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by EMM_386 917 days ago
> Why does Tailwind not build framework agnostic UI components?

For the same reasons that PrimeFaces has PrimeNg (Angular), PrimeReact, and PrimeVue.

Given the way all the different stuff works together, that's the way it has to be done.

I'm still amazed they're asking for $299 for this!

Prime is MIT licensed. "Here, clone our repo on GitHub and do whatever you want!". Professional support is paid.

It looks good, it works, and no, I don't work for them. But $299 for this Tailwind thing seems rather crazy in comparison.

There is also PrimeFlex, which lets you do stuff like:

<div class="shadow-3 m-3 surface-card text-center p-3 border-round-sm h-6rem w-9rem flex align-items-center justify-content-center font-semibold">shadow-3</div>

Which of course looks a lot like working with Tailwind.
2 comments
andruby 917 days ago
> I'm still amazed they're asking for $299 for this!

That’s like the cost of 1 front end developer day, and you get so many useful components + future updates.

If you see it as a business expense it’s great value.

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Takennickname 917 days ago
It's terrible value when compared to the other offerings in the market which come as complete JS components and are free.

Also tailwind UI doesn't come with figma designs, whereas all the other free ones do.

You're just paying a brand tax here.

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andruby 917 days ago
Do the other offerings you're refering to use tailwind css?

In that case I'm also paying for continued development by the tailwind team, unlike the free offerings. I don't mind that free toolkits use tailwind, that's the beauty of the MIT license, but I do value paying something to the creators to ensure continued development. Especially if my business makes enough money from it.

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Takennickname 917 days ago
I use PrimeVue, which offers it's components in Tailwind, Bootstrap, and their own CSS framework. They also offer all the components as figma files and provide actual documentation of each component unlike tailwinds 3 lines of comments for each component.

NB. I've paid for both tailwind UI and PrimeBlocks.

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troupo 917 days ago
> I'm still amazed they're asking for $299 for this!

Because building things costs money

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EMM_386 917 days ago
> Because building things costs money

I already addressed this in my post.

PrimeTek's web component libraries are MIT licensed. They seem to still be going strong after 15 years.

This, apparently, is quite doable.

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troupo 917 days ago
It's doable if it's not your primary business, and you're willing to put in lots of hours for no compensation.

Others don't want to do that.

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