django-tw

Zero-config Tailwind CSS v4 for Django. Auto-downloads the standalone CLI, discovers your templates, and watches for changes when you run runserver.

No Node.js. No config files. No build step to remember.

Setup

pip install django-tw

Add it to the top of INSTALLED_APPS:

INSTALLED_APPS = [
    "django_wind",
    # ...
]

Add the template tag to your base template:

{% load wind %}
{% wind_css %}

Usage

Start your dev server as usual:

python manage.py runserver

Tailwind starts automatically in watch mode. Edit your templates, the CSS rebuilds.

For production:

python manage.py tailwind build

How it works

1. Downloads the Tailwind v4 standalone CLI on first run (cached at ~/.django-wind/bin/)
2. Scans TEMPLATES and INSTALLED_APPS to find all template directories
3. Generates an input CSS file with @source directives pointing to your templates
4. Outputs to static/css/wind.css

Settings

All optional. Add a WIND dict to your Django settings:

WIND = {
    "OUTPUT_CSS": "css/wind.css",       # path relative to STATICFILES_DIRS[0]
    "CLI_VERSION": "v4.2.2",            # pin a version (default: "latest")
    "CLI_PATH": "/usr/local/bin/tw",    # use a pre-installed binary
    "EXTRA_SOURCES": [                  # additional source globs
        "/path/to/extra/templates/**/*.html",
    ],
}

License

MIT