This UI component library is mind-blowing

Let's explore a free open-source UI library that replicates advanced animations found on the landing pages of top-tier startups. Learn how to code advanced components in React and other JavaScript frameworks.
Aceternity Components ui.aceternity.com/components
ShadCN ui.shadcn.com/
Parallax Tutorial • The Parallax Effect //...
Fireship Next.js Course fireship.io/courses/nextjs/

[@limarchenko96]

I’m still impressed by Google’s sign in form redesign from last week

[@offlinehub]

same here man, i think it took them 5 month to come up with that idea 😆

[@thecoolnewsguy]

Yeah me too. I never saw such beautiful unique modern design that no one could mimic

[@haresmahmood]

They were hyping it up for weeks too 😂

[@Chaaos2]

Stunning and brave

[@jameslcowan]

The horizontal symmetry was a classy move, far beyond its time; transcendent.

[@manuarora]

Thankyou for sharing Aceternity UI! :) I'm a fireship lifer btw 💯

[@mirjalol49]

Are u senior?

[@abhijeetvdsh]

Manu paaji dil khush hogya Indian dev ko aise redpect paate !! 😊❤

[@nishant_singh]

I know you made this, thanks bro!🙌

[@rexraymond5039]

Thankyou for creating Aceternity UI! :). I really loved and use it now

[@VivekPayasi]

The MADMAN himself!

[@user-pt2rv6br6w]

I've been testing these components recently and I've got lots to say about it: - Most of them look really good but the quality is not consistent (Checkout the 3D card, then go take a look at the buttons). - Almost every component I tried had performance issues. The animations are smooth when it's the only component you're rendering. But your frame rate will drop quite fast as you add more and more components. - Some of them (maybe all of them i haven't checked) are not responsive. For instance, the meteors effect has a hard coded width of 400px... If you want to use these into production, you will need to modify the component's code yourself in order to make them work like you expect. So overall good design but bad implementation.

[@peteredmonds1712]

As soon as I visited their landing page I saw massive performance issues. Basically killed it for me instantly.

[@demonsheadshot8086]

And thats why u make ur own components

[@exzemz]

I’m sure those performance/responsive issues will be fixed in future releases. Then you can just update everything to the latest version…. or wait a minute…

[@user-pt2rv6br6w]

@@exzemz idk, seems to me like this first release was rushed. Hope time fixes this.

[@heroe1486]

@@user-pt2rv6br6w There are no chances you could just "update" tho

[@HemstitchedIrony]

Vercel hires so many people working on amazing open source projects

[@Serizon_]

Vercel has money to burn , also it's free promotion to their name which is why a lot of people use vercel and not netlify even though netlify free tier allows for commercial usage whereas vercel's doesn't. Cloudflare , AWS , netlify are what I think of serverless nowadays

[@brangja4815]

That's called marketing.

[@4RILDIGITAL]

Incredible work explaining the magic behind these UI libraries and their practical use cases. The section on customizing elements and diving into the code was enlightening.

[@abhirajsinha3186]

Been using it for my prev 2 sites, definitely one of the most helpful component libraries

[@Fjonan]

This is the perfect video to remind folks about the "prefers-reduced-motion" CSS media query. Some people genuinely get motion sick from these kind of animation. Bonus tip: designing your animations in a way that can be switched off gives you a way to do that when you notice performance problems.

[@CourageToGroww]

We are really at the point in full stack JS frameworks where we call just a next.js project a vanilla next.js project. xD

[@henriquematias1986]

I mean. We are at a point in JS where every project bare minimun is Typescript and Next 😂 The other day i wrote an API using only node and express and it felt so fast and performatic like if i had wrote koa in assembly. 😂

[@biolater]

@@henriquematias1986Feel like we will be in a point where full stack development gonna be only about htmlx

[@Steel0079]

Nah, I don't think so​@@biolater

[@danielhalachev4714]

@@biolaterNot really. HTMX uses an HTML response from the server, which renders the technology only applicable to servers, which provide data to a single website. You can't build a service, which provides data to a website, an Android app, a native Windows app and a native Linux app simulatenously in the form of HTML. In such cases JSON is unavoidable and HTMX is almost useless. You might argue - well, how many ventures actually require this kind of cross-platform abilities? Quite a few, it seems. Most websites I use have not just a mobile version of the website, they have a mobile app. Therefore, if I were a software architect, I would design a REST API architecture, even if I planned on building just a single website in the near future. This ensures scalability, upgradeability and separation of concerns (therefore easier debugging and maintenance).

[@yowremco]

We have a money laundring portal ish for the goverment which we buikd opensource in vanillaJS. Is quite fast and was fun to do. Althrough there were some tasks where i'd like to have a reactive system (BE was django tho).

[@cryptophrenik8968]

Those are some beautiful looking components!

[@guydht1]

5:16 When a UI library doesn't know to use padding instead of margin:

[@laxuscullen]

What?

[@JoshIbbotson-]

the mouse is hovering over a link, it's applying margin left to the div which moves the div outside of the mouse removing the hover effect and causing and infinite loop. If they had used padding it would not do this.@@laxuscullen

[@nicolashocquard6296]

Can you explain please ??

[@PhoenixStudios147]

@@nicolashocquard6296 cursor is positioned over an element that has a hover effect to indent it slightly. It does this by animating the margin, which in doing so moves the box out from under the cursor, resulting in the box losing its hover status and returning to a default state. If instead padding was used, which changes the position of the content inside the box instead of the box itself, this oscillating action would be avoided.

[@pxlbltz]

@@PhoenixStudios147 ...but in the end it's a transform translate 😉

[@gustavo9758]

"If it looks cool, then the code is correct"... AMEN.

[@sultonbekrakhimov6623]

Exactly, i recently concluded that copy/pasting is the best way of utilizing ui components

[@ficciones4737]

Every influencer doing a video on the same exact component library 🤣 "just a coincidence"

[@AndrosYang]

😂😂😂

[@DarkzarichV2]

What do they do it for

[@gosnooky]

Finally! An easy to implement UI effects library to help drain my users' batteries as fast as possible on mobile devices.

[@Freshbott2]

If it’s not haemorrhaging battery, is it worth looking at?

[@JC-yy5nf]

Having 17kb more of CSS and HTML on a mobile device isn't going to affect a user's battery.... lol

[@danielg3857]

@@JC-yy5nf They probably mean the javascript code for the animations themselves is gonna use more power

[@cptive]

​@@JC-yy5nfThe library it's homepage runs at like 10FPS on an iPhone 15 Plus, called it unoptimized and a battery hog would be an understatement

[@LolKillization]

if it looks good, the code is correct. that's the most encouraging line i've heard in my entire coding career

[@treyrader]

all code is correct. You mean the logic is correct? Sure, it's correct until its deemed legacy and an anti pattern. Who are you? who AM i? lol

[@bestja2137]

that was a joke though

[@trueberryless]

Dude this library is absolutely amazing 😍. I use it for my site, which looks fantastic

[@EDS432]

probably some unknown trashy portfolio

[@ishan28mkip]

who hurt you bro?@@EDS432

[@abhrajitray951]

This library is actually amazing

[@khawajamohsin7194]

Dude, I love your humor. Great videos.

[@hsdev]

Now I have to look into this SHADchedelic library.. looks interesting.

[@xigorxx28]

i love watching videos of coding and programming that I don't understand!

[@gadzhikharkharov140]

Radix doesn't give you "Vercel dashboard-like look". It's a completely unstyled library of basic primitives with focus on accessibility and ease of customization. Hence something like shadcn exists.

[@beyondfireship]

Good call, that was phrased poorly

[@maskettaman1488]

"look" isn't specifically about theme. Functionality is a look too

[@rizzycs]

FireshipAI hallucinating again hehe

[@heroe1486]

@taman1488 Which unique "functionalities" are inherent to Vercel's UI dashboard to justify saying ShadCn is giving you "Vercel's functionalities". It seems like a library giving you normal unstyled components with basic but boring to implement "functionalities" (markups and JS) figured out, an unstyled bootstrap where it's easy to hack the code at the end of the day, I can't see how it's "Vercel's functionalities" Edit : But I guess he means that by default and with the "slate" color theme it's true that their components would fit into the Vercel dashboard

[@maskettaman1488]

@@heroe1486Why are you quoting "Vercel's functionalities" like that's something I said?

[@wishmeheaven]

Brilliant. Both library and overview. I only wish it last longer..

[@alexanderleschanz9991]

Note: Theres already a svelte port of aceternity. Great vid ❤

[@fingerstyledojo]

holy based!

[@not_hehe__]

fuckin a

[@jackb94]

That's so sick 🥳

[@MadeInJack]

Thanks for the info, so cool!

[@iamfrankstallone]

I’ll be impressed when these component libraries, or components sans libraries, are done in vanilla JS or web components.

[@riteshKumarWebDeveloper]

I am working with this library and it's mind blowing🤯

[@_DRMR_]

You could combine Text Generate Effect with Time Based Text recordings for more natural progression of the appearance of the text.

[@edhahaz]

Complexity is off the charts

[@xen2297]

Finally framer motion getting the airtime it should always have

[@adriankal]

Now all we need is a browser plugin to disable all of that to make web fast again. Waiting for a video on that!

[@losbeekos]

Just use IE6

[@0xtz_]

those type of project are the future ✨ the freedom of editing the code and do whatever you want is a whole new level

[@heroe1486]

It's not the future it's the past, just go to theme forest and you'll find tons of "highly interactive/crazy effects" things like that with the code available. The only difference is that here it's open source + using less crappy libraries that are a standard. And we always have the freedom to edit the code on open source projects anyway, that's also as old as open source, it's just easier to copy paste some "trivial" UI stuff that have few lines of code or to copy paste few lines from Stack Overflow than it is to copy paste and edit the code of really complex projects

[@Mateooyt]

I saw it like week ago and it's fire!

[@hrithikgupta1809]

I am proud to see a UI Library by Indian coder are doing this amazing !!!, yesterday only i was trying to work with this and to a got to see it in Fireship video ❣

[@K.Huynh.]

thank you for sharing!!!

[@specsarena1124]

This is so amazing I can't wait to implement it in my Scrach project

[@lancemarchetti8673]

LoL that bat reading a cook was liharious!!

[@a.jstars]

This man is Crazy!! Real Crazy!!!

[@tonhom260]

at first glance , it s really amazing ui lib !!!

[@mtjeth]

Its nice ui, modified it to work with vite + react.

[@DRENGHIR]

THANKS!

[@Jakecodezz]

Ive been using this for a week now

[@ghassenjemai]

I wish Angular UI libraries would see the light one day

[@codinginflow]

That div macbook is wild

[@twowheelsabove]

3:45 оу, спасибо за совет товарищ!

[@nicolaskeith8945]

why does the ad for your NextJS course say v14 while it says v13 on your site?

[@rmdashrfv]

Only bad thing about these videos is that literally everyone is going to start doing it once the Fireship video comes out and it becomes played out in like 2 weeks.

[@YuriG03042]

you think that, but people are very lazy and end up not doing anything unless it's an actual copy and paste tutorial. this was just a glance over

[@rmdashrfv]

You have a good point there @@YuriG03042

[@kissu_io]

Not sure how it is an issue. The thing itself is not that dope anyway.

[@discoRyne]

Very sweet albeit not the most accessible animations. I'd be cautious even targeting power users with hardware to spare. That being said, these effects are inspiring as heck and took me back to the early days of discovering CSS Zen Garden in awe.

[@codejuice5208]

Just WOW!

[@CodingThingsIRL]

And I'm reaping all the benefits! :)

[@Alcaline-hu2vu]

Looks really cool, but it's probably better suited for front pages rather than entire apps. I can imagine load times could be quite high, and the end user would get annoyed after a while. Also, low-end phones be damned

[@lakelimbo]

looks cool, but definitely the type of thing you would probably only use on a landing page or some marketing bs. Can't see myself using most of this things on a more content-focused website, lol

[@tapion1998]

Not a chance. It's for those "experience" websites that eat half of your computer so you can read the mission statement over 20 scrollpages in 10 minutes instead of a simple line of text in a second.

[@valenciawalker6498]

Thanks

[@MCroppered]

The card with the dynamic changing text I think is based on a video the guy off hyperplexed channel did.

[@archamedis]

Would never have known this existed

[@AdamBechtol]

Thx.

[@dan110024]

And here I was thinking Shopify built a cool hover animation on their merch store

[@JesseSlomowitz]

Is Next.js 14 available yet on Fireship? The most recent one that seems available is Next.js 13.

[@nitinjaswal8960]

kudos to Manu paaji

[@MattWyskiel]

The scream I just screampt in my (parked!!) car when the source of the MacBook was revealed

[@Gigusx]

_If it looks cool, the code is correct_ You're goddamn right.

[@sierragutenberg]

I lterally watched a video about these yesterday 😂

[@abdelkaioumbouaicha]

📝 Summary of Key Points: 📌 The video introduces a UI library called Shad CN UI and discusses its unique approach of allowing developers to copy and paste source code directly into their projects for more control over customization. 🧐 Another library, Aternity UI, inspired by Shad CN UI, is highlighted for its advanced animations and components that can be easily integrated into projects using React, Tailwind, and Framer Motion. 🚀 Various examples of animations and effects from Aternity UI are explored, such as SVG line drawing, sparkles using canvas, text generation, gradient manipulation, and parallax effects, showcasing the library's versatility and creativity. 💡 Additional Insights and Observations: 💬 The video emphasizes the ease of use and customization offered by Aternity UI through its copy and paste approach, enabling developers to quickly implement complex animations and effects in their projects. 📊 Aternity UI leverages libraries like Framer Motion and TS particles to achieve stunning visual effects, making it a valuable resource for developers seeking to enhance their UI designs. 📣 Concluding Remarks: The video delves into the innovative approach of Aternity UI, a library that empowers developers to effortlessly integrate captivating animations and effects into their projects. By exploring various examples and dissecting the underlying code, developers can gain insights into creating dynamic and engaging user interfaces. Aternity UI stands out as a valuable tool for those looking to elevate their UI design capabilities with minimal effort. Generated using TalkBud

[@Alcaline-hu2vu]

Did chatgpt write this?

[@TokyoXtreme]

@@Alcaline-hu2vu"TalkBud", it says

[@ThePandaGuitar]

i have a feeling we're going to go back to unstyled very soon

[@marble_wraith]

"Tailwind needs to be a dependency"... i mentally leave the room.

[@aaaaanh]

lol I've just now finished prototyping a project using Aceternity

[@starogre]

for me the issue isn't performance necessarily. i think all flashy new things will have minor performance issues but you sacrifice performance for a fun experience. the problem I have in general is if I want to show off cool stuff I've made, like UI, gifs, video, those are the things eating up performance capability. and then there's no space left for the flashy stuff. but if you're only showing off static images and text these UI components seem pretty cool.

[@kwoerd]

I showed my Grandma how to use to use the keyboard shortcut to copy / paste and she said, “good golly, if I had your brain.” 😆

[@VictorSilvaDev]

Nice

[@steph31830]

Is there some component libraries that do not use Talwind out there?

[@ramanhalder3147]

Framer motion makes the website unnecessarily slow. GSAP does it well on performance

[@ndorfinz]

Imagine the megabytes required to get this all to work, and casually ignoring any accessibility requirements.

[@shadowyt1727]

You should make a video on tanstack router too

[@LabGecko]

The transcript isn't available and auto-captions is failing. Those 3 requirements for Aceternity (2:14) are: React, Tailwind, and what now?

[@nimarion]

Framer Motion

[@devalsays]

This is the way..!

[@LV-md6lb]

I wish someone told me this about React 7 years ago when I first got into VueJS. It just seems that React has everything when Vue spent years trying to evolve from 2 to 3. I love it but I also hate it because it doesn't have such a versatile and complete eco-system of SaaS from authentication, mind blowing component libraries, payment services, CMSes etc. Crazy

[@kaedriz]

At least you are still sane. Don't mind them, most of these libraries will come and go. I, for instance, hate learning react, but it got such market share. Vue is such a pleasant thing to write with SFC and other things, styled components could never get close to native (s)css. Fortunately, companies are starting to pick up Vue more.

[@petter9078]

Are there any component libraries out there for those who wants to stick with vanilla js?

[@s3rverlord]

Oo Manu!

[@parsonsmarcus]

Concatenating long strings in JavaScript is a nightmare for efficiency! Use the "StringBuilder" methodology of pushing every string into an empty array, and then joining it at the end with an empty string. It makes a HUGE difference with large strings in JS.

[@alexzakharov7911]

Interesting how heavy a page is with all that bells and whistles

[@JaiMaini]

Been following this library, just wish they had mobile solutions too

[@HenriAGS]

I only used it with Next, is there any way that it would work with a create-react-app application?

[@barts5040]

The NextJs course is targeting NextJs 13, are you planning to update the course to cover NextJs 14? Thank you 👋

[@ALexJelly]

@ 3:11 what even is that extension that "collapses" the code blocks or whatever it does on the top of the tailwind.config.js file? I need that in my life right now

[@yuzu-dev]

Check settings. Sticky scroll

[@karlstenator]

3:23 - "Windows Key + V": "Look at me. I'm the captain now".

[@maikelm20]

What vscode extension is being used to make the line a function is declared at sticky the top of the page?

[@maikelm20]

Nvm found it, sticky scroll setting

[@Ghaleon]

What would be the best framework for a BACKEND developer build a frontend app? Svelt?

[@younes-47]

Then you have to deal with the villain : Responsiveness 😂

[@IlyaGromov]

What color theme do you use in your vscode?

[@beinyourguard]

5:25 I've never heard of no "Fight Club".

[@NostraDavid2]

Fight whatnow? Never heard of it!

[@ankansarkar5076]

02:48 mannu paaji tussi great ho 🙆‍♂️🙌

[@WebDevEducation]

"Let's begin the reaping process" 😂

[@tristanguiano]

YES!!!!

[@user-kw9cu]

The CO2 emission after this video: 📈

[@MyQuietRiot]

Is Aceturnity available for use on wordpress, wix, and the like?

[@thruvitorseyes4181]

can i use the library with jsx files or only tsx?

[@DzulfikarSaladin]

the thumbnail changed immediately after i click this video

[@mohammad-aman1105]

I used this Aceternity UI library when it launched but there are a lot of bugs in the code and the team is actively maintaining the library

[@zayndejohn2432]

Could you use acernity with webflow?

[@godofwar8262]

Anyone can tell me all packages may be used in this project

[@mattiamontanari5746]

Would this revolutionary copy-paste technology work in static websites too? I know JS scrips can, but I wonder how much of this can be used in a simple static webpage generator like Hugo

[@iAmPerflexed]

And so ends... The days of loading a webpage and being in awe of some creative dev who custom-made a cool animation. I honestly debate whether it is even worth going out of my way to learn raw CSS and JS and do things the hard way so I can actually MAKE stuff when I'm competing with the ability to throw together a collage of pre-made components in a fraction of the time with equally little effort.