“We’re joining Shopify to give Tailwind a stable long-term home where it will be actively maintained for the millions of people who depend on it.”
Tailwind gets installed 110 million times a week and still couldn’t pay its own staff. AI coding tools gutted its revenue and forced layoffs in January. Now Shopify owns the framework, and the paid products close to new customers. A framework millions of sites depend on got bought because its business model stopped working.