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Magic UI
Animated React components designed to pair with shadcn/ui.
NOT REALLY
why this verdict
Keep it — Anthropic has not replaced it
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the design job, so this one is still worth keeping open.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- AI generates animated components directly from a description. Anthropic, January 1, 2025 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers not the job editorial call
- Parts of it. The job still needs the tool to get finished.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 2 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Aceternity UI and Motion.
- What the call is worth nothing to cancel
- No paid entry tier tracked, so there is no subscription to cancel.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- Anthropic
- Since
- January 1, 2025
- List price
- free
- Per year
- —
The backstory
Magic UI supplies the motion pieces — marquees, beams, number tickers — that landing pages need and that models reproduce badly from scratch. Because the components are copied into your project, an AI assistant can then read and adapt them rather than reinventing the animation maths.
Escape hatches
A 
Aceternity UI Similar animated component set.
ui.aceternity.com open_in_new M 
Motion The animation library underneath.
motion.dev open_in_new2 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.