Beautiful UI components built with Tailwind CSS by the creators of the framework
By Adam Wathan
Developers kept copying and pasting utility classes to build the same UI patterns. Adam realized there was demand for pre-built, high-quality components that used the Tailwind approach.
Tailwind CSS released in 2017. Tailwind UI launched in February 2020, making $500K in the first 3 days. Grew to seven-figure annual revenue.
The launch day of Tailwind UI was explosive — $500K in revenue in 72 hours from an audience Adam had built over years of giving away free content and open source work.
The definitive example of building a massive free audience through open source, then monetizing with a premium product on top.
To sustain Tailwind CSS development through commercial products and keep the framework free for everyone.