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davidhdev/react-bits

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TLDR

A collection of 110+ animated React components you can copy-paste into your project and customize instantly, with variants for JavaScript/TypeScript and CSS/Tailwind.

Mindmap

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  root((React Bits))
    What it does
      110+ components
      Text animations
      UI elements
      Animated backgrounds
    How to use
      Copy-paste code
      Customize props
      Four variants each
      shadcn CLI install
    Tech stack
      React
      JavaScript
      TypeScript
      Tailwind CSS
    Use cases
      Landing pages
      Portfolios
      Marketing sites
      Web applications
    Features
      Tree-shakeable
      Browser tools
      Background generator
      Visual effects

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Build a landing page with animated text and UI elements without writing custom animations.

USE CASE 2

Create a portfolio site with polished, interactive components that stand out visually.

USE CASE 3

Add animated backgrounds and visual effects to a marketing website using pre-built tools.

USE CASE 4

Quickly prototype a web app with ready-made components that match your design system.

Tech stack

ReactJavaScriptTypeScriptCSSTailwind CSS

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
Open-source license allowing free use and modification for any purpose, including commercial projects.

In plain English

React Bits is an open-source collection of animated, interactive, and customizable React components designed to help developers build visually striking websites without spending hours building animations from scratch. The library includes over 110 components covering text animations, UI elements, and animated backgrounds, and the collection grows regularly. The goal is to let you grab a polished, ready-made component and drop it into your project, then customize it to fit your design. The components are built using standard React patterns and are designed to be lightweight and tree-shakeable, meaning your app only bundles the code it actually uses. Each component comes in four variants, JavaScript with plain CSS, JavaScript with Tailwind, TypeScript with plain CSS, and TypeScript with Tailwind, so you can pick the combination that matches your project's setup. Installation is handled via the shadcn CLI or jsrepo, which lets you add individual components with a single command. Beyond components, the project also offers creative browser-based tools for generating animated backgrounds, creating rounded corner shapes between elements, and applying visual effects to images and videos. You would use React Bits when building a landing page, portfolio, marketing site, or any web application where you want animated or visually rich UI elements without writing complex CSS or JavaScript animations yourself. It is especially useful if you are working with React and want copy-paste-ready components that are customizable at the props level or directly in the source. The tech stack is JavaScript and TypeScript, using React as the UI framework, with CSS and Tailwind CSS as styling options.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to install a React Bits component using the shadcn CLI and customize it with Tailwind CSS.
Prompt 2
I want to add a text animation to my React landing page. Which React Bits components would work best and how do I integrate them?
Prompt 3
How do I use the React Bits background generator tool to create an animated background for my website?
Prompt 4
Can you help me pick the right variant (JavaScript/TypeScript, CSS/Tailwind) for my React project and explain how to import components?
Prompt 5
I need animated UI elements for a portfolio site. Walk me through finding, copying, and customizing a React Bits component.
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