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animata-diagonal-lines

background-effectdark-futuristicmotion on file

A React background wrapper that renders configurable diagonal stripes with a CSS repeating linear gradient and passes through child content. It ships as a shadcn registry TSX file, uses Tailwind theme utilities, and imports the standard cn helper through the project alias. It has no external package dependencies.

Specimen
Motion capture of the mounted demo, recorded by the harness. No audio track.
Harness screenshot of animata-diagonal-lines at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of animata-diagonal-lines at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of animata-diagonal-lines 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-diagonal-lines
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 39.92s
error during build:
[vite:load-fallback] Could not load <sandbox>/src/lib/utils (imported by src/cut/components/animata/background/diagonal-lines.tsx): ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '<sandbox>/src/lib/utils'

Verdict

A focused, dependency-free texture wrapper that builds, mounts, and stays contained across the tested layouts. It needs a shadcn-style setup because the bare project cannot resolve its cn utility import. Choose it for static visual texture, not motion.

Use it if

  • You need a lightweight striped texture behind a hero, card, or empty state.
  • Your app already uses Tailwind theme classes and the shadcn cn utility.
  • You want callers to control stripe color and spacing through props.

Skip it if

  • Your design needs animated lines, since this component renders a static gradient.
  • You need a standalone drop-in component with no project alias or utility setup.
  • Your background must adapt its stripe color automatically to theme changes without caller input.

Install

Installation record for animata-diagonal-lines
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 cn class-merging helper, configure the project alias used by its import or replace that import with a local path, and provide Tailwind with the background and foreground theme utilities referenced by the component.

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 background-effect pattern, ordered by what they measured: mounts first, then clean axe scans, then bare-mode passes, then the smaller bundle.