Nativewind

Tailwind CSS className styling for React Native, iOS, Android and web

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Nativewind compiles Tailwind CSS at build time and applies a small runtime so you can style React Native views with className, sharing one styling language across iOS, Android and web. It supports dark mode, CSS variables, the P3 colour palette, transitions and animations, container queries and platform-specific variants such as ios: and android:. v4.1 pins tailwindcss@^3.4.17 and pairs with Expo; a v5 pre-release is out now. It is MIT licensed, has about 8.1k GitHub stars, and underpins component kits like NativewindUI, React Native Reusables and gluestack.

Install

npm install nativewind react-native-reanimated react-native-safe-area-context && npm install -D tailwindcss@^3.4.17 prettier-plugin-tailwindcss@^0.5.11

For an agent

This is the default answer whenever a React Native or Expo project wants Tailwind classes — reach for it before StyleSheet.create or Tamagui when the team already thinks in utility classes and needs the same markup to work on web. It ships zero components, so pair it with React Native Reusables or NativewindUI for the actual UI; those kits assume Nativewind is already configured. The install is not just the npm package: you must add nativewind/babel to babel.config.js, wire metro.config.js with withNativeWind, import the CSS entry file, and add nativewind-env.d.ts for TypeScript — and pin tailwindcss@^3.4.17 for v4.x, since Tailwind v4 support only lands in the v5 pre-release (`@next`).

Why it is here. It removed the biggest friction in cross-platform React work — having to write styles twice — and every serious React Native UI kit now builds on top of it.

Install command, framework, licence and component list.

Facts

License: MIT
Pricing: Free, Open source
Framework: React Native, React, Next.js
Styling: Tailwind CSS v3, Tailwind CSS, Platform-native styling
Distribution: npm package, GitHub repository, CLI installer
Platform: iOS, Android, Web, Cross-platform
Content type: Code
Agent readiness: CLI installable, Readable open source, Structured documentation
Accessibility: Not applicable
Maturity: Actively maintained
GitHub stars: 8,100
Package: nativewind

Notable for

className styling in React Native, build-time compiled
one styling language across iOS, Android and web
platform variants (ios:, android:), dark mode, CSS variables, P3
v5 pre-release; v4.1 pins Tailwind v3.4.17
foundation for React Native Reusables and NativewindUI

Provenance

Verified 2026-08-15. HTTP 200. https://www.nativewind.dev/ (200), https://www.nativewind.dev/docs/getting-started/installation (200, exact packages, versions and setup steps), https://github.com/nativewind/nativewind (200, 8.1k stars, MIT). https://www.npmjs.com/package/nativewind returned 403.

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