nuxt-windicss

Windi CSS for Nuxt.js, it's fast! ⚡️
^{a.k.a On-demand Tailwind CSS}

⚡️ See speed comparison with Tailwind

Features

• ⚡️ It's FAST - 20~100x times faster than @nuxtjs/tailwindcss
• 🧩 On-demand CSS utilities (Compatible with Tailwind CSS v2) and native elements style resetting
• 🍃 Load configurations from tailwind.config.js
• 📄 CSS @apply / @screen directives transforms
• 🎳 Support Utility Groups - e.g. bg-gray-200 hover:(bg-gray-100 text-red-300)
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Compatible with nuxt-vite

Install

yarn add nuxt-windicss -D
# npm i nuxt-windicss -D

⚠️ This module is a pre-release, please report any issues you find.

Usage

Within your nuxt.config.js add the following.

// nuxt.config.js
buildModules: [
  'nuxt-windicss',
],

This module won't work with @nuxtjs/tailwindcss, you will need to remove it.

buildModules: [
-  '@nuxtjs/tailwindcss',
],

This module will read from your root tailwind.config.js or windi.config.js config if present. See here for details.

Migrating

If you were previously using @nuxtjs/tailwindcss, please consult the documentation on migrating.

Configuration

• Default:

windicss: {
  scan: {
    dirs: ['./'],
      exclude: [
        '.nuxt/**/*',
        '*.template.html',
        // Any classes added in app.html (that have not previously been referenced) will need to be added to the safelist
        'app.html'
      ]
  },
  transformCSS: 'pre',
  preflight: {
    alias: {
      // add nuxt aliases
      'nuxt-link': 'a',
    }
  }
}

• See options.ts for configuration reference.

Hooks

You can use the following nuxt hooks to modify the behaviour of the code.

windicss:config

• Arguments: options

Modify the windicss configuration before it is passed to the webpack plugin.

Caveats

Scoped Style

@media directive with scoped style can only work with css postcss scss but not sass, less nor stylus

Credits

• Windy team
• @antfu Based on his Rollup / Vite implementation & his util package

License

MIT License © 2021 Harlan Wilton