Requesting support for Android Termux

[Yassinproweb]

We request you to add support for Android Termux, I am using tailwindcss v4.0 and it is not working due to lack of support for Android Termux by lightingcss.

[CodeWithSushil]

Please provide support for Android devices ARMv7(32-bit) ARMv8(64-bit) (arm64) new version for TailwindCSS (v4.0.4) throw some errors.

[Haiz14]

Bumping it up, tailwind v4 doesn't work without lightningcss. And nothing runs. :(

Temporary fix is to use proot distro

[devongovett]

I'm confused. Are people really running lightningcss on their phones?? 😲

[Haiz14]

Running tailwind css with vite.

If you try out termux, you'll see it's an exactly replica of linux subsystem with limited user permissions. If it's linux, you certainly can code. And do lots of stuff.

Though i prefer to use tablets, just use termux to ssh into a powerful phone. Phones these days are pretty powerful.

[CodeWithSushil]

I'm confused. Are people really running lightningcss on their phones?? 😲

Yes, android phones and some android based laptops 💻

[hoshiiro]

Imo, lightningcss can support android by targeting aarch64-linux-android in rustup. Cmiiw, though.

---

You can definitely compile the node add-on yourself like below. You also need to install rust in termux first (pkg install rust).

$ git clone https://github.com/parcel-bundler/lightningcss.git
$ cd lightningcss
$ pnpm i

In scripts/build.js replace napi with pnpm napi (if you use PNPM or just install napi globally [pnpm i -g napi]).

diff --git a/scripts/build.js b/scripts/build.js
index 59807fa..cfba4d0 100644
--- a/scripts/build.js
+++ b/scripts/build.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ async function build() {
     args.push('--target', process.env.RUST_TARGET);
     }
-    let yarn = spawn('napi', args, {
+    let yarn = spawn('pnpm napi', args, {
       stdio: 'inherit',
       cwd: __dirname + '/../',
       shell: true,

Then finally, build the node addon;

$ RUSTFLAGS="-C linker=aarch64-linux-android-clang" node scripts/build.js --release && node scripts/build-flow.js

Now wait, it will take a long time (mine is 11 minutes, SD680). When done lightningcss.android-arm64.node should be in current directory.

Copy that file to lightningcss directory inside your node_modules, OUTSIDE node directory.

~/code/vite-project/node_modules/.pnpm/lightningcss@1.29.2/node_modules/lightningcss
❯ ls
LICENSE  lightningcss.android-arm64.node  node  package.json  README.md

[nobkd]

probably related:

• Support for android arm 64 #857
• "Error: lightningcss-android-arm64 not found" termux on Device: android Architecture: aarch64 #851
• Add android binaries #697

[ozipoetra]

I'm opening PR for Android support, hope they can considering to merge it.

#932

[CodeWithSushil]

I'm opening PR for Android support, hope they can considering to merge it.

#932

both ARM7 ARM64 support?

[ozipoetra]

I'm opening PR for Android support, hope they can considering to merge it.
#932

both ARM7 ARM64 support?

Only ARM64