# nativewind/nativewind

The utility-first workflow you love from Tailwind CSS in your React Native applications.

Repository: https://github.com/nativewind/nativewind
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nativewind
Homepage: https://nativewind.dev
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react-native, tailwindcss, css, react, tailwind, react-native-web, nativewind
Last push: 2026-07-17T05:30:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 93/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 89, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1614, "days_push": 47, "days_rel": 72, "gap_med": 8.5, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8063, forks 401 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:12.395793+00:00)

## What it is
NativeWind is a styling library that brings the Tailwind CSS utility-first workflow to React Native and React Native Web applications. It compiles styles at build time using the Tailwind compiler and applies them through a small runtime, using the best style engine (CSS or StyleSheet.create) for each platform.

## Use cases
- style react native apps with tailwind css classes
- share styling between react native and web with react-native-web
- add dark mode support to a react native app
- use tailwind utility classes in an expo project
- apply responsive and media-query-based styles in react native
- use css variables and animations in react native styling
- migrate a web tailwind codebase to mobile

## When to choose
- you already know and love Tailwind CSS and are building React Native or Expo apps
- you want consistent utility-first styling across iOS, Android, and web
- you want build-time style computation with a minimal runtime for performance
- you need dark mode, media queries, CSS variables, or animations in React Native

## When to avoid
- you prefer React Native's StyleSheet API or a component library with prebuilt styled components
- your project does not use React Native or React Native Web
- you need pixel-perfect parity with every Tailwind CSS web feature, since some CSS features have platform quirks
- you want a production-ready v5 experience, as v5 is still a pre-release

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: css-framework, ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: mobile-development, web-development, frontend, cross-platform
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: tailwindcss, react-native, react-native-web, styling, utility-first, expo, dark-mode, build-time-styles, ios, android, web, nodejs

## Member repositories
- nativewind/nativewind (main) score 93

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:12.395793+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 2026-08-29T17:31:22.380119+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nativewind/nativewind (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:12.395793+00:00, sha 456630ae2981)
  - homepage: https://nativewind.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:28.397908+00:00, sha c564d9765816)
  - site_page: https://www.nativewind.dev/docs/getting-started/installation (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:28.407774+00:00, sha 471514d41838)
  - site_page: https://www.nativewind.dev/docs/core-concepts/dark-mode (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:28.411940+00:00, sha dc8a7dd99ee8)
  - site_page: https://www.nativewind.dev/docs/customization/colors (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:28.413544+00:00, sha ba5094305a03)
  - site_page: https://www.nativewind.dev/docs/guides/themes (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:28.415133+00:00, sha edad0a54ae40)
  - site_page: https://www.nativewind.dev/docs/tailwind/transitions-animation/animation (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:28.416963+00:00, sha cfbe69536d84)
  - site_page: https://www.nativewind.dev/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:28.418739+00:00, sha 00430a97e57b)
  - site_page: https://www.nativewind.dev/v5 (fetched 2026-08-29T08:29:28.410064+00:00, sha e8d85a0deca2)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.