C#•2d ago

Trying to use Tailwind CSS in an ASP.NET project

Hello I'm trying to use tailwind instead of bootstrap but I'm running in some problems, below is the logfile with error user@users-MacBook-Pro KE03_INTDEV_SE_1_Base % npx tailwindcss init npm error could not determine executable to run npm error A complete log of this run can be found in: /Users/user/.npm/_logs/2025-05-17T14_30_02_887Z-debug-0.log user@users-MacBook-Pro KE03_INTDEV_SE_1_Base % cat /Users/user/.npm/_logs/2025-05-17T14_30_02_887Z-debug-0.log

14 verbose stack Error: could not determine executable to run
14 verbose stack     at getBinFromManifest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/libnpmexec/lib/get-bin-from-manifest.js:17:23)
14 verbose stack     at exec (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/libnpmexec/lib/index.js:202:15)
14 verbose stack     at async Npm.exec (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/npm.js:207:9)
14 verbose stack     at async module.exports (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli/entry.js:74:5)

14 verbose stack Error: could not determine executable to run
14 verbose stack     at getBinFromManifest (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/libnpmexec/lib/get-bin-from-manifest.js:17:23)
14 verbose stack     at exec (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/libnpmexec/lib/index.js:202:15)
14 verbose stack     at async Npm.exec (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/npm.js:207:9)
14 verbose stack     at async module.exports (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/cli/entry.js:74:5)

7 Replies

Angius•2d ago

https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/discussions/15820

k23478OP•2d ago

Thanks, unfortunately there's no installation guide for asp.net so should I just switch to v3 ?

Angius•2d ago

Have you looked at the Tailwind documentation? Since, you know, that's what you're trying to use?

k23478OP•2d ago

yes

k23478OP•2d ago

I don't see one using ASP.NET and I'm unsure whether to use Vite or PostCSS in their example

Angius•2d ago

Far as I know, there's no built-in integration Your best bet would be to compile your Tailwind code into CSS with actual classes and use those I don't think there's anything that would compile your .razor or .cshtml files from <div class=sm-7 us-32 hhtb-max jajja-min gt-dark--auto--91"></div> into <div class="9813bh2"></div> with an associated generated stylesheet

k23478OP•2d ago

I managed to get it working by overwriting style.css with tailwinds output

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