Electron UI library

Build Electron UI with Tailwind CSS and daisyUI

Electron UI has desktop constraints

Electron apps live in a browser engine, but users judge them like desktop software. The UI needs dense controls, menus, panels, forms, dialogs, status areas, and theme support without feeling like a random web page in a window.

Many UI libraries bring web-app assumptions into that environment. They ship animations, layout defaults, and JavaScript behavior that make sense for a website but feel clumsy in a desktop app.

Bundle size matters too. Electron already includes Chromium. Adding a heavy UI runtime on top of a renderer stack can make startup and memory use worse than it needs to be.

Electron + Tailwind CSS + daisyUI

Tailwind CSS and daisyUI work in Electron's renderer process like they work in a browser page.

• CSS-only UI layer: daisyUI doesn't add another renderer runtime or state model.

• Desktop-friendly pieces: Menus, tabs, drawers, modals, buttons, forms, and tables cover common app shells.

• Works with any renderer stack: Use daisyUI with plain HTML, React, Vue, Svelte, or another renderer approach.

• Theme support: Light and dark themes can follow app preferences or user settings.

Electron handles native capabilities. daisyUI keeps the renderer UI consistent without increasing JavaScript complexity.

Install Tailwind CSS and daisyUI for Electron

The Electron guide uses Tailwind CSS CLI. Install Electron, Tailwind CSS CLI, and daisyUI, put @import "tailwindcss" and @plugin "daisyui" in src/input.css, then build the CSS into public/output.css.

For the exact commands, see How to install daisyUI with Electron.