--- title: Responsive design with TailwindCSS | daily.dev description: TailwindCSS is a CSS function for making a responsive site. Tailwind uses a mobile-first system, similar to Bootstrap. Every utility class in Tailwind can be... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/responsive-design-with-tailwindcss-vqylxydja twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Responsive design with TailwindCSS | daily.dev og:description: TailwindCSS is a CSS function for making a responsive site. Tailwind uses a mobile-first system, similar to Bootstrap. Every utility class in Tailwind can be... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/responsive-design-with-tailwindcss-vqylxydja og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/vqYlXYDja.png og:image:alt: Responsive design with TailwindCSS og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Responsive design with TailwindCSS **[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · [@developeraspire](https://daily.dev/developeraspire) · 5 min read · 37 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary TailwindCSS is a CSS function for making a responsive site. Tailwind uses a mobile-first system, similar to Bootstrap. Every utility class in Tailwind can be applied conditionally at different breakpoints. This makes it a piece of cake to build complex responsive interfaces without ever leaving your HTML. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ghost** · 1 upvotes > That gives a clear picture of using Tailwind for different viewports. 💯 **@bscott** · 0 upvotes > Agreed, good read **@bobbyiliev** · 0 upvotes > Great post! > You should check out Tails, it is an awesome TailwindCSS page builder: > https://devdojo.com/tails ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#tailwind-css](https://daily.dev/tags/tailwind-css) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/responsive-design-with-tailwindcss-vqylxydja) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Responsive design with TailwindCSS","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/responsive-design-with-tailwindcss-vqylxydja","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/responsive-design-with-tailwindcss-vqylxydja"},"datePublished":"2021-01-19T06:25:26.306Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"TailwindCSS is a CSS function for making a responsive site. 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