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cultui-hero-liquid-metal

hero-effectliquid-glassmotion on file

A client-side React hero shipped as a shadcn registry component, with composable heading, copy, CTA, badges, and responsive liquid-metal shader sections. It relies on the Paper Design shader package, Tailwind theme utilities, shadcn Button and Badge components, and the aliased cn helper.

Specimen
Motion capture of the mounted demo, recorded by the harness. No audio track.
Harness screenshot of cultui-hero-liquid-metal at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of cultui-hero-liquid-metal at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of cultui-hero-liquid-metal 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 cultui-hero-liquid-metal
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors1
Uncaught page errors2
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious1
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal44.4 KB (109.8 KB build, 65.4 KB baseline)
Bare modeFAIL
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

What the harness recorded

PAGE ERROR

Error: Failed to load image

PAGE ERROR

Error: Failed to load image

CONSOLE

Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 404 (Not Found)

Verdict

A flexible, visually specific hero that builds and mounts in its intended environment, but it is not drop-in outside that ecosystem. It needs a shadcn-style setup, a valid replacement for the missing demo image, and a contrast pass before production use.

Use it if

  • You want a prominent animated shader hero with editable copy, CTA, badges, and separate desktop and mobile rendering.
  • Your app already uses shadcn conventions and can supply a project-owned image asset to drive the metal effect.
  • You value composable subcomponents and render hooks for replacing the default CTA or technology badges.

Skip it if

  • You need a lightweight static hero or want to avoid adding a shader runtime for one section.
  • Your project lacks a shadcn and Tailwind foundation and you do not want to recreate its aliases, theme tokens, and primitives.
  • You need an accessibility-ready default, since the tested presentation has a serious text contrast issue.
  • You cannot replace or provide the bundled demo image path, which failed to load during the mounted test.

Install

Installation record for cultui-hero-liquid-metal
Declared dependencies@paper-design/shaders-react, radix-ui
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 the Paper Design shader and declared Radix dependency, configure Tailwind with the expected theme tokens, create compatible Button and Badge primitives, provide the aliased cn utility, and add or replace the cult icon image asset.

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/nolly-studio/cult-ui
License
MIT
Record published
2026-08-13

Alternatives

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