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animata-shooting-stars

background-effectdark-futuristicmotion on file

A client-side React background that layers randomized SVG shooting stars and twinkling dots behind supplied content. It ships as a shadcn registry item with separate TypeScript and CSS files, uses Tailwind utility classes and a local cn helper, and relies on browser resize and motion-preference APIs rather than an animation package.

Specimen
Motion capture of the mounted demo, recorded by the harness. No audio track.
Harness screenshot of animata-shooting-stars at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of animata-shooting-stars at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of animata-shooting-stars 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-shooting-stars
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal28.0 KB (93.4 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 41.41s
error during build:
[vite:load-fallback] Could not load <sandbox>/src/lib/utils (imported by src/cut/components/animata/background/shooting-stars.tsx): ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '<sandbox>/src/lib/utils'

Verdict

A credible dark-theme backdrop that mounts cleanly, stays contained across the tested layouts, and avoids extra animation libraries. It still needs a shadcn-style setup because the source assumes the usual utility helper and path alias.

Use it if

  • You need an animated night-sky backdrop for a dark hero, launch page, or product announcement.
  • You want foreground content to remain ordinary React children while the effect stays decorative and behind it.
  • You need the animation to respect reduced-motion preferences and adapt its star field when the container changes size.

Skip it if

  • Your interface uses a light, restrained, or editorial visual language where a dense celestial backdrop would distract.
  • You require deterministic server-rendered artwork with no randomized client-side state.
  • You do not want to carry Tailwind utilities, a cn helper, and component-local animation CSS for a decorative effect.

Install

Installation record for animata-shooting-stars
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, copy both source files, import the CSS, replace the aliased cn import with your own class-name helper or direct class handling, and ensure Tailwind processes the component utilities. Keep it client-side and provide ResizeObserver and motion-query support in the target browsers.

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.