# ui-layouts/cursify

Cursor Animation Library for React & Next.js

Repository: https://github.com/ui-layouts/cursify
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cursify
Homepage: https://cursify.ui-layouts.com
Language: TypeScript
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-03-31T12:15:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 55/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 75, release rhythm 35, longevity 46
- inputs: {"age_days": 647, "days_push": 155, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1991, forks 97 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:03.055682+00:00)

## What it is
Cursify is an open-source React cursor animation library built with TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and Framer Motion, offering components like bubble, spotlight, springy, and character cursors. It ships as a starter repo with a documentation site showcasing copy-paste animated cursor components for React and Next.js projects.

## Use cases
- add animated custom cursors to a react website
- create a spotlight cursor effect in next.js
- make the cursor follow text or characters on scroll
- add a bubble or rainbow cursor animation to a landing page
- copy-paste tailwind cursor components into a project
- build a playful interactive cursor for a portfolio site

## When to choose
- you use React or Next.js with Tailwind CSS and Framer Motion
- you want copy-paste cursor animation components rather than a heavy dependency
- you need a variety of cursor effects like spotlight, springy, or canvas cursors

## When to avoid
- your project is not React-based
- you need a published npm package with a guaranteed license (repo has no license file)
- you require accessibility-friendly or reduced-motion-first cursor behavior out of the box

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: animation, ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: web-development, frontend, web-design
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: cursor-effects, react, nextjs, tailwind-css, framer-motion, typescript, open-source-components, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- ui-layouts/cursify (main) score 55

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:03.055682+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:02:43.216036+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ui-layouts/cursify (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:03.055682+00:00, sha c4069c8e7e4c)
  - homepage: https://cursify.ui-layouts.com (fetched 2026-08-29T10:42:49.832123+00:00, sha f9bb9e776319)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.