diff --git a/packages/lifeforge-ui/package.json b/packages/lifeforge-ui/package.json
index d89a48332..bf9eae066 100644
--- a/packages/lifeforge-ui/package.json
+++ b/packages/lifeforge-ui/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   "sideEffects": false,
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "module": "dist/index.mjs",
-  "types": "dist/src/index.d.ts",
+  "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
   "files": [
     "dist",
     "README.md"
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "storybook dev -p 6006",
     "types": "tsc -b",
-    "build": "rm -rf dist && tsup src/index.ts && tsc",
+    "build": "rm -rf dist && vite build",
     "build-storybook": "cd ../../shared && bun run build && cd ../packages/lifeforge-ui && storybook build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -86,8 +86,6 @@
     "@storybook/addon-docs": "10.1.0",
     "@storybook/addon-onboarding": "10.1.0",
     "@storybook/react-vite": "10.1.0",
-    "@tailwindcss/cli": "^4.1.14",
-    "@tailwindcss/vite": "^4.1.14",
     "@types/culori": "^4.0.1",
     "@types/dom-css": "^2.1.1",
     "@types/javascript-color-gradient": "^2.4.2",
@@ -108,7 +106,8 @@
     "storybook": "10.1.0",
     "storybook-addon-deep-controls": "^0.9.5",
     "tsup": "^8.5.0",
-    "vite": "^7.1.9",
+    "vite": "^7.3.1",
+    "vite-plugin-dts": "^4.5.4",
     "vite-tsconfig-paths": "^5.1.4",
     "vitest": "^1.6.1"
   }
diff --git a/packages/lifeforge-ui/vite.config.ts b/packages/lifeforge-ui/vite.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27afd6e44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/lifeforge-ui/vite.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import react from '@vitejs/plugin-react'
+import { resolve } from 'path'
+import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
+import dts from 'vite-plugin-dts'
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  plugins: [
+    react(),
+    dts({
+      rollupTypes: true
+    })
+  ],
+  resolve: {
+    alias: {
+      '@components': resolve(__dirname, 'src/components'),
+      '@': resolve(__dirname, 'src')
+    }
+  },
+  build: {
+    lib: {
+      entry: resolve(__dirname, 'src/index.ts'),
+      formats: ['es', 'cjs'],
+      fileName: format => `index.${format === 'es' ? 'mjs' : 'js'}`
+    },
+    rollupOptions: {
+      external: [
+        'react',
+        'react-dom',
+        'react/jsx-runtime',
+        'shared',
+        '@tanstack/react-query',
+        /^react-router/,
+        /^react-i18next/,
+        /^i18next/
+      ],
+      output: {
+        globals: {
+          react: 'React',
+          'react-dom': 'ReactDOM'
+        },
+        assetFileNames: 'index.[ext]'
+      }
+    },
+    sourcemap: false,
+    minify: true
+  }
+})