Install daisyUI for React

How to install Tailwind CSS and daisyUI in a React project

1. Create a new React project

Create a new Vite React project in the current directory

Terminal
npm create vite@latest ./ -- --template react

2. Install Tailwind CSS and daisyUI

Terminal
npm install tailwindcss@latest @tailwindcss/vite@latest daisyui@beta

Add Tailwind CSS to Vite config

vite.config.js
import { defineConfig } from "vite";
import tailwindcss from "@tailwindcss/vite";
import react from "@vitejs/plugin-react";

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [tailwindcss(), react()],
});

Put Tailwind CSS and daisyUI in your CSS file (and remove old styles)

src/App.css
@import "tailwindcss";
@plugin "daisyui";

Now you can use daisyUI class names!

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