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magicui-animated-gradient-text

text-effectgradient-glowmotion on file

A React text-effect component shipped as a shadcn registry TSX file. It renders its children in a gradient-clipped span, drives color and speed through CSS variables, and relies on Tailwind theme animation utilities plus a cn helper backed by clsx and tailwind-merge.

Specimen
Motion capture of the mounted demo, recorded by the harness. No audio track.
Harness screenshot of magicui-animated-gradient-text at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of magicui-animated-gradient-text at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of magicui-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 magicui-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 marginal29.2 KB (94.7 KB build, 65.5 KB baseline)
Bare modeFAIL
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

What the harness recorded

BARE BUILD

✗ Build failed in 1m 23s
error during build:
[vite:load-fallback] Could not load <sandbox>/src/lib/utils (imported by src/cut/animated-gradient-text.tsx): ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '<sandbox>/src/lib/utils'

Verdict

A focused decorative text primitive that builds and mounts cleanly in its intended environment. It needs a shadcn-style setup because the bare package cannot resolve the expected cn utility; also add your own reduced-motion policy before broad use.

Use it if

  • You need animated emphasis for a short hero phrase, launch label, or feature heading.
  • Your app already uses Tailwind and a shadcn-style cn utility.
  • You want callers to control the gradient endpoints and animation speed through props.

Skip it if

  • You need static, high-contrast text with no motion in every viewing mode.
  • Your project does not process Tailwind utility classes or theme animation declarations.
  • You require built-in reduced-motion behavior rather than adding it at the call site.
  • You need strict native span prop typing, since the exported props are derived from a div.

Install

Installation record for magicui-animated-gradient-text
Declared dependenciesclsx, tailwind-merge
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 component file, provide the aliased cn helper using clsx and tailwind-merge, configure Tailwind to scan the file, and register the gradient keyframes and animation theme utility. Add a reduced-motion override if your interface supports motion preferences.

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/magicuidesign/magicui
License
MIT
Record published
2026-08-16

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.