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sanbornm opened this issue Jun 12, 2025 · 1 comment · Fixed by #2276
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Standalone instructions say to use init but doesn't exist #2275

sanbornm opened this issue Jun 12, 2025 · 1 comment · Fixed by #2276

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https://tailwindcss.com/blog/standalone-cli

./tailwindcss init
≈ tailwindcss v4.1.10

Invalid command: init
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thecrypticace commented Jun 13, 2025 •
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Hey! So we were linking to the blog post from when we first introduced the CLI several years ago but the CLI itself has changed since then for v4. You should interact with the CLI in the same way you would with NPM except calling the binary directly. As such there is no init command any more nor do we use tailwind.config.js files any longer.

I've updated the link on the CLI page to point directly to the latest GitHub release page where you can download the binaries for your OS / architecture.

Md-Mahir-Asef pushed a commit to Md-Mahir-Asef/tailwindcss.com that referenced this issue Jun 14, 2025
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Update “standalone executable” link (tailwindlabs#2276)
75a4f15 
Closes tailwindlabs#2275

Instead of linking to the old blog post we'll just link to the place you
can download them. The instructions for using it are the same as the
normal CLI you just invoke the CLI directory instead of node / bun / npx
/ etc…
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Update “standalone executable” link tailwindlabs/tailwindcss.com
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