# Tailwind without NodeJS

**URL:** <https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/tailwind-without-nodejs/44705>\
**Category:** Discussions\
**Tags:** phoenix, nodejs, tailwindcss, tailwindui\
**Created:** [December 20, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/tailwind-without-nodejs/44705 "2021-12-20T18:46:41Z")\
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ah, sorry, I misread `npm install -D` as `npm install -g`. Sounds like the vscode package loads it from the local node\_modules directory, so I don’t think there is anything that we can solve without the extension supporting finding it elsewhere

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