Fluid Cursor Trail

Installation

npx kinetic-ui-cli@latest add fluid-cursor-trail

How It Works

Instead of using an incredibly heavy WebGL Navier-Stokes fluid simulation solver (which can kill battery life and framerates), this component achieves a near-identical aesthetic using the native HTML5 Canvas 2D API. It spawns soft-edged radial gradients that inherit cursor momentum. By overlapping these gradients with globalCompositeOperation = "screen", they optically blend together to create the illusion of illuminated smoke.

Usage Guide

1. Import the Component

Import the component into your React or Next.js page:

import { FluidCursorTrail } from "@/components/creative/fluid-cursor-trail";

2. Implementation Example

Render the component and customize its behavior by passing props:

import { FluidCursorTrail } from "@/components/creative/fluid-cursor-trail";

export default function Example() {
  return (
    <div className="w-full flex items-center justify-center p-8">
      <FluidCursorTrail
        particleColors="example"
      />
    </div>
  );
}