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Comment by ZeroConcerns

3 days ago

So, my initial reaction that "Tailwind Plus" only offers apparent value for React users is... entirely valid?

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freedomben  3 days ago

Only if you ignore this part of my comment:

> 95% of the value I get is the components and things

If you want (and only want) a pre-built site that just needs populated with content and maybe minor tweaks to things, then yeah it's React world. However I've rarely found that any template site (Tailwind or otherwise) is close enough to where it doesn't need medium to major surgery to meet my needs, at which point it's usually faster to just copy together components to what I actually want

  • ZeroConcerns  3 days ago

    > If you want (and only want) a pre-built site

    No, I want to be able to @import "tailwindcss" without feeling guilty.

    > I've rarely found that any template site

    Well, meet https://basecoatui.com -- and there's more where that came from.

    So, ehhm, no, I'm not ignoring the salient part of your comment: you are ignoring the entire point of my post, which is that if Tailwind had a non-React monetization strategy, things maybe, possibly, might have worked out better.

    • freedomben  2 days ago

      > No, I want to be able to @import "tailwindcss" without feeling guilty.

      tailwindcss is and always has been free, so I don't understand why there would be any guilt with using it. Tailwind UI/Tailwind Plus is essentially pre-built components built using tailwindcss, plus some pre-built site templates.

      > Well, meet https://basecoatui.com -- and there's more where that came from.

      Thanks, that looks great and will be useful to me! However, unless I'm missing something basecoatui is a component library much like what Tailwind UI/Tailwind Plus provides (though organized differently and useful in a different way IMHO). The template sites are essentially complete websites that you just git clone and it's ready to run. Quite different. basecoatui would be very useful to me, whereas template sites rarely ever have been.

      > So, ehhm, no, I'm not ignoring the salient part of your comment: you are ignoring the entire point of my post, which is that if Tailwind had a non-React monetization strategy, things maybe, possibly, might have worked out better.

      Apologies if that came off harsh, I didn't mean to ascribe any malice to your reply. However, it seems like there's some confusion here about what the Tailwind "templates" are. They aren't a component library, the component library is different and is not React only.

      So to summarize, there are two major parts that are different:

      1. Templates (pre-built sites that you git clone). React only

      2. Pre-built pieces/components that you copy/paste and modify into your existing app.

    • whstl  2 days ago

      You were linking to their React-only offering above, but the actual Tailwind Plus website is this one: https://tailwindcss.com/plus

      The Tailwind UI blocks are a similar offering to Basecoat, and are available in non-React format.

      The "Tailwind React Templates" are not really similar to Basecoat.