Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI) by Adam Wathan

Premium library of professionally designed Tailwind components, templates and UI kits.

Acquired🎨 Design Toolstailwindcss.comLaunched 2020~$2M in first 5 months (2020)

Exit story: How Adam Wathan & Steve Schoger Sold Tailwind CSS to Shopify (2026) →

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About Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI)

Premium library of professionally designed Tailwind components, templates and UI kits. Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI) is a design tools product built by indie maker Adam Wathan, launched in 2020. Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI) has since been acquired.

Status: Acquired
Launched: 2020
Category: Design Tools
Website: tailwindcss.com

Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI) revenue

Adam Wathan has publicly reported ~$2M in first 5 months (2020) for Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI). Revenue figures are self-reported and not independently verified by IndieMakerList. See the indie maker revenue leaderboard.

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Tailwind CSS

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acquired

Utility-first CSS framework for building custom designs directly in your markup, installed 110M+ times per week.

Refactoring UI

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Design book and video course for developers, co-written with Steve Schoger.

~$600K in 2020

Headless UI

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Unstyled, fully accessible UI components designed to pair with Tailwind CSS.

Heroicons

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Free, MIT-licensed SVG icon set made by the Tailwind Labs team.

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Collection of task-oriented prompts and workflows for building good-looking UIs with AI.

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Video course on building a real Laravel application test-first.

Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI) FAQ

What is Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI)?

Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI) is a design tools product: Premium library of professionally designed Tailwind components, templates and UI kits.

Who made Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI)?

Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI) was made by Adam Wathan, Creator of Tailwind CSS who built a multi-million-dollar business on open source. It launched in 2020. Adam Wathan has also built Tailwind CSS, Refactoring UI, Headless UI, Heroicons.

Is Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI) still active?

Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI) has been acquired. It is no longer owned by Adam Wathan, who built it as an indie maker.

How much revenue does Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI) make?

Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI) has publicly reported ~$2M in first 5 months (2020). This figure is self-reported by the maker and not independently verified.