Next.js - Skeleton

Requirements

Tooling	Minimum Supported
Next.js	15
React	18
Tailwind	4

Installation

Create a Project

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

npm create next-app@latest my-skeleton-app
cd my-skeleton-app

Install Skeleton

Install the Skeleton core and React component packages.

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

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';

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

NOTE: make sure the @source path resolves correctly for your application structure.

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