Install Tailwind CSS with Parcel

Setting up Tailwind CSS in a Parcel project.

Create your project

Start by creating a new Parcel project if you don’t have one set up already. The most common approach is to add Parcel as a dev-dependency to your project as outlined in their getting started guide.

Terminal

mkdir my-projectcd my-projectnpm init -ynpm install parcelmkdir srctouch src/index.html

Install Tailwind CSS

Install @tailwindcss/postcss and its peer dependencies via npm.

Terminal

npm install tailwindcss @tailwindcss/postcss

Configure PostCSS

Create a .postcssrc file in your project root, and enable the @tailwindcss/postcss plugin.

.postcssrc

{  "plugins": {    "@tailwindcss/postcss": {}  }}

Import Tailwind CSS

Create a ./src/index.css file and add an @import for Tailwind CSS.

index.css

@import "tailwindcss";

Start your build process

Run your build process with npx parcel src/index.html.

Terminal

npx parcel src/index.html

Start using Tailwind in your project

Add your CSS file to the <head> and start using Tailwind’s utility classes to style your content.

index.html

<!doctype html><html>  <head>    <meta charset="UTF-8" />    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />    <link href="./index.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />  </head>  <body>    <h1 class="text-3xl font-bold underline">      Hello world!    </h1>  </body></html>