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magicui-animated-shiny-text

text-effectunclassifiedmotion on file

A React span that sweeps a contrast gradient across its text using Tailwind utilities, a theme animation token, and custom keyframes. It ships as a shadcn registry component and imports a local cn helper backed by clsx and tailwind-merge; no provider is involved.

Specimen
Motion capture of the mounted demo, recorded by the harness. No audio track.
Harness screenshot of magicui-animated-shiny-text at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of magicui-animated-shiny-text at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of magicui-animated-shiny-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-shiny-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 10s
error during build:
[vite:load-fallback] Could not load <sandbox>/src/lib/utils (imported by src/cut/animated-shiny-text.tsx): ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '<sandbox>/src/lib/utils'

Verdict

A focused, low-complexity text accent that built and rendered cleanly in the prepared harness. The bare mount fails because the local utility import is absent, so it needs a shadcn-style setup plus the supplied animation styles before it is ready to use.

Use it if

  • You need a compact shimmer treatment for a short announcement, badge, or launch label.
  • Your app already has Tailwind and a shadcn-style cn helper.
  • You want callers to tune the shimmer width or pass ordinary span props and classes.

Skip it if

  • You need motion to stop automatically for people who prefer reduced motion.
  • Your design system does not allow continuously animated text.
  • You want a standalone package that works without project-level Tailwind theme and keyframe additions.

Install

Installation record for magicui-animated-shiny-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 Tailwind, copy the animation theme token and shiny-text keyframes, then provide the expected cn helper with clsx and tailwind-merge or replace that import with your own class combiner. Ensure the source alias resolves to the helper.

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.