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Magic UIKokonut UI
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- Editor's pick: Magic UI.
- No logged gotchas: Magic UI.
| Field | Magic UImagicui.design | Kokonut UIkokonutui.com |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | 100+ animation-heavy components built on shadcn/ui with Motion, installed through the standard shadcn CLI so source lands in your repo. Includes animated cards, hero sections, AI-chat inputs, gradient and beam effects, sign-in screens. |
| Category | UI component libraries | UI component libraries |
| Cost tier | free | free |
| Pricing | Free · MIT · Pro ~$199 once | Free · MIT · Pro $119 once |
| 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 'make this look designed, not generated' layer. Good for contributor cards, issue tiles and newsletter signup blocks. |
| Watch out for | not logged | Authored Next.js-first — some components import next/image or next/link and need one-line swaps in Vite. Small project, single-maintainer. |
| How to wire it up | pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @magicui/globe | npx shadcn@latest add @kokonutui/ |
| Editor's pick | Yes | No |
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# Tool comparison — Magic UI vs Kokonut UI Source: Kbaise, a directory of tools that work with Lovable projects. Pick one and tell me why before writing any integration code. ## Magic UI (magic-ui) - URL: https://magicui.design/ - Category: UI component libraries - Cost: free — Free · MIT · Pro ~$199 once - 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. - 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. - Wiring: pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add @magicui/globe - Full dossier: /api/public/tools/magic-ui ## Kokonut UI (kokonut-ui) - URL: https://kokonutui.com/ - Category: UI component libraries - Cost: free — Free · MIT · Pro $119 once - What it is: 100+ animation-heavy components built on shadcn/ui with Motion, installed through the standard shadcn CLI so source lands in your repo. Includes animated cards, hero sections, AI-chat inputs, gradient and beam effects, sign-in screens. - Why builders pick it: The 'make this look designed, not generated' layer. Good for contributor cards, issue tiles and newsletter signup blocks. - Trap: Authored Next.js-first — some components import next/image or next/link and need one-line swaps in Vite. Small project, single-maintainer. - Wiring: npx shadcn@latest add @kokonutui/ - Full dossier: /api/public/tools/kokonut-ui ## Quick read - Editor's pick: Magic UI. - No logged gotchas: Magic UI. ## Rules 1. Prefer the free tier when no budget was stated, and say what the ceiling is. 2. Read the full dossier before integrating. 3. Fetch /api/public/models before writing any AI model ID.
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