Create your project
Start by creating a new Vite project if you don’t have one set up already. The most common approach is to use Create Vite.
Terminalnpm create vite@latest my-project -- --template reactcd my-project
Install Tailwind CSS
Install
tailwindcss
and its peer dependencies, then generate yourtailwind.config.js
andpostcss.config.js
files.Terminalnpm install -D tailwindcss postcss autoprefixernpx tailwindcss init -p
Configure your template paths
Add the paths to all of your template files in your
tailwind.config.js
file.tailwind.config.js/** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */ export default { content: [ "./index.html", "./src/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}", ], theme: { extend: {}, }, plugins: [], }
Add the Tailwind directives to your CSS
Add the
@tailwind
directives for each of Tailwind’s layers to your./src/index.css
file.index.css@tailwind base; @tailwind components; @tailwind utilities;
- Terminal
npm run dev
- App.jsx
export default function App() { return ( <h1 className="text-3xl font-bold underline"> Hello world! </h1> ) }