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Animated copy-in React components · by Dillion Verma

Magic UI

Free, MIT-licensed animated React components for landing pages (text effects, backgrounds, device mocks), copied in shadcn-style, with paid Magic UI Pro templates.

Visit magicui.design ↗ Alternatives Free tier Open source
Magic UI homepage
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Overview

Magic UI is a set of reusable components you copy and paste into web apps, aimed at landing pages and user-facing marketing: animated text, special effects, backgrounds, buttons, device mocks and marquee-style showcases. Its author says the library is heavily inspired by shadcn/ui, and components are distributed the same way, so they sit alongside shadcn/ui components in a Next.js and Tailwind project.

The open-source repository is MIT-licensed, was created in 2023 and is mainly maintained by Dillion Verma with community contributions. Components use Tailwind CSS and Motion (formerly Framer Motion) for animation.

Magic UI Pro is the commercial offer: templates and premium components for building landing pages, advertised as Next.js and TypeScript ready at $199 as a one-time purchase. Like other animation collections, it is best used for marketing surfaces; it does not replace an application component library for forms, tables and dialogs. Check each component's dependencies before copying, since effects can pull in Motion and extra client-side code.

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Pricing and plans

Free tier · no card

All Magic UI components are free and open source under MIT.

At the limit Not stated The vendor does not say what happens at the limit, or we have not found it yet.

Plan Price What you get
Magic UI Free Open-source animated components
Magic UI Pro $199 one time 8 templates and 50+ premium components; shown as a limited-time offer

The docs page advertises Magic UI Pro at $199 once as a limited-time offer; the separate pricing page could not be fetched. fromPrice is empty because the purchase is one-time.

Source: magicui.design/docs · prices as published, excluding tax.

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What it does

Animated components
Text animations, special effects, backgrounds, buttons and device mockups.
shadcn-compatible
Components install as source files next to shadcn/ui components.
Templates
Landing page templates, with more in Magic UI Pro.
Motion-based
Animations are built with Motion and Tailwind CSS.
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Strengths and limitations

Strengths

  • Quick way to add polished landing page effects
  • Free core under MIT
  • Fits into shadcn/ui projects

Limitations

  • Marketing effects, not a full application component library
  • React and Tailwind only
  • Animation-heavy components add JavaScript and can affect performance on low-end devices
  • Pro pricing is presented as a limited-time offer, so it may change
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Who it suits

Good for

  • SaaS landing pages and product launches
  • Next.js marketing sites on shadcn/ui

Look elsewhere if

  • Application UI such as forms, tables and dashboards
  • Non-React projects
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Alternatives to Magic UI

Tool From Free option Stages
shadcn-vue Copy-in Vue component collection and CLI
— Open source
Angular Material Official Material Design components for Angular
— Open source
PrimeVue Vue component suite (commercial licence from v5)
— Free tier
shadcn-svelte Copy-in Svelte component collection and CLI
— Open source
Ark UI Headless multi-framework components
— Free tier
HeroUI Styled React component library (formerly NextUI)
— Free tier

All UI component libraries →

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Questions

Is Magic UI free?

Yes, the components are MIT-licensed; Magic UI Pro templates are paid.

How much is Magic UI Pro?

The docs advertise it at $199 as a one-time purchase, labelled a limited-time offer.

Does Magic UI work with shadcn/ui?

Yes. It is inspired by shadcn/ui and components are copied into your project the same way.

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