Browser Support

Understanding which browsers Tailwind supports and how to manage vendor prefixes.

In general, Tailwind CSS v3.0 is designed for and tested on the latest stable versions of Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari. It does not support any version of IE, including IE 11.

While most of the features in Tailwind CSS will work in all modern browsers, Tailwind also includes APIs for several bleeding-edge features that aren’t yet supported by all browsers, for example the pseudo-class and utilities.

The Can I Use database is a great resource when you’re unsure about the support for an unfamiliar CSS feature.

Many CSS properties require vendor prefixes to be understood by browsers, for example needs the prefix to work in most browsers:

If you’re using the Tailwind CLI tool, vendor prefixes like this will be added automatically.

To use it, install it via npm:

Then add it to the very end of your plugin list in your PostCSS configuration:

To learn more about specifying which browsers you need to support, check out Browserslist which is the standard way to define target browsers in front-end tooling.