# barvian/fluid-tailwind

Build better responsive designs in less code.

Repository: https://github.com/barvian/fluid-tailwind
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fluid-tailwind
Homepage: https://fluid.tw
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: tailwind, tailwindcss, clamp, fluid, fluid-type, fluid-typography, plugin, responsive, tailwind-plugin, tailwindcss-plugin, vw
Last push: 2025-03-17T20:29:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 28/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 11, release rhythm 28, longevity 66
- inputs: {"age_days": 933, "days_push": 534, "days_rel": 660, "gap_med": 53, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1780, forks 31 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:35.408682+00:00)

## What it is
A Tailwind CSS plugin that lets utilities scale smoothly between breakpoints using CSS clamp(). It reduces the amount of per-breakpoint responsive classes needed for fluid typography, spacing, and sizing.

## Use cases
- create fluid typography that scales smoothly between breakpoints
- reduce responsive utility classes in tailwind projects
- make padding and margins scale fluidly with viewport size
- replace multiple md:/lg: breakpoint classes with clamp-based values
- build responsive designs with less code in tailwind

## When to choose
- you use Tailwind CSS and want fluid, viewport-based scaling of type and spacing
- you want to cut down on breakpoint-specific utility classes
- you need smooth interpolation between design breakpoints

## When to avoid
- your project doesn't use Tailwind CSS
- you need fixed, discrete breakpoint values rather than continuous scaling
- you need to support very old browsers without CSS clamp() support

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, css-framework, templating
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: -
- tags: tailwindcss-plugin, fluid-typography, responsive-design, css-clamp, design-systems, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- barvian/fluid-tailwind (main) score 28

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:35.408682+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:24:34.814272+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/barvian/fluid-tailwind (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:35.408682+00:00, sha eef671fe45a6)
  - homepage: https://fluid.tw (fetched 2026-08-29T11:03:24.211851+00:00, sha 51a2e09c3de0)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/fluid-tailwind (fetched 2026-08-29T11:03:24.221670+00:00, sha 8a7a08d1b569)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.