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magicui-aurora-text

text-effectaurora-meshmotion on file

A client-side React span that animates a configurable multicolor gradient across its text while preserving a separate screen-reader label. It ships as a shadcn registry UI file with no extra package dependency, but relies on Tailwind utilities plus a supplied aurora keyframe and animation theme entry.

Specimen
Motion capture of the mounted demo, recorded by the harness. No audio track.
Harness screenshot of magicui-aurora-text at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of magicui-aurora-text at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of magicui-aurora-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-aurora-text
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal20.7 KB (86.2 KB build, 65.5 KB baseline)
Bare modeOK
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

Verdict

A focused, dependency-light heading accent that built and mounted cleanly, stayed contained across the tested layouts, and raised no automated accessibility findings. Use it selectively: the constant rotation and scaling are conspicuous, and reduced-motion behavior must be added by the adopter.

Use it if

  • You need an animated accent inside a short hero heading or promotional phrase.
  • Your React app already uses Tailwind and can include the registry's custom animation CSS.
  • You want callers to control the gradient palette and animation speed through props.

Skip it if

  • You need static, restrained typography for dense copy or product documentation.
  • Your motion policy requires a built-in reduced-motion fallback.
  • You cannot add Tailwind utilities and custom keyframes to the project.
  • Rotating and scaling text would make the surrounding heading feel visually unstable.

Install

Installation record for magicui-aurora-text
Declared dependenciesnone declared
Missing on installnone
Bare installbuilds and mounts without the shadcn-style helpers
Providerno provider required in the harness

In a non-shadcn React project, copy the client component, add the referenced Tailwind utilities, define the aurora keyframes and animation utility in your styling setup, and add a reduced-motion override if your accessibility policy requires one.

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.