Hero ASCII Eclipse

Installation & details

Hero ASCII Eclipse by NS UI. A full-bleed ASCII hero built around an occlusion event: a dark glyph disc transits a bright sun disc over a fixed starfield, the pointer dragging the transit, and a corona blooms at the rim only as the two centers nearly align, the way a real solar corona is o

React · Tailwind CSS · MIT license · Original registry

Added to PODIE 2026-10-04 · Catalog updated 2026-10-04 · Page updated 2026-10-04

Installation and usage

The published examples target React 19 and Tailwind CSS 4. See the recorded installation tests and their limits; verify compatibility in your own project.

01 — Set up your project

First component? Initialize shadcn once.

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest init

02 — Install the component

pnpm dlx shadcn@latest add https://podie.dev/r/ns-ui--hero-ascii-eclipse.json

03 — Add it to your interface

Import the component from the path created by the installer.

'use client';
import EffectHeroAsciiEclipse from '@/components/podie/ns-ui--hero-ascii-eclipse/demo';
export default function Example() {
  return (
    <div style={{ width: '100%', height: '100vh' }}>
      <EffectHeroAsciiEclipse />
    </div>
  );
}

Example styling

These styles belong to the demo wrapper. Add them to your stylesheet to reproduce this example.

.expanded-demo { position:relative; display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center; width:360px; max-width:100%; min-height:180px; padding:15px; isolation:isolate }
.demo-stack { display:flex; flex-direction:column; align-items:center; justify-content:center; gap:22px }
.demo-action { display:inline-flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center; gap:8px; border:1px solid var(--border, #e5e5e5); border-radius:8px; background:var(--muted, #f5f5f5); color:var(--foreground, #171717); padding:10px 16px; font-size:13px; cursor:pointer }
.demo-action:hover { background:var(--accent, #eee) }
.demo-tile { padding:16px 22px; background:var(--muted, #f5f5f5); border:1px solid var(--border, #e5e5e5); border-radius:12px; color:var(--foreground, #171717); font-size:15px }
.demo-art { display:flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center; min-height:140px; padding:30px; width:280px; max-width:100%; background:var(--muted, #f5f5f5); border:1px solid var(--border, #e5e5e5); border-radius:16px; text-align:center; font-size:25px; letter-spacing:-.7px; color:var(--foreground, #171717) }
.demo-art.h-full { height:100%; min-height:0 }
.demo-gradient { position:relative; background:linear-gradient(145deg,#b6c7d1,#d5bcd6 50%,#e2d5bb); border-radius:16px; padding:20px; color:#222 }
.demo-gradient .demo-tile { background:#ffffff48 }
.demo-scene { position:relative; width:360px; height:260px; max-width:100%; overflow:hidden; border-radius:12px }
.demo-scene-label { position:absolute; left:0; right:0; top:50%; transform:translateY(-50%); text-align:center; font-size:25px; line-height:1.3; font-weight:500; letter-spacing:-.7px; z-index:1; pointer-events:none }
.demo-dot { display:block; width:60px; height:60px; border-radius:50%; background:var(--foreground, #171717) }
.expanded-demo:has(.codrops-preview) { width:100%; max-width:none; height:100%; padding:0 }
.codrops-preview { width:100%; height:100%; border:0; border-radius:inherit }

Dependencies and distribution

clsx, tailwind-merge The CLI installs declared dependencies. React is a project prerequisite; scenes may include bundled libraries with their own notices.

By NS UI · MIT license. Original component source and license included.