Material Tailwind with Next.js

Learn how to setup and install @material-tailwind/react with Next.js.

@material-tailwind/react is working with Tailwind CSS classes and you need to have Tailwind CSS installed on your project - Tailwind CSS Installation..

Using NPM

Install @material-tailwind/react as a dependency using NPM by running the following command:

npm i @material-tailwind/react

Using Yarn

Install @material-tailwind/react as a dependency using Yarn by running the following command:

yarn add @material-tailwind/react

Using PNPM

Install @material-tailwind/react as a dependency using PNPM by running the following command:

pnpm i @material-tailwind/react

TailwindCSS Configurations

Once you install @material-tailwind/react you need to wrap your tailwind css configurations with the withMT() function coming from @material-tailwind/react/utils.

const withMT = require("@material-tailwind/react/utils/withMT");
 
module.exports = withMT({
  content: ["./pages/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}"],
  theme: {
    extend: {},
  },
  plugins: [],
});

Theme Provider

@material-tailwind/react comes with a theme provider that set's the default theme/styles for components or to provide your own theme/styles to your components. You need to wrap your entire application with the ThemeProvider coming from @material-tailwind/react.

On the pages/_app put the code bellow.

import "/styles/globals.css";
 
import { ThemeProvider } from "@material-tailwind/react";
 
export default function MyApp({ Component, pageProps }) {
  return (
    <ThemeProvider>
      <Component {...pageProps} />
    </ThemeProvider>
  );
}

Example

Now you're good to go and use @material-tailwind/react in your project.

import { Button } from "@material-tailwind/react";
 
export default function Example() {
  return <Button>Button</Button>;
}