Money Goo, animated React component

A peer-to-peer payment you drag out of your avatar: a liquid neck stretches, thins and snaps, and dropping the amount on a friend pours it in while both balances roll.

Pro
Motion Effects
Spring

Play with it

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

You$248

MKMaya$112

Drag the amount onto Maya.

Props

Prop	Type	Default	What it does
amount	number	40	Amount carried by the draggable blob on each send.
from	MoneyGooPerson	{ name: "You", initials: "ME", balance: 248 }	Sender: name, initials and starting balance.
to	MoneyGooPerson	{ name: "Maya", initials: "MK", balance: 112 }	Recipient: name, initials shown in the avatar, and starting balance.
accent	string	"#0071e3"	Colour of the goo, the blob and the drop-target ring.
autoplay	boolean	false	Sends money by itself on a loop until someone drags.

Add it to your project

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
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/money-goo
```
3
Check what was added
With the standard aliases, these files land in your project:
components/
money-goo/
index.ts
money-goo.tsx
4
Copying by hand? Install the packages
Skip this if you used the command above.
```
npm install framer-motion
```

Use it in a page

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

// app/page.tsx
import { MoneyGoo } from "@/components/money-goo";

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

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Money Goo, animated React component