Installation

Install Tessera UI and its peer dependencies in your React project.

Using pnpm

pnpm add @tesseraui/ui react react-dom

Using npm

npm install @tesseraui/ui react react-dom

Using yarn

yarn add @tesseraui/ui react react-dom

Setup Tailwind CSS

Tessera UI is built with Tailwind CSS. You need to have Tailwind CSS installed in your project.

Install Tailwind CSS

pnpm add -D tailwindcss

Configure Tailwind

Create or update your tailwind.config.ts:

tailwind.config.ts

import type { Config } from "tailwindcss";

const config: Config = {
  content: [
    "./src/**/*.{ts,tsx}",
    "./app/**/*.{ts,tsx}",
    "./pages/**/*.{ts,tsx}",
    "./components/**/*.{ts,tsx}",
  ],
  theme: {
    extend: {
      colors: {
        border: "hsl(var(--border))",
        input: "hsl(var(--input))",
        ring: "hsl(var(--ring))",
        background: "hsl(var(--background))",
        foreground: "hsl(var(--foreground))",
        primary: {
          DEFAULT: "hsl(var(--primary))",
          foreground: "hsl(var(--primary-foreground))",
        },
        secondary: {
          DEFAULT: "hsl(var(--secondary))",
          foreground: "hsl(var(--secondary-foreground))",
        },
        destructive: {
          DEFAULT: "hsl(var(--destructive))",
          foreground: "hsl(var(--destructive-foreground))",
        },
        muted: {
          DEFAULT: "hsl(var(--muted))",
          foreground: "hsl(var(--muted-foreground))",
        },
        accent: {
          DEFAULT: "hsl(var(--accent))",
          foreground: "hsl(var(--accent-foreground))",
        },
        popover: {
          DEFAULT: "hsl(var(--popover))",
          foreground: "hsl(var(--popover-foreground))",
        },
        card: {
          DEFAULT: "hsl(var(--card))",
          foreground: "hsl(var(--card-foreground))",
        },
      },
      borderRadius: {
        lg: "var(--radius)",
        md: "calc(var(--radius) - 2px)",
        sm: "calc(var(--radius) - 4px)",
      },
    },
  },
  plugins: [],
};

export default config;

Add CSS Variables

Add the design tokens to your global CSS file:

app/globals.css

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

@layer base {
  :root {
    --background: 0 0% 100%;
    --foreground: 0 0% 3.9%;
    --card: 0 0% 100%;
    --card-foreground: 0 0% 3.9%;
    --popover: 0 0% 100%;
    --popover-foreground: 0 0% 3.9%;
    --primary: 0 0% 9%;
    --primary-foreground: 0 0% 98%;
    --secondary: 0 0% 96.1%;
    --secondary-foreground: 0 0% 9%;
    --muted: 0 0% 96.1%;
    --muted-foreground: 0 0% 45.1%;
    --accent: 0 0% 96.1%;
    --accent-foreground: 0 0% 9%;
    --destructive: 0 84.2% 60.2%;
    --destructive-foreground: 0 0% 98%;
    --border: 0 0% 89.8%;
    --input: 0 0% 89.8%;
    --ring: 0 0% 3.9%;
    --radius: 0.5rem;
  }

  .dark {
    --background: 0 0% 3.9%;
    --foreground: 0 0% 98%;
    --card: 0 0% 3.9%;
    --card-foreground: 0 0% 98%;
    --popover: 0 0% 3.9%;
    --popover-foreground: 0 0% 98%;
    --primary: 0 0% 98%;
    --primary-foreground: 0 0% 9%;
    --secondary: 0 0% 14.9%;
    --secondary-foreground: 0 0% 98%;
    --muted: 0 0% 14.9%;
    --muted-foreground: 0 0% 63.9%;
    --accent: 0 0% 14.9%;
    --accent-foreground: 0 0% 98%;
    --destructive: 0 62.8% 30.6%;
    --destructive-foreground: 0 0% 98%;
    --border: 0 0% 14.9%;
    --input: 0 0% 14.9%;
    --ring: 0 0% 83.1%;
  }
}

@layer base {
  * {
    @apply border-border;
  }
  body {
    @apply bg-background text-foreground;
  }
}

You're Ready!

You've successfully installed Tessera UI. Now you can start using the components in your project.

Check out the Usage guide to learn how to use components.

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