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ruixen-cloud-background

background-effectunclassified

A client-side React canvas that renders flowing cloud bands with an OGL WebGL shader and continuously updates them with an animation loop. It ships as a shadcn registry component, uses utility classes through the cn helper, watches its parent for size changes, and accepts explicit theme and render-quality props.

Specimen
Harness screenshot of ruixen-cloud-background at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of ruixen-cloud-background at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of ruixen-cloud-background 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 ruixen-cloud-background
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowclean at 375, 768, 1440
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal41.0 KB (106.4 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 40.31s
error during build:
[vite:load-fallback] Could not load <sandbox>/src/lib/utils (imported by src/cut/cloud-background.tsx): ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '<sandbox>/src/lib/utils'

Verdict

A credible drop-in for shader-backed atmosphere, with clean mounting and responsive sizing in the prepared harness. It needs a shadcn-style setup because the bare project cannot resolve its shared utility import. Budget for the OGL dependency and add your own motion fallback.

Use it if

  • You want an ambient full-bleed backdrop behind readable page or hero content.
  • Your React app already has WebGL-capable clients and can accommodate a continuous render loop.
  • You need a decorative canvas that can switch between an explicitly supplied light or dark treatment.

Skip it if

  • You need a static background with minimal runtime work or no GPU dependency.
  • Your layout cannot provide a positioned parent with a definite rendered height.
  • You require built-in reduced-motion handling or automatic theme detection.
  • You need the effect to remain meaningful when WebGL is unavailable.

Install

Installation record for ruixen-cloud-background
Declared dependenciesogl
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 OGL, provide a cn class-merging helper at the expected utility alias or replace that import, and ensure the utility classes are available. Render it inside a positioned container with an explicit height, and add reduced-motion and WebGL fallback behavior if your product requires them.

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/ruixenui/ruixen.com
License
MIT
Record published
2026-08-14

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.