Use with Create React App - Flowbite React

Using the CLI#

Run the following command to scaffold a new Flowbite React project using Create React App:

# npm
npm create flowbite-react@latest -- --template cra

# yarn
yarn create flowbite-react --template cra

# pnpm
pnpm create flowbite-react@latest --template cra

# bun
bun create flowbite-react@latest --template cra

Create project#

Run the following command to create a new Create React App project:

npx create-react-app flowbite-react-cra

Setup Tailwind CSS#

1. Install tailwindcss and its peer dependencies:

npm i -D tailwindcss

2. Generate tailwind.config.js file:

npx tailwindcss init

3. Add the paths to all of your template files in your tailwind.config.js file:

/** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */
module.exports = {
  content: ["./src/**/*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}"],
  theme: {
    extend: {},
  },
  plugins: [],
};

4. Add the @tailwind directives for each of Tailwind's layers to your ./src/index.css file:

@tailwind base;
@tailwind components;
@tailwind utilities;

Install Flowbite React#

1. Run the following command to install flowbite-react:

npm i flowbite-react

2. Add the Flowbite React content path and plugin to tailwind.config.js:

const flowbite = require("flowbite-react/tailwind");

/** @type {import('tailwindcss').Config} */
module.exports = {
  content: [
    // ...
    flowbite.content(),
  ],
  plugins: [
    // ...
    flowbite.plugin(),
  ],
};

Try it out#

Now that you have successfully installed Flowbite React you can start using the components from the library.

import { Button } from "flowbite-react";

export default function App() {
  return <Button>Click me</Button>;
}

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Templates#

• Github
• StackBlitz