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animata-animated-gradient-text

text-effectgradient-glowmotion on file

A default-export React wrapper that renders its children with a moving yellow-to-pink gradient clipped to the text. It ships as a shadcn registry component and relies on Tailwind utility classes, registry-provided animation CSS, and the usual @/lib/utils cn helper. It needs no provider or external runtime package.

Specimen
Motion capture of the mounted demo, recorded by the harness. No audio track.
Harness screenshot of animata-animated-gradient-text at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of animata-animated-gradient-text at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of animata-animated-gradient-text at 1440 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 1440 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.

Measured

Every value below was written by the harness on the run that produced the frames above. None of it is derived from the prose.

Harness measurements recorded for animata-animated-gradient-text
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal26.2 KB (91.6 KB build, 65.4 KB baseline)
Bare modeFAIL
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

What the harness recorded

BARE BUILD

✗ Build failed in 35.29s
error during build:
[vite:load-fallback] Could not load <sandbox>/src/lib/utils (imported by src/cut/components/animata/text/animated-gradient-text.tsx): ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '<sandbox>/src/lib/utils'

Verdict

A focused text accent that builds, mounts, and stays contained in the configured harness. It is not drop-in for a bare React app because it needs a shadcn-style setup, including the utility alias and animation styling. Best used sparingly on short display copy.

Use it if

  • You want a compact animated accent for a hero line, campaign heading, or short callout.
  • Your app already uses Tailwind and can consume shadcn registry CSS and aliases.
  • You need the caller to retain control of the rendered text and extra utility classes.

Skip it if

  • You need semantic heading markup without wrapping or adapting the component.
  • Your design system does not use Tailwind utilities or the shadcn cn helper.
  • You need built-in reduced-motion behavior or user-controlled animation playback.
  • Your content is long-form text where a continuously shifting gradient would hurt readability.

Install

Installation record for animata-animated-gradient-text
Declared dependenciesnone declared
Missing on installnone
Bare installfails once the shadcn-style helpers are removed, so it needs that setup
Providerno provider required in the harness

In a non-shadcn project, add a compatible cn class-merging helper or replace that call, configure the @ alias, ensure Tailwind recognizes the gradient and background utilities, and copy the registry animation variable and keyframes into the global stylesheet. Add reduced-motion styling if your product requires it.

Source and credit

This page is a review, not a copy. The component source lives with its author and this site does not republish it. Read the license before you use anything.

Author repository

github.com/codse/animata
License
MIT
Record published
2026-08-14

Alternatives

Other published entries for the text-effect pattern, ordered by what they measured: mounts first, then clean axe scans, then bare-mode passes, then the smaller bundle.