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Glowing Background Stars Card

Card background stars that animate on hover and animate anyway

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Next.js 14

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Installation

Install dependencies

npm i motion clsx tailwind-merge

Add util file

lib/utils.ts
import { ClassValue, clsx } from "clsx";
import { twMerge } from "tailwind-merge";
 
export function cn(...inputs: ClassValue[]) {
  return twMerge(clsx(inputs));
}

Copy the source code

components/ui/glowing-stars.tsx

"use client";
 
import React, { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
import { AnimatePresence, motion } from "motion/react";
import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 
export const GlowingStarsBackgroundCard = ({
  className,
  children,
}: {
  className?: string;
  children?: React.ReactNode;
}) => {
  const [mouseEnter, setMouseEnter] = useState(false);
 
  return (
    <div
      onMouseEnter={() => {
        setMouseEnter(true);
      }}
      onMouseLeave={() => {
        setMouseEnter(false);
      }}
      className={cn(
        "bg-[linear-gradient(110deg,#333_0.6%,#222)] p-4 max-w-md max-h-[20rem] h-full w-full rounded-xl border border-[#eaeaea] dark:border-neutral-600",
        className
      )}
    >
      <div className="flex justify-center items-center">
        <Illustration mouseEnter={mouseEnter} />
      </div>
      <div className="px-2 pb-6">{children}</div>
    </div>
  );
};
 
export const GlowingStarsDescription = ({
  className,
  children,
}: {
  className?: string;
  children?: React.ReactNode;
}) => {
  return (
    <p className={cn("text-base text-white max-w-[16rem]", className)}>
      {children}
    </p>
  );
};
 
export const GlowingStarsTitle = ({
  className,
  children,
}: {
  className?: string;
  children?: React.ReactNode;
}) => {
  return (
    <h2 className={cn("font-bold text-2xl text-[#eaeaea]", className)}>
      {children}
    </h2>
  );
};
 
export const Illustration = ({ mouseEnter }: { mouseEnter: boolean }) => {
  const stars = 108;
  const columns = 18;
 
  const [glowingStars, setGlowingStars] = useState<number[]>([]);
 
  const highlightedStars = useRef<number[]>([]);
 
  useEffect(() => {
    const interval = setInterval(() => {
      highlightedStars.current = Array.from({ length: 5 }, () =>
        Math.floor(Math.random() * stars)
      );
      setGlowingStars([...highlightedStars.current]);
    }, 3000);
 
    return () => clearInterval(interval);
  }, []);
 
  return (
    <div
      className="h-48 p-1 w-full"
      style={{
        display: "grid",
        gridTemplateColumns: `repeat(${columns}, 1fr)`,
        gap: `1px`,
      }}
    >
      {[...Array(stars)].map((_, starIdx) => {
        const isGlowing = glowingStars.includes(starIdx);
        const delay = (starIdx % 10) * 0.1;
        const staticDelay = starIdx * 0.01;
        return (
          <div
            key={`matrix-col-${starIdx}}`}
            className="relative flex items-center justify-center"
          >
            <Star
              isGlowing={mouseEnter ? true : isGlowing}
              delay={mouseEnter ? staticDelay : delay}
            />
            {mouseEnter && <Glow delay={staticDelay} />}
            <AnimatePresence mode="wait">
              {isGlowing && <Glow delay={delay} />}
            </AnimatePresence>
          </div>
        );
      })}
    </div>
  );
};
 
const Star = ({ isGlowing, delay }: { isGlowing: boolean; delay: number }) => {
  return (
    <motion.div
      key={delay}
      initial={{
        scale: 1,
      }}
      animate={{
        scale: isGlowing ? [1, 1.2, 2.5, 2.2, 1.5] : 1,
        background: isGlowing ? "#fff" : "#666",
      }}
      transition={{
        duration: 2,
        ease: "easeInOut",
        delay: delay,
      }}
      className={cn("bg-[#666] h-[1px] w-[1px] rounded-full relative z-20")}
    ></motion.div>
  );
};
 
const Glow = ({ delay }: { delay: number }) => {
  return (
    <motion.div
      initial={{
        opacity: 0,
      }}
      animate={{
        opacity: 1,
      }}
      transition={{
        duration: 2,
        ease: "easeInOut",
        delay: delay,
      }}
      exit={{
        opacity: 0,
      }}
      className="absolute  left-1/2 -translate-x-1/2 z-10 h-[4px] w-[4px] rounded-full bg-blue-500 blur-[1px] shadow-2xl shadow-blue-400"
    />
  );
};

Props

Prop nameTypeDescription
classNamestringThe class name of the GlowingStars component.

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