Source: https://seerepo.com/compare/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/vs/vitejs/vite
Markdown source: https://seerepo.com/compare/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/vs/vitejs/vite.md
Description: tailwindcss and vite share 3 technologies: lightningcss, PostCSS, and postcss-import. Both are written in TypeScript.

# tailwindcss vs vite

tailwindcss and vite share 3 technologies: lightningcss, PostCSS, and postcss-import. Both are written in TypeScript.

- [tailwindlabs/tailwindcss](https://seerepo.com/r/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss): A utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development.
- [vitejs/vite](https://seerepo.com/r/vitejs/vite): Next generation frontend tooling. It's fast!

## What they share and what sets them apart

- In common: lightningcss, PostCSS, postcss-import
- Only in tailwindcss: H3, Vite, log, tracing, tracing-subscriber, tailwindcss, postcss-selector-parser
- Only in vite: @clack/prompts, postcss-load-config, Less, Sass, Stylus, parse5

## Side by side

| | tailwindcss | vite |
|---|---|---|
| Size | 165,694 lines written, 231 code files | 116,053 lines written, 1,167 code files |
| Who writes it | 0.2% of its commits signed by AI. With Claude Code, CodeRabbit, and Codex | 0.7% of its commits signed by AI. With GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Warp |
| Activity | Last push November 2, 2026, 6,086 commits, 98,062 stars | Last push November 4, 2026, 9,789 commits, 83,723 stars |
| Tests | 137 test files. 36.4% of its code files have a test that imports them | 401 test files. 6% of its code files have a test that imports them |

- Size: Lines written by people and agents, without generated ones; code files, without tests.
- Who writes it: A commit counts as AI's when it carries its signature: a Co-Authored-By line, its author name or the merge of its branch.
- Activity: From GitHub and its history, on the day SeeRepo read it.
- Tests: The files that test the code, and the share of code files a test imports.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is bigger, tailwindcss or vite?

tailwindcss, with 165,694 lines written; vite has 116,053.

The proof: [tailwindlabs/tailwindcss's code at commit 2626ae6](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/tree/2626ae6ceddf36069ab6d55c53a5857c1e2e360a)

### Which has more GitHub stars, tailwindcss or vite?

tailwindcss, with 98,062 stars; vite has 83,723.

The proof: [tailwindlabs/tailwindcss on GitHub](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss)

### Which has more tests, tailwindcss or vite?

vite, with 401 test files; tailwindcss has 137.

The proof: [vitejs/vite's code at commit 1f60d62](https://github.com/vitejs/vite/tree/1f60d62b83e2ba3d2ca600eac5cf790e84080843)

### Which was updated more recently, tailwindcss or vite?

vite: its last push was on November 4, 2026, and tailwindcss's on November 2, 2026.

The proof: [vitejs/vite's commits on GitHub](https://github.com/vitejs/vite/commits)

### Which has more commits signed by AI, tailwindcss or vite?

vite: an AI signed 0.7% of its commits, with GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and Warp; in tailwindcss, 0.2%.

The proof: [the commits each tool signed in vitejs/vite](https://seerepo.com/r/vitejs/vite/ai)

## Sources

- tailwindlabs/tailwindcss: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 2626ae6 (https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/tree/2626ae6ceddf36069ab6d55c53a5857c1e2e360a)
- vitejs/vite: Read on November 4, 2026, at commit 1f60d62 (https://github.com/vitejs/vite/tree/1f60d62b83e2ba3d2ca600eac5cf790e84080843)

## What is your repo built with?

Any public repo, with no account: https://seerepo.com/r/owner/repo/built, with the owner and name it has on GitHub.