How to install Tailwind CSS and daisyUI in a Laravel project
Install PHP, Composer and Laravel Installer according to the official Laravel documentation
Create a new Laravel project
laravel new my-app
cd my-app
npm install tailwindcss@latest @tailwindcss/vite@latest daisyui@beta
Add Tailwind CSS to Vite config
import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
import tailwindcss from '@tailwindcss/vite';
import laravel from 'laravel-vite-plugin';
export default defineConfig({
plugins: [
tailwindcss(),
laravel({
input: ['resources/css/app.css', 'resources/js/app.js'],
refresh: true,
}),
],
});
Put Tailwind CSS and daisyUI in your CSS file (and remove old styles)
Add the template files you want as source. Learn more about Tailwind CSS @source
directive.
@import "tailwindcss";
@source "../views";
@plugin "daisyui";
Run your Laravel project
php artisan serve
And on another terminal tab, run Vite
npm run dev
Now you can use daisyUI class names!