#What is Radix?

Tailwind CSS Radix is a utility-first styling toolkit designed to work seamlessly with Radix UI, a library of accessible, unstyled UI primitives for React. This integration offers ready-to-use Tailwind utility classes mapped to each Radix component, helping developers save time styling advanced UI elements like dialogs, dropdowns, and tooltips without starting from scratch. It's ideal for teams that want control over their design but need speed and accessibility out of the box.

#Features

• Tailwind Styling for Radix UI: Preset class utilities for all Radix UI components, keeping your design consistent and accessible.

• Headless Component Support: Maintains Radix's unstyled philosophy while speeding up implementation.

• Responsive & Dark Mode Ready: All utility classes follow Tailwind conventions, including support for dark mode and responsive breakpoints.

• Modular Utility Config: Organized by component (e.g., dialog, tooltip, dropdown-menu), allowing selective usage.

• Accessible by Default: Inherits accessibility best practices from Radix UI primitives.

#Pros and Cons

#Pros

• Saves Time: Removes the boilerplate when styling complex components like tooltips or popovers.

• Tailwind Native: Perfect fit for projects already using Tailwind CSS.

• Keeps Radix Flexibility: Still gives full control over styling while accelerating common UI patterns.

• Accessibility Focused: Leverages Radix’s commitment to WCAG-compliant interfaces.

#Cons

• Radix Only: Only useful if you're using Radix UI—it won’t help with other component libraries.

• Learning Curve for Radix: Some devs new to Radix may need time to understand how the primitives work.

• Not a Component Library: Doesn’t provide full UI components—just utility class mappings.

#Included Components - Templates

The project provides utility class mappings for:

• Dialog / Modal

• Popover

• Tooltip

• Dropdown Menu

• Accordion

• Tabs

• Hover Card

• Context Menu

Each comes with suggested Tailwind utility patterns for both trigger and content elements.

#Pricing

• Open Source: Completely free under MIT License.

• Hosted on GitHub and Vercel.

#Integrations

• Tailwind CSS: 100% Tailwind-compatible.

• Radix UI: Built specifically to enhance Radix UI styling.

• Custom Themes: Easily theme-able via Tailwind config.