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magicui-hyper-text

text-effectdark-futuristicmotion on file

A client-side React text scramble that cycles each non-space character before revealing the supplied string. It ships as registry source, renders through Motion elements, uses Tailwind utility classes, and imports the shadcn-style 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-hyper-text at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of magicui-hyper-text at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of magicui-hyper-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-hyper-text
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal71.6 KB (137.1 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 1.14s
error during build:
[vite:load-fallback] Could not load <sandbox>re-1ae32aa5d037/src/lib/utils (imported by src/cut/hyper-text.tsx): ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '<sandbox>re-1ae32aa5d037/src/lib/utils'

Verdict

A focused, configurable scramble effect that is easy to justify for occasional display text, but excessive for ordinary copy. It builds and mounts in the prepared harness, while a bare project fails on the cn alias, so it needs a shadcn-style setup or a small source adaptation.

Use it if

  • You want a short headline, label, or hero phrase to resolve from randomized characters.
  • Your React interface already uses Motion and can absorb another client-rendered animation.
  • You need configurable timing, viewport triggering, hover replay, or a custom character set.

Skip it if

  • You need static or server-only text with no client-side animation runtime.
  • You cannot provide a reduced-motion alternative for visitors who disable animation.
  • Your design must preserve the supplied letter case because the rendered characters are forced to uppercase.
  • Adding Motion for a decorative headline is not worth the dependency cost in your bundle.

Install

Installation record for magicui-hyper-text
Declared dependenciesmotion, clsx, 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, install Motion, clsx, and tailwind-merge; add a cn helper at the expected alias or replace that import. Configure the alias and Tailwind utilities, keep the file as a client component, and add your preferred reduced-motion behavior.

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
2026-08-17

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.