Nexus UI

Like Burst, animated React component

A like button whose heart squashes and fills with a ring shockwave and a particle burst, while the count rolls digit by digit.

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  • Spring

Play with it

Move the controls and watch it change. Copy code gives you a snippet with only the props you changed.

Props

PropTypeDefaultWhat it does
countnumber—Controlled like count.
defaultCountnumber1299Starting count when uncontrolled.
likedboolean—Controlled liked state.
defaultLikedbooleanfalseStarting liked state when uncontrolled.
onChange(liked: boolean, count: number) => void—Called with the next liked state and count.
colorstring"#ff3b5c"Heart, ring and particle colour.
size"sm" | "md" | "lg""md"Button size.
burstnumber10Particles in the burst; 0 turns it off.
labelstring"Like"Accessible label; the count is appended.
classNamestring—Extra classes on the button.

Add it to your project

  1. 1

    Prepare your project

    You need Tailwind CSS and the @/import alias. If shadcn isn't set up yet, initialise it once:

    npx shadcn@latest init

    Then add the Nexus registry to your components.json (the registries key is the part that matters):

    {
  "$schema": "https://ui.shadcn.com/schema.json",
  "style": "default",
  "rsc": true,
  "tsx": true,
  "tailwind": {
    "css": "src/app/globals.css",
    "baseColor": "neutral",
    "cssVariables": true,
    "prefix": ""
  },
  "aliases": {
    "components": "@/components",
    "utils": "@/lib/utils",
    "ui": "@/components/ui",
    "lib": "@/lib",
    "hooks": "@/hooks"
  },
  "registries": {
    "@nexus-labs": "https://www.nexus-ui.com/api/registry/{name}"
  }
}
  2. 2

    Add the component

    Run this from your project root. It adds the component, the utilities it uses and its packages.

    npx shadcn@latest add @nexus-labs/like-burst
  3. 3

    Check what was added

    With the standard aliases, these files land in your project:

    components/
    like-burst/
    index.ts
    like-burst.tsx
  4. 4

    Copying by hand? Install the packages

    Skip this if you used the command above.

    npm install framer-motion lucide-react
  5. 5

    Use it in a page

    Import it and render it. The Code tab above has the full example.

    // app/page.tsx
import { LikeBurst } from "@/components/like-burst";

export default function Page() {
  return (
    <main>
      <LikeBurst />
    </main>
  );
}

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