Installation

TailUI requires Tailwind CSS and PostCSS as peer dependencies. Install what you need:

No Tailwind CSS yet? Install everything:

npm install tailuicss tailwindcss postcss autoprefixer

Tailwind CSS installed, but no PostCSS?

npm install tailuicss postcss

Tailwind CSS + PostCSS already installed? Just add TailUI:

npm install tailuicss

Or initialize a new project with the CLI:

npx tailui init

The CLI will ask you where to store components. You can choose any directory name — ui, components, design-system, etc. The path is saved in ui.config.json and all commands resolve it automatically.