Shopify acquires Tailwind(tailwindcss.com)
1136 points by EdwinHoksberg 46 days ago | 443 comments
tl;dr: Tailwind CSS is being acquired by Shopify, which has been a heavy user of the framework and will provide long-term maintenance and a real-world product surface to develop against. Tailwind CSS and other open-source projects will remain MIT-licensed and continue to be maintained by the same team, but the commercial side is winding down—existing Tailwind Plus and ui.sh customers keep access, but new signups are closed.
HN Discussion:
  • ↑AI has decimated Tailwind's commercial business, making the acquisition a necessary soft landing
  • ~Vanilla CSS is sufficient now and Tailwind/frameworks are unnecessary complexity
  • ↑Gratitude and well-wishes for Adam and the team, hoping they got paid well
  • ↑DevTools companies with only OSS + commercial templates can't survive LLMs without scale services
  • ↑Shopify gains brand and mindshare rather than a revenue-generating product