Card Stack
Swipe the top card left or right and the next one rises to meet you. Buttons do the same for keyboard users.
- Category: Display
- Licence: Charcoal UI Pro
- Built with: React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Motion
- Dependencies: motion, clsx, tailwind-merge
Examples
Card Stack
API reference
| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
items | T[] | — | |
getKey | (item: T) => string | — | |
renderCard | (item: T) => ReactNode | — | |
onSwipe | (item: T, dir: "left" | "right") => void | — | |
leftLabel / rightLabel | string | "Skip" / "Keep" |
About Card Stack
Card Stack shows one card at a time with the next ones peeking behind. Swipe the top card left or right and the next rises to meet you; buttons do the same for keyboard users.
Card Stack is a display component for React 19, styled with Tailwind CSS 4 and animated with Motion. It drops into Next.js, Vite, Remix or Astro through the shadcn CLI as a single file you own.
When to use Card Stack
- Onboarding and tips.
- Quick decisions and triage.
- Testimonials one at a time.
- Product discovery.
How it works
The top card is a constrained drag with rotation mapped from its offset. Past the threshold it flies off and the stack advances on springs.
Interactive parts are buttons or links with accessible names, decorative layers are hidden from assistive tech, and everything is reachable by keyboard. With prefers-reduced-motion on, it holds still or settles instantly instead of animating.
Customizing Card Stack
Every prop is documented in the API reference above with its type and default. The ones you will reach for first are listed here.
The Customize panel next to the preview lets you change leftLabel, rightLabel live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.
- items (T[]).
- getKey ((item: T) => string).
- renderCard ((item: T) => ReactNode).
- leftLabel / rightLabel (string, default "Skip" / "Keep").
Goes well with Card Stack
These display pieces share its tokens and motion language, so they sit together on one page without clashing.
- Tilt Card: A 3D tilt card for React that leans toward the pointer with a moving glare
- Spotlight Card: A React spotlight card: an accent glow follows the pointer across card and border
- Sortable List: A drag-to-reorder React list with lifted shadows and keyboard sorting
- Image Compare: A React before and after image comparison slider you can drag anywhere
- Flip Card: A 3D React flip card on a springy hinge, by click or hover
Install Card Stack
npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/card-stackCard Stack is part of Charcoal UI Pro. One seat unlocks all 300 Pro components, 107 landing-page sections and 100 full templates, for every personal and client project, with updates included. Add the @charcoal registry once with your access token, then the command above copies card-stack.tsx into components/ui and installs clsx, tailwind-merge.
You own the file you install: no runtime package, no lock-in, nothing to keep in sync. Change it however your product needs.
See Charcoal UI Pro pricing · Pro setup
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install Card Stack?
- Card Stack is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/card-stack. It copies card-stack.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
- Is Card Stack free for commercial use?
- Card Stack needs a Charcoal UI Pro seat, monthly or a one-time lifetime price. A seat covers unlimited personal and commercial projects, including client work, and every future Pro component.
- Does Card Stack work with Next.js?
- Yes. It is a client component for React 19 styled with Tailwind CSS 4, so it works in the Next.js App Router and Pages Router, Vite, Remix and Astro.
- Can an AI coding agent install Card Stack?
- Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Card Stack's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.