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magicui-sparkles-text

text-effectgradient-glowmotion on file

A client-side React text treatment that scatters continuously animated SVG stars across emphasized copy. It ships as a shadcn registry component, uses Motion for animation, relies on Tailwind utility classes, and imports a project-local cn helper through the standard alias.

Specimen
Motion capture of the mounted demo, recorded by the harness. No audio track.
Harness screenshot of magicui-sparkles-text at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of magicui-sparkles-text at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of magicui-sparkles-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-sparkles-text
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal67.1 KB (132.5 KB build, 65.4 KB baseline)
Bare modeFAIL
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

What the harness recorded

BARE BUILD

✗ Build failed in 26.46s
error during build:
[vite:load-fallback] Could not load <sandbox>/src/lib/utils (imported by src/cut/sparkles-text.tsx): ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '<sandbox>/src/lib/utils'

Verdict

A focused accent for occasional display copy, with clean verified rendering and no detected accessibility findings. It needs a shadcn-style setup to work as shipped, and its perpetual timer-driven animation makes it a poor default for repeated or content-heavy use.

Use it if

  • You need a decorative sparkle treatment for a short hero heading or campaign phrase.
  • Your app already uses Tailwind, Motion, and the usual shadcn utility alias.
  • You want configurable sparkle colors and density without managing animation assets.

Skip it if

  • You need static or reduced-motion-aware text without adding custom behavior.
  • You are keeping the client bundle lean and do not otherwise use Motion.
  • You need long-form or frequently updating text where perpetual sparkles would distract.
  • Your design system avoids continuously running timers and animations.

Install

Installation record for magicui-sparkles-text
Declared dependenciesmotion
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 Motion, provide Tailwind with the referenced utility classes, create or replace the cn class-merging helper, and configure the source alias or change that import to a local path. Add a reduced-motion policy if your product 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
2026-08-14

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.