Next.js - Skeleton

Requirements

Tooling	Minimum Version
Next.js	15
React	18
Tailwind	4

Installation

WARNING: The following guide will install a pre-release version of Skeleton v3. Some features may be missing, incomplete, or non-functional at this time. Please report bugs and issues on GitHub or Discord.

Create a Project

Use the Next.js CLI to scaffold a new project.

NOTE: The Next.js CLI does not yet install Tailwind v4. Please follow the official Tailwind guide.

Install Skeleton

Install the Skeleton core and Svelte component packages.

npm i -D @skeletonlabs/skeleton@next @skeletonlabs/skeleton-react@next

Configure Tailwind

Open your global stylesheet in /src/app/globals.css and add the following imports:

@import 'tailwindcss';

@import '@skeletonlabs/skeleton';
@import '@skeletonlabs/skeleton/optional/presets';
@import '@skeletonlabs/skeleton/themes/cerberus';

Set Active Theme

Open /src/app/layout.tsx, then set the data-theme attribute on the HTML tag to define the active theme.

<html data-theme="cerberus">...</html>

Done

Start the dev server using the following command.

npm run dev