Antalik React Effects
npm workspaces monorepo shipping border-beam and liquid-gooey React effect packages
The repo behind Jakub Antalik's React effect packages. The URL /Jakubantalik/border-beam now redirects to /Jakubantalik/Libraries, an npm-workspaces monorepo that publishes two zero-dependency packages plus the demo site for each. border-beam renders an animated traveling or breathing glow around any wrapped element; liquid-gooey (v0.1.0) does SVG-filter gooey merge, jelly shape change, contact dissolve and liquid-rubber trail effects, and claims Safari support. Each package carries its own README and MIT LICENSE, and releases publish per package from a GitHub release.
npm install border-beam # or: npm install liquid-gooeyRead the package README at packages/<name>/README.md, not the repo root — the root README only documents the workspace layout and deploy setup. Both packages are zero-dependency with react/react-dom >=18 as the only peers, so they drop into a shadcn/Tailwind project without pulling in framer-motion or GSAP. Note the versions differ sharply in maturity: border-beam is at 1.3.0 and stable, liquid-gooey is at 0.1.0 and its SVG-filter approach is far more expensive to composite, so do not put many gooey instances on one screen.
Why it is here. A rare pair of effect packages that ship as real npm libraries with zero dependencies instead of copy-paste snippets, and the author documents the browser-support and performance trade-offs honestly.
- zero runtime dependencies
- npm workspaces monorepo
- MIT licensed
- two packages: border-beam and liquid-gooey
- per-package releases
Verified 2026-08-15. HTTP 200. https://github.com/Jakubantalik/border-beam (301 to /Jakubantalik/Libraries), api.github.com/repos/Jakubantalik/Libraries, raw README.md, raw packages/border-beam/README.md, registry.npmjs.org/border-beam, registry.npmjs.org/liquid-gooey
