README.md

Shadcn/ui + TailwindCSS v4

Installation

1. Install the new version of TailwindCSS and the PostCSS plugin:

npm install tailwindcss@next @tailwindcss/postcss@next

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2. Update your stylesheet and replace it with the code below:

@import "tailwindcss";
@plugin "tailwindcss-animate";

@theme {
  --color-background: #fff;
  --color-foreground: #0a0a0a;
  --color-card: #fff;
  --color-card-foreground: #0a0a0a;
  --color-popover: #fff;
  --color-popover-foreground: #0a0a0a;
  --color-primary: #171717;
  --color-primary-foreground: #fafafa;
  --color-secondary: #f5f5f5;
  --color-secondary-foreground: #171717;
  --color-muted: #f5f5f5;
  --color-muted-foreground: #737373;
  --color-accent: #f5f5f5;
  --color-accent-foreground: #171717;
  --color-destructive: #ef4444;
  --color-destructive-foreground: #fafafa;
  --color-border: #e5e5e5;
  --color-input: #e5e5e5;
  --color-ring: #0a0a0a;
  --chart-1: 12 76% 61%;
  --chart-2: 173 58% 39%;
  --chart-3: 197 37% 24%;
  --chart-4: 43 74% 66%;
  --chart-5: 27 87% 67%;
  --color-sidebar-background: #fafafa;
  --color-sidebar-foreground: #3f3f46;
  --color-sidebar-primary: #18181b;
  --color-sidebar-primary-foreground: #fafafa;
  --color-sidebar-accent: #f4f4f5;
  --color-sidebar-accent-foreground: #18181b;
  --color-sidebar-border: #e5e7eb;
  --color-sidebar-ring: #3b82f6;
  --radius: 0.5rem;
  --radius-lg: var(--radius);
  --radius-md: calc(var(--radius) - 2px);
  --radius-sm: calc(var(--radius) - 4px);

  /* animations */
  --animate-slideDown: accordion-down 0.2s ease-out;
  --animate-slideUp: accordion-up 0.2s ease-out;

  @keyframes accordion-down {
    from {
      height: 0px;
    }
    to {
      height: var(--radix-accordion-content-height);
    }
  }

  @keyframes accordion-up {
    from {
      height: var(--radix-accordion-content-height);
    }
    to {
      height: 0px;
    }
  }
}

/* dark mode */
@variant dark (&:where(.dark, .dark *));

.dark {
  --color-background: #0a0a0a;
  --color-foreground: #fafafa;
  --color-card: #0a0a0a;
  --color-card-foreground: #fafafa;
  --color-popover: #0a0a0a;
  --color-popover-foreground: #fafafa;
  --color-primary: #fafafa;
  --color-primary-foreground: #171717;
  --color-secondary: #262626;
  --color-secondary-foreground: #fafafa;
  --color-muted: #262626;
  --color-muted-foreground: #a3a3a3;
  --color-accent: #262626;
  --color-accent-foreground: #fafafa;
  --color-destructive: #7f1d1d;
  --color-destructive-foreground: #fafafa;
  --color-border: #262626;
  --color-input: #262626;
  --color-ring: #d4d4d4;
  --chart-1: 220 70% 50%;
  --chart-2: 160 60% 45%;
  --chart-3: 30 80% 55%;
  --chart-4: 280 65% 60%;
  --chart-5: 340 75% 55%;
  --color-sidebar-background: #18181b;
  --color-sidebar-foreground: #f4f4f5;
  --color-sidebar-primary: #1d4ed8;
  --color-sidebar-primary-foreground: #fff;
  --color-sidebar-accent: #27272a;
  --color-sidebar-accent-foreground: #f4f4f5;
  --color-sidebar-border: #27272a;
  --color-sidebar-ring: #3b82f6;
}

* {
  @apply border-border;
}
body {
  @apply bg-background text-foreground;
}

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3. The Chart and Sidebar components uses the css variable values without the var() function which was working fine on TailwindCSS v3 but for v4 we need to wrap the values with the var() function.

Chart Component

1. Find all the bg-[--color-bg] classnames and replace it with bg-[var(--color-bg)].
2. Find all the border-[--color-border] classnames and replace it with border-[var(--color-border)].

Sidebar Component

1. Find all the w-[--sidebar-width] classnames and replace it with w-[var(--sidebar-width)].
2. Find all the w-[--sidebar-width-icon] classnames and replace it with w-[var(--sidebar-width-icon)].
3. Find all the max-w-[--skeleton-width] classnames and replace it with max-w-[var(--skeleton-width)].

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Note - The tailwind.config.ts is an empty file, it's just for the purpose of the shadcn/ui cli to work, we don't need it for the TailwindCSS v4 setup.