Vite + Svelte

Install and configure Skeleton for Vite + Svelte.

Requirements

Tooling Minimum Supported
Vite 6
Svelte 5
Tailwind 4

Installation

1

Create a Project

Start by creating a new Vite project. This will install Svelte and Typescript.

npm create vite@latest - Set your project named as desired - Set Svelte as the framework - Set Typescript as the variant cd {yourProjectName} npm install
2

Install Skeleton

Install the Skeleton core and Svelte component packages.

npm i -D @skeletonlabs/skeleton @skeletonlabs/skeleton-svelte
3

Install Tailwind

Install Tailwind and the Tailwind Vite plugin.

npm install tailwindcss @tailwindcss/vite

Implement the plugin in vite.config in the root of your project.

import { defineConfig } from "vite"; import svelte from "@vitejs/plugin-svelte"; import tailwindcss from "@tailwindcss/vite"; // [!code ++] export default defineConfig({ plugins: [ tailwindcss(), // [!code ++] svelte() // <-- Must come after Tailwind ], });
4

Configure Tailwind

Open your global stylesheet in /src/app.css and append the following at the top of the file.

@import 'tailwindcss'; @import '@skeletonlabs/skeleton'; /* [!code ++] */ @import '@skeletonlabs/skeleton-svelte'; /* [!code ++] */ @import '@skeletonlabs/skeleton/themes/cerberus'; /* [!code ++] */
5

Set the Active Theme

Open index.html, then set the data-theme attribute on the HTML tag to define the active theme.

<!-- [!code word:data-theme="cerberus"] --> <html data-theme="cerberus"> <!-- ... --> </html>

Done

Start the dev server using the following command.

npm run dev
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