Vite + Svelte - Skeleton

Requirements

Tooling	Supported Versions
Vite	6
Svelte	5
Tailwind	4

Installation

Create a Project

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

npm create vite@latest my-skeleton-app -- --template svelte-ts
cd my-skeleton-app
npm install

Install Skeleton

Install the Skeleton core and Svelte component packages.

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

Install Tailwind

Install Tailwind and 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";

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [
    tailwindcss(),
    svelte() // <-- Must come after Tailwind
  ],
});

Configure Tailwind

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

@import 'tailwindcss';

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

@source '../node_modules/@skeletonlabs/skeleton-svelte/dist';

NOTE: please verify the @source path resolves to your node_modules directory.

Set the Active Theme

Open index.html, 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