When should I choose Tailwind over the others?
When you want speed, consistency from fixed tokens, and the smallest possible production CSS. Tailwind is the fastest to write once learned and pairs naturally with React components.
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It depends on your priorities. Tailwind for speed and tiny CSS, Styled Components for highly dynamic prop-driven styling, and CSS Modules for plain scoped CSS with no runtime. There is no single best.
Tailwind uses utility classes in the markup. Styled Components writes actual CSS inside template literals in components. Tailwind is faster and ships tinier CSS; Styled Components is better for dynamic, prop-driven styling.
Classic Styled Components has a runtime cost because it generates styles in the browser. Zero-runtime CSS-in-JS solutions exist that compile at build time, removing the cost, but they have some feature trade-offs.
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