unlumen UI
A shadcn registry of animated React components, built with Tailwind and Motion, published by an independent designer. It holds primitives (buttons, toggles, tooltips, loading skeletons) and more visual pieces: image effects, animated backgrounds, shaders, navigation, a feed that animates as items arrive, an AI chat window. The project is a fork of Animate UI. Public components are MIT licensed, a commercial Pro range lives separately.
Strengths
- Effects rare in this niche: shaders, image effects, animated backgrounds
- Piece-by-piece install through the shadcn CLI, nothing global
Limitations
- A single author and a commercial Pro range: check the licence of each copied component
- Shaders and animated backgrounds weigh on phones: measure before keeping them
- Assumes React, Tailwind and Motion: outside that stack nothing transfers
Best for
- A landing page that needs one striking visual piece, a background or an image effect