BUILDING SINCE 2014 · NOT REVIEWED BY ADAM
Adam
Wathan
“Creator of Tailwind CSS, author of Refactoring UI, host of Full Stack Radio.”in their words · github.com
about $600K /yr
Refactoring UI revenue
● last reported 2020almost $2M
Tailwind Plus, total so far
stated · Aug 202012
products
2018
full-time since
Career
Every main product, who ran it, and when it changed hands.
Tailwind Plus2020 →
NOW
Refactoring UI2018 →
NOW
Tailwind CSS2017 →
NOW
Refactoring to Collections2016 →
NOW
Side projects8
2014201620182020202220242026
Adam runs ita new owner runs itsold, with the stated priceshut downside project
Tailwind PlusRUNNINGsince Feb 2020
$400K
first 1 days
Feb 2020
almost $2M
total
Aug 2020
Figures Adam stated, each measuring something different. We don’t draw a line between them.
The journey
$61,392 book launch (2016), Tailwind CSS (2017), Tailwind UI (2020)
Milestones
almost $2M
total · Tailwind Plus
Aug 2020 · stated
about $600K
/yr · Refactoring UI
2020 · old
$400K
first 1 days · Tailwind Plus
Feb 2020 · stated
$138.8K
total · Refactoring to Collections
Apr 2017 · stated
Latest
Sep 2026Announced that Tailwind Labs is joining Shopify
Sep 2026Tailwind CSS: Installed over 110 million times per week
Sep 2026Tailwind Plus: Closed sign-ups for new customers; existing customers keep access
Mar 2026On Startups for the Rest of Us, episode 825
Feb 2026On Pragmatic AI (Tighten): AI's Impact on Open Source Funding
How sure are we?
11 verified by someone other than Adam62 stated by Adam in public1 outdated, older than our limits
Read on 11 Oct 2026 · more data coming