EasyWind

What

EasyWind is a CLI designed to be the easiest way to get started with TailwindCSS for static websites.

EasyWind is a tailwind project generator, tailwind compiler/watcher and a livereload server.

With EasyWind you don't need anything else, no need to download brew, node or even the standalone Tailwind CLI. If you don't have node, EasyWind will download the tailwind cli and use it.

To you get started you only need two commands

# initialize a new project, with index.html and tailwind.config.js
easywind init new-project

# cd into the new project
cd new-project

# start a livereload server and a tailwind watcher in the same process
easywind start . --open

Who

If you are already using Tailwind with Next.js or any other frontend or backend framework, you probably don't need EasyWind.

EasyWind is designed for people new to HTML/CSS and for people who just want an easy way to make static websites, without any fancy frameworks.

Install

Install using homebrew (mac and linux):

brew install avencera/tap/easywind

or

Install from a github release:

curl -LSfs https://avencera.github.io/easywind/install.sh | sh -s -- --git avencera/easywind

or

Install using yarn

yarn global add easywind

or

Install using npm

npm i -g easywind

or

Install from crates.io (if you already have Rust installed)

cargo install easywind_cli

or

Download a release directly from github: github.com/avencera/easywind/releases

Usage

You only need two commands to get started (no dependencies not even node or the tailwind cli):

easywind init mywebsite will create a project in a new directory, with a tailwind.config.js file and an index.html file.

NOTE: This command will also download the standalone tailwindcss cli if you don't have node on your system.

easywind start mywebsite --open will start the tailwind watcher and a live reloading server

https://github.com/avencera/easywind/assets/1775346/e2b55eec-8875-412e-9324-7e65e6d7086e

easywind init

Initialize a new project

Usage: easywind init <PROJECT_NAME>

Arguments:
  <PROJECT_NAME>
          Name of the project to initialize
          
          This will be used to create a directory with the same name (usage: easywind init portfolio)

Options:
  -h, --help
          Print help (see a summary with '-h')

easywind start

Start the server and tailwind watcher

Usage: easywind start [OPTIONS] [ROOT_DIR]

Arguments:
  [ROOT_DIR]  [default: .]

Options:
  -p, --port <PORT>      Port the server shoud use, defaults to 3500 [default: 3500]
  -O, --open             Open in your browser
  -i, --input <INPUT>    Input css file to process
  -o, --output <OUTPUT>  Where you want the final CSS file to be written
  -h, --help             Print help

easywind serve

Run a live reloading server to serve content

Usage: easywind serve [OPTIONS] [ROOT_DIR]

Arguments:
  [ROOT_DIR]  [default: .]

Options:
  -p, --port <PORT>  Port the server shoud use, defaults to 3500 [default: 3500]
  -o, --open         Open in your browser
  -h, --help         Print help

easywind tailwind

Run the tailwind watcher that generates the CSS

Usage: easywind tailwind [OPTIONS] [ROOT_DIR]

Arguments:
  [ROOT_DIR]
          Path to the root directory of the project. This is where the `tailwind.config.js` file is located.
          
          Defaults to the current directory
          
          [default: .]

Options:
  -i, --input <INPUT>
          Input css file to process
          
          [default: src/app.css]

  -o, --output <OUTPUT>
          Where you want the final CSS file to be written
          
          [default: dist/app.css]

  -w, --watch
          Watch for changes in input CSS and recompile the output CSS

  -h, --help
          Print help (see a summary with '-h')