Head to head
Magic UI vs ElevenLabs UI
Magic UI and ElevenLabs UI solve the same job (UI component libraries), so this is a pick-one decision. Magic UI is our default here: Best stack fit of the animated libraries. Animated beams for a table-of-contents, number tickers for circulation stats, shimmer on a subscribe CTA, marquee for a sponsor row — polish without changing anything structural or blowing the image budget. Watch out: The Orb pulls in Three.js and React Three Fiber — heavy for one decorative element. Agent components like ConversationBar require a real ElevenLabs agentId. Docs target Next.js only; Vite works but is undocumented.
Quick read
- Editor's pick: Magic UI.
- No logged gotchas: Magic UI.
| Field | Magic UImagicui.design Not yet swept | ElevenLabs UIui.elevenlabs.io Not yet swept |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | 150+ animated components built with React, TypeScript, Tailwind and Motion, explicitly designed as the companion to shadcn/ui. Installs with the exact same CLI you already use. No Three.js dependency; components stay under ~5 kB tree-shaken. | ~22 components built directly on shadcn/ui for audio and conversational interfaces: Orb, Waveform, Live Waveform, Bar Visualizer, Audio Player, Scrub Bar, Transcript Viewer. Installs via the plain shadcn CLI. |
| Category | UI component libraries | UI component libraries |
| Cost tier | free | free |
| Pricing | Free · MIT · Pro ~$199 once | Free · MIT |
| Why builders pick it | Best stack fit of the animated libraries. Animated beams for a table-of-contents, number tickers for circulation stats, shimmer on a subscribe CTA, marquee for a sponsor row — polish without changing anything structural or blowing the image budget. | The audio-edition play. If your project runs interviews, a podcast, or narrated features, the Audio Player, Waveform and Scrub Bar are a finished listening UI you would otherwise build from scratch — and the visual components work standalone with no ElevenLabs account. |
| Watch out for | not logged | The Orb pulls in Three.js and React Three Fiber — heavy for one decorative element. Agent components like ConversationBar require a real ElevenLabs agentId. Docs target Next.js only; Vite works but is undocumented. |
| How to wire it up | pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @magicui/globe | npx shadcn@latest add https://ui.elevenlabs.io/r/all.json |
| Editor's pick | Yes | No |
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