Introduction

Introduction to Kivi UI, a premium animated component library for React and Next.js.

Kivi UI is a library that provides animated components, interactive shaders, and full UI blocks built for React and Next js applications, that feels your applications to premium and aesthetic.

Designed with Tailwind CSS and Motion, every component is copy-and-paste ready, offering smooth animations and a premium look to help your website stand out.

What Makes It Different

Most libraries give you the building blocks and leave the motion and polish to you. Kivi UI gives you that layer, already built:

  • Animated text and headings
  • Interactive buttons and badges
  • WebGL and canvas shaders
  • Ready-to-use page sections and hero layouts

The goal is simple: help you build memorable websites in less time.

Why you should choose Kivi UI

Built for modern interfaces

Kivi UI puts motion and visual polish first. Components come with smooth transitions, subtle hover effects, and responsive layouts, so interfaces feel fast and alive.

It does not lock you into a fixed design system. You get flexible building blocks that fit SaaS apps, landing pages, portfolios, and dashboards. Styling comes from Tailwind CSS and animation comes from Motion, so you can change colors, spacing, and timing right in your code. No extra configuration is needed.

Simple to work with

Developer experience is at the center of Kivi UI. Components are short, readable, and easy to change, with no extra layers of abstraction.

Whether you are building a side project or a production app, you save time because you never have to write complex animation logic from scratch.

Made for creative developers

Kivi UI is for developers who want their sites to feel alive. The focus is on clean spacing, readable type, and thoughtful animation.

There are no heavy scripts and no complicated setup. Each component is lightweight and easy to adapt to your own colors and fonts.

The core idea is that building interactive UI should be straightforward and enjoyable.

Ready for real projects

Every component is built for real-world use, with accessibility, responsive layouts, and clean TypeScript types in mind.

Kivi UI works with Next.js (both App Router and Pages Router), Vite, and standard React setups.

All code is copied straight into your project, so you own every file and have full control over it.

Where to Go Next

  • Project Setup: get a Vite or Next.js project ready with Tailwind CSS, Motion, and Lucide React.
  • CLI Setup: add components with the shadcn CLI or the Kivi UI CLI.
  • MCP Server: connect your AI editor or cloud builder to the Kivi UI registry.

Credits

Kivi UI is built on top of excellent open-source projects. Thank you to:

  • React, Vite, and Next.js: the foundation for our components and documentation.
  • Tailwind CSS: utility-first CSS that makes styling fast and flexible.
  • Motion: the animation library behind our transitions and gestures.
  • Gsap: the animation library behind our transitions and gestures.
  • Lucide Icons and Huge Icons: clean SVG icons used across our blocks and components.
  • qrcode: the library behind our interactive QR code particles.