What is tw-elements?

mdbootstrap/tw-elements — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-06-24

★ 13,127JavaScriptAudience · developerComplexity · 2/5LicenseSetup · easy

Mindmap

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  root((repo))
    What it does
      UI component library
      Tailwind CSS addon
      Dark mode ready
    Components
      Date pickers
      Modals
      Carousels
      Navigation menus
    Blocks
      Page sections
      100 plus presets
    Setup
      npm install
      Init snippet

mindmap root((repo)) What it does UI component library Tailwind CSS addon Dark mode ready Components Date pickers Modals Carousels Navigation menus Blocks Page sections 100 plus presets Setup npm install Init snippet

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Drop a pre-built date picker, modal, or carousel into a Tailwind CSS project without building it from scratch

USE CASE 2

Assemble a landing page quickly using 100+ pre-built section blocks

USE CASE 3

Add dark mode to a Tailwind-based site using components that include dark mode support out of the box

What is it built with?

JavaScriptTailwind CSSnpm

How does it compare?

	mdbootstrap/tw-elements	brianc/node-postgres	angular/angular-seed
Stars	13,127	13,126	13,110
Language	JavaScript	JavaScript	JavaScript
Setup difficulty	easy	easy	easy
Complexity	2/5	2/5	2/5
Audience	developer	developer	developer

Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.

How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Requires an existing Tailwind CSS project setup before adding TW Elements.

Free to use in personal and commercial projects with no restrictions, just keep the copyright notice.

So what is it?

TW Elements is a large collection of free, pre-built UI components designed to work with Tailwind CSS. Tailwind CSS is a popular styling toolkit that lets you build web interfaces by combining small, single-purpose style classes in your HTML. TW Elements adds ready-made components on top of it, so you do not have to build common interface pieces from scratch. The collection includes more than 500 individual components and over 100 design blocks (larger pre-assembled page sections). You get things like date pickers, dropdowns, modals, navigation menus, carousels, accordion panels, tooltips, forms, cards, and many others. All components include dark mode support and can be customized through Tailwind configuration. Installation takes one step: add the package via npm and include a small initialization snippet. After that, you reference component classes in your HTML just as you would with any Tailwind class. No heavy framework or build system is required beyond a standard Tailwind setup. Everything in the collection is released under the MIT license, which means it is free to use in both personal and commercial projects with no royalties or restrictions. The project is maintained by MDBootstrap, the team behind the older MDB UI Kit for Bootstrap. The full README is longer than what was shown.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

Show me how to add a TW Elements modal dialog to my Tailwind CSS page, include the npm install step and the HTML markup needed

Prompt 2

I need a date picker in my Tailwind CSS project, walk me through using the TW Elements date picker component from install to render

Prompt 3

How do I enable dark mode for TW Elements components in a Tailwind CSS project?

Prompt 4

Give me the HTML for a TW Elements navigation menu with a dropdown that works in both light and dark mode

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