loopwerk/swifttailwind

A Swift package to download and run the [Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com) CLI from Swift projects. Useful for static site generators, server-side Swift apps, or any Swift project that needs to compile Tailwind CSS.

Installation

Add SwiftTailwind to your Package.swift:

dependencies: [
  .package(url: "https://github.com/loopwerk/SwiftTailwind", from: "1.0.0"),
],
targets: [
  .executableTarget(
    name: "YourApp",
    dependencies: ["SwiftTailwind"]
  ),
]

Usage

SwiftTailwind automatically downloads the official Tailwind CSS standalone CLI from GitHub. No Node.js or npm required. The binary is cached in ~/.swifttailwind/ so it's only downloaded once per version. Versions 3.x and 4.x are supported.

import SwiftTailwind

let tailwind = SwiftTailwind(version: "4.2.1")

try await tailwind.run(
  input: "input.css",
  output: "output.css",
  options: .minify
)

The standalone CLI bundles first-party plugins (@tailwindcss/typography, @tailwindcss/forms, @tailwindcss/aspect-ratio). Third-party plugins from node_modules are also supported.

Options

.minify - minify the output CSS
.watch - watch for changes and rebuild automatically

Requirements

macOS 12+ or Linux
Swift 5.5+

Acknowledgements

SwiftTailwind is inspired by (the archived) SwiftyTailwind.

License

SwiftTailwind is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.

Package Metadata

Repository: loopwerk/swifttailwind

Default branch: main

README: README.md