versions of all of our first party plugins so if you want to use them in your project just require them in your tailwind config js file like you would in a node based project module exports plugins require tailwindcss forms require tailwindcss typography you get all the power of our standard npm distributed cli in a convenient portable package no dependencies required how does it work we didn t rewrite tailwind in rust or anything yet we re actually using pkg a really cool project by vercel that lets you turn a node js project into an executable that can be run without installing node js by bundling all of the parts your project needs right into the executable itself this is what makes it possible for you to still use a tailwind config js file with the full power of javascript rather than a static format like json which cli should i use if you are already using npm in your project use the npm distributed version of our cli that we ve always provided it s simpler to update the file size is smaller and you re already in the ecosystem anyways there s no benefit at all to using the standalone build if on the other hand you re working on a project where you don t otherwise need node js or npm the standalone build can be a great choice if tailwind was the only reason you had a package json file this is probably going to feel like a nicer solution get all of our updates directly to your inbox sign up for our newsletter subscribe tailwind css documentation playground blog showcase sponsor resources refactoring ui headless ui heroicons hero patterns tailwind plus ui blocks templates ui kit community github discord x tailwind css documentation playground blog showcase sponsor tailwind plus ui blocks templates ui kit resources refactoring ui headless ui heroicons hero patterns community github discord x copyright 2026 tailwind labs inc trademark policy