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title: Building Bootstrap components with Tailwind CSS
date: 2025-03-25
permalink: daily/2025/03/25/bootstrap
tags:
  - software-development
  - css
  - tailwind-css
cta: ~
snippet: |
  I started to build Bootstrap's example components with Tailwind CSS.
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A while ago, I started to build [some of Bootstrap's example components][0] with Tailwind CSS.

Because it's a lower-level framework with less-opinionated classes, you can use Tailwind classes to make different looking UIs.

There is no "Tailwind-looking website" as there is with component-level frameworks like Bootstrap and Bulma.

You can also see this in the [other UIs I've rebuilt with Tailwind][1] - some of which I show in my [Taking Flight with Tailwind CSS talk][2].

I've created the Album and Pricing card examples so far, but may do more soon.

I've recently ported this website to be [a Sculpin-powered website][2], so if you want to see another Sculpin example, you can take a look [at the source code][3].

[0]: https://bootstrap-with-tailwind.oliverdavies.uk
[1]: {{site.url}}/blog/uis-ive-rebuilt-tailwind-css
[2]: {{site.url}}/presentations/sculpin
[3]: https://code.oliverdavies.uk/opdavies/bootstrap-with-tailwind