#What is Rombo?

Rombo for Tailwind is a free, open-source plugin developed by RomboHQ, designed to add professional-grade animations to Tailwind CSS projects. Its primary goal is to simplify the animation process for engineers, designers, and creative marketers by providing a simple syntax and a visual animator, enabling seamless integration across workflows like Tailwind, Figma, and Webflow.

With a focus on performance, Rombo uses pure CSS animations that run at 60FPS, adding less than 5kb to your app, equivalent to 1/1000th of an image, ensuring no impact on site speed as confirmed by Google Lighthouse audits.

#Features ⚡️

• Preset Animations: Includes ready-made animations like fade, slide, bounce, and confetti for quick use.

• Visual Animator: Build and preview animations in real-time via the Rombo Chrome Extension.

• High Performance: Pure CSS animations ensure smooth performance across devices and browsers.

• Reduced Motion Support: Automatically respects user preferences with prefers-reduced-motion.

• Export Options: Output animations as Tailwind classes, pure CSS, or Framer Motion code.

• Simple Syntax: Easily animate elements with minimal configuration in Tailwind projects.

#Pros and Cons

#Pros ✅

• Lightweight: Adds minimal overhead (<5kb) with pure CSS animations.

• Free and Open-Source: MIT license allows unrestricted use and modification.

• User-Friendly: Simple syntax and visual animator make animations accessible to all skill levels.

• Performance-Oriented: Runs at 60FPS with no impact on site speed, as per Lighthouse audits.

• Cross-Platform: Works across Tailwind, Figma, Webflow, and Shopify workflows.

#Cons ⚠️

• Tailwind Dependency: Requires a Tailwind CSS setup, limiting its use for non-Tailwind projects.

• Mobile Limitations: Animations may not work on mobile with frameworks like NativeWind, as noted in GitHub discussions.

• Early Development: As a newer tool, some presets (e.g., typewriter) are broken on Tailwind v4, per GitHub issues.

• Chrome-Centric: Visual animator is best experienced on desktop via the Chrome Extension.

#Included Components - Templates

Rombo for Tailwind focuses on animation utilities rather than traditional UI components:

• Presets: Pre-built animations like motion-preset-fade, motion-preset-slide-up, and motion-preset-confetti.

• Utilities: Customizable classes for scale, timing, and duration, such as motion-scale-200 and motion-duration-500.

• Configuration: Extends Tailwind’s config with animation-specific options like motionScale and motionTimingFunction.

#Pricing 💵

Rombo for Tailwind operates on a Free model:

• Free Access: Fully open-source under the MIT license, with no cost to use or modify.

#Integrations 🧰

Rombo for Tailwind integrates with:

• Tailwind CSS: Requires Tailwind CSS (v3.0.0 or higher), with some compatibility issues on v4.

• Chrome Extension: Offers a visual animator for real-time animation building and preview.

• Workflows: Supports Figma, Webflow, and Shopify for broader design integration.

• Build Tools: Uses npm for installation (npm i tailwindcss-motion) and integrates with Tailwind’s config.

• Export Options: Outputs animations as Tailwind classes, pure CSS, or Framer Motion code.