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magicui-typing-animation

text-effectdark-futuristicmotion on file

A client-side React typing effect that reveals, pauses, deletes, and cycles through text with optional viewport triggering and cursor styles. It ships as a shadcn registry TypeScript component, uses Motion for the rendered element and visibility detection, and expects a shared cn utility plus Tailwind cursor animation configuration backed by clsx and tailwind-merge.

Specimen
Motion capture of the mounted demo, recorded by the harness. No audio track.
Harness screenshot of magicui-typing-animation at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of magicui-typing-animation at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of magicui-typing-animation 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-typing-animation
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal70.4 KB (135.9 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 1.31s
error during build:
[vite:load-fallback] Could not load <sandbox>re-f325c8316d9d/src/lib/utils (imported by src/cut/typing-animation.tsx): ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '<sandbox>re-f325c8316d9d/src/lib/utils'

Verdict

A capable, configurable choice for decorative short-form typing in an existing shadcn-style app. It builds and mounts cleanly in that environment, but the bare failure confirms it needs a shadcn-style setup. The Motion dependency is hard to justify for a single lightweight text flourish.

Use it if

  • You need a hero headline or short callout that types once when it enters the viewport.
  • You want a rotating set of short phrases with configurable typing, pause, deletion, and cursor behavior.
  • Your React app already uses Motion and a shadcn-style utility and Tailwind setup.

Skip it if

  • You need the effect to honor reduced-motion preferences without adding your own handling.
  • You are minimizing client-side JavaScript and do not otherwise need Motion.
  • Your copy contains complex joined emoji or grapheme clusters that must never split during typing.
  • The changing text must provide purpose-built live-region announcements for assistive technology.

Install

Installation record for magicui-typing-animation
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 or replace that import; configure the source alias if retained; and add the Tailwind cursor keyframes and animation utility. Ensure the file is compiled as a client component.

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.