gradle-tailwind is a plugin for the Gradle build manager for the TailwindCSS framework.

NOTE This Gradle plugin is currently in alpha, so some information listed here does not apply fully yet.

• Gradle 6+
• Tailwind 3.0.3+

The plugin configuration is simple, just see the following section for the relevant DSL for your project:

First, add your plugin like so:

plugins {
    id "au.id.wale.tailwind" version "0.2.0"
}

And configure your Tailwind application as desired, like so:

tailwind {
    version = "3.3.3"
    configPath = "src/main/resources"
    input = "src/main/resources/tailwind/tailwind.css"
    output = "src/main/resources/css/example.css"
}

First, add your plugin like so:

plugins {
    id("au.id.wale.tailwind") version "0.1.0"
}

And configure your Tailwind application as desired, like so:

• Gradle <8.1

  tailwind {
      version.set("3.3.3")
      configPath.set("src/main/resources")
      input.set("src/main/resources/tailwind/tailwind.css")
      output.set("src/main/resources/css/example.css")
  }

• Gradle >8.1

  tailwind {
      version = "3.3.3"
      configPath = "src/main/resources"
      input = "src/main/resources/tailwind/tailwind.css"
      output = "src/main/resources/css/example.css"
  }

• :tailwindDownload - Downloads the TailwindCSS binary passed through from the config. Automatically run if the version or the cache folder cannot be found.(and on first run)
• :tailwindInit - Initialises the tailwind.config.js file with the input and output provided in the config.
• :tailwindCompile - Compiles the given Tailwind PostCSS file to the path provided in output.

There is a working example containing a rudimentary Tailwind project. To compile the CSS and view the HTML properly, run the following task:

./gradlew :example:tailwindCompile

Because Gradle sucks, the only LTS versions that this build allows for are 8 and 11, due to a known issue with the tests. The plugin itself should build with Java 17 in the meantime.

This project is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.