tailwind cli depends on picocolors

[davesnx]

What version of Tailwind CSS are you using?

≈ tailwindcss v4.1.4

What build tool (or framework if it abstracts the build tool) are you using?

None

What version of Node.js are you using?

v22.19.0

What operating system are you using?

macOS

Reproduction

mkdir tailwind-bug-pico
cd tailwind-bug-pico
npm install tailwindcss @tailwindcss/cli
ls node_modules/@tailwindcss/cli/dist/
cat node_modules/@tailwindcss/cli/dist/index.mjs | grep "picocolors"

Describe your issue

I would like not to have any dependency in the standalone version (I believe it was true in previous versions 4.x), so I can run it without a node env

[thecrypticace]

The CLI has always had node dependencies. It's not possible to have a CLI without some of those deps. The standalone version bundles a runtime and its dependencies in the binary do you don't have node installed globally. You can find it in the releases here: https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/releases/tag/v4.1.17