Introduction
Getting started with Rombo for Tailwind
A powerful open source animation plugin for Tailwind CSS that brings simple, accessible, and performant animations to your projects. Built at RomboHQ.
Benefits
Simple Interface, Infinite Configurability
Rombo for Tailwind follows Tailwind's utility-first philosophy by breaking down animations into composable parts. The plugin provides three types of classes:
- Base Animations: Core animation utilities that control individual properties
- Presets: Ready-made combinations for common animation patterns
- Modifiers: Fine-tune any animation's behavior
Accessible by Default
Rombo for Tailwind is configured to automatically respect users' reduced motion preferences. When prefers-reduced-motion
is enabled:
- Translate and scale animations are removed
- Non-moving properties (opacity, color, blur) continue to animate
- No additional setup required
Performance Through Native CSS
Rombo for Tailwind achieves high performance by leveraging native CSS animations:
- Uses CSS
@keyframes
andanimation
properties - Avoids JavaScript runtime overhead
- Benefits from browser optimization and hardware acceleration
FAQ
Resources
- Creation Story - Learn about how we built Rombo for Tailwind
- Animator Builder - Visual tool for generating Rombo for Tailwind classes
- UnoCSS Port - Port to UnoCSS
About Rombo
Rombo is building the next generation of tools for animations. We're creating a toolkit for engineers, designers, and creative marketers to animate natively inside common workflows — Tailwind, Figma, Webflow, Shopify, and more.