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magicui-ripple

background-effectaurora-meshmotion on file

A memoized React background effect that renders concentric, absolutely positioned circles and pulses them with a custom keyframe. It ships as a shadcn registry component, uses Tailwind utility classes and theme CSS, and imports 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-ripple at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. This viewport scrolled sideways.
Harness screenshot of magicui-ripple at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of magicui-ripple 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-ripple
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowflagged at 375
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal29.9 KB (95.4 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 697ms
error during build:
[vite:load-fallback] Could not load <sandbox>re-9103996079de/src/lib/utils (imported by src/cut/ripple.tsx): ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '<sandbox>re-9103996079de/src/lib/utils'

Verdict

A focused decorative effect that builds and mounts cleanly in its intended environment, but narrow layouts need containment work. It needs a shadcn-style setup because the bare project cannot resolve the expected utility helper.

Use it if

  • You need a restrained animated backdrop behind a badge, logo, icon, or short callout.
  • Your container can be positioned and clipped so the expanding rings stay within its bounds.
  • Your app already uses Tailwind and can carry registry theme CSS.

Skip it if

  • You need a drop-in component for plain CSS or a non-Tailwind styling system.
  • The effect must fit narrow screens without adjusting the host container, since the tested narrow view overflowed.
  • You require reduced-motion behavior out of the box; the source runs an infinite animation without a motion preference guard.

Install

Installation record for magicui-ripple
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, clsx, and tailwind-merge; create the cn utility or replace its import; configure the source alias; and copy the ripple keyframe and animation theme entry. Give the host relative positioning and overflow clipping, then add a reduced-motion rule if required.

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 background-effect pattern, ordered by what they measured: mounts first, then clean axe scans, then bare-mode passes, then the smaller bundle.