Kutty

What Is the Kutty?

Kutty is a Tailwind CSS plugin that provides a collection of accessible, reusable components for building web applications. It seamlessly integrates with Tailwind CSS v3+ and uses Alpine.js for any reactive behavior

Features ✨

• Wide Component Library: Ready-made elements like alerts, buttons, cards, modals, dropdowns, and more.

• Tailwind CSS Plugin: Simply add require("kutty") to your tailwind.config.js.

• Alpine.js Bundled: Includes AlpineJS v2.8.0 for controllers, dropdowns, and dialogs.

• Fully Responsive & Accessible: Built with Tailwind’s utility classes to ensure mobile-first design and ARIA support.

Included Components 📒

Kutty’s suite covers:

• Layouts & Navigation: Breadcrumbs, pagination, tabs

• Feedback & Indicators: Alerts, toasts, spinners, progress bars

• Data & Forms: Forms, file inputs, lists, skeleton loaders

• Interactive Elements: Dialogs, drawers, dropdowns, tooltips

• UI Essentials: Buttons, cards, badges, avatars, typography .

Pros and Cons

Pros ✅

• Lightweight & Modular: Installs via npm install kutty --save and tree-shakes unused parts.

• Accessible by Default: Follows ARIA guidelines and keyboard navigation.

• Open Source & Free: 841 ⭐ on GitHub, MIT-licensed.

• Easy Integration: Works with vanilla HTML, Alpine.js, and can be adapted for Vue with x-on:click syntax.

Cons ⚠️

• Outdated: Last release (0.6.0) was on December 22, 2021, so the plugin hasn’t seen recent updates.

Integration

• Install: npm install kutty --save .

• Configure: Add to tailwind.config.js:

  plugins: [require("kutty")],

• Add Scripts:

  <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/kutty@latest/dist/kutty.min.js"></script>

  For single components, include AlpineJS then the component’s JS .

• Vue Usage: Rename @click bindings to x-on:click to avoid conflicts.