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Install tailwindcss-language-server with Homebrew, Nix, pacman

LSP for TailwindCSS. Version 0.14.29 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

Install commandSecurity notes

install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install tailwindcss-language-server

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#tailwindcss-language-server

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ta/tailwindcss-language-server/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S tailwindcss-language-server

Arch Linux sync databases · tailwindcss-language-server · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

overview

Package summary

LSP for TailwindCSS

Commands and aliases

  • tailwindcss-language-server

history

Project history and usage

Tailwind CSS Language Server is the Language Server Protocol implementation for Tailwind CSS. Tailwind Labs documents it as the language server used by Tailwind CSS IntelliSense for VS Code and as a globally installable command-line package named `@tailwindcss/language-server`.

Project history

The language server lives inside the Tailwind CSS IntelliSense repository, tying the standalone LSP executable to Tailwind Labs' broader editor tooling. The package exposes `tailwindcss-language-server` and supports stdio, node-ipc, and socket transports, which are the interfaces editor integrations expect from an LSP server.

Adoption history

Homebrew, Arch, and Nix packaging in the input metadata reflects demand outside VS Code, especially from users of Neovim, Emacs, and other editors that consume language servers directly rather than installing a VS Code extension.

How it is used

The upstream package README documents installation with `npm install -g @tailwindcss/language-server` and running the server with `tailwindcss-language-server --stdio`. In practice, package managers install the executable so an editor's LSP client can launch it.

Why package nerds care

Package nerds care because this is the editor-tooling half of Tailwind CSS split into a reusable CLI. It turns Tailwind's framework-specific class knowledge into an editor-neutral service that can be packaged independently of VS Code.

Timeline

  • Current upstream README: Documents the package as the Tailwind CSS LSP implementation used by Tailwind CSS IntelliSense for VS Code.
  • Current package metadata: Homebrew, Nix, and Arch package the language server as a standalone executable.

Related projects

  • It is closely related to Tailwind CSS itself and to Tailwind CSS IntelliSense, the VS Code extension that provides autocomplete, syntax highlighting, and linting for Tailwind projects.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:server

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
tailwindcss-language-servercliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08
manager version0.14.29
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.14.29

https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-intellisense

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:tailwindcss-language-server
Version0.14.29
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tailwindcss-language-server
Homepagehttps://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-intellisense/tree/HEAD/packages/tailwindcss-language-server
Repositoryhttps://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-intellisense
Upstream docshttps://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-intellisense/tree/HEAD/packages/tailwindcss-language-server#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-intellisense/archive/refs/tags/v0.14.29.tar.gz
Dependenciesnode
Build dependenciespnpm
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nametailwindcss-language-server
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Nix95%

tailwindcss-language-server

nix profile install nixpkgs#tailwindcss-language-server
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Tailwindcss Language Server
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ta/tailwindcss-language-server/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
pacman95%

tailwindcss-language-server 0.14.29-1

Tailwind CSS Language Server

https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss-intellisense/tree/main/packages/tailwindcss-language-server

sudo pacman -S tailwindcss-language-server
  • License: MIT
  • Architecture: any
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Tailwindcss Language Server
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: tailwindcss-language-server from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • nodeRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pnpmBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Same workflow

  • ansible-language-serverShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp.
  • bash-language-serverShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp.
  • clojure-lspShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp.
  • codebook-lspShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp.
  • crystallineShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp.
  • ctags-lspShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, language-server, lsp.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Used sources

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment