How do I install Electric Border?

Electric Border is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/electric-border. It copies electric-border.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.

Is Electric Border free for commercial use?

Electric Border 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 Electric Border 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 Electric Border?

Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Electric Border's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.

Electric Border

A live electric arc runs along a card's edge: a stroked rounded rect displaced by fractal noise that is re-rolled a few times a second, over a soft glow. Pure SVG, so it fits any size without measuring.

Category: Display
Licence: Charcoal UI Pro
Built with: React 19, Tailwind CSS 4, Motion
Dependencies: motion, clsx, tailwind-merge

Examples

Electric Border

Raise chaos for a wilder arc, or slow it right down.

API reference

Prop	Type	Default	Description
`color`	`string`	`"var(--ember)"`	Arc colour.
`speed`	`number`	`1`	Jitter rate multiplier.
`chaos`	`number`	`0.5`	How far the arc strays from the edge, 0 to 1.
`thickness`	`number`	`2`	Stroke width in px.
`radius`	`number`	`16`	Corner radius in px.
`children`	`ReactNode`	—
`className`	`string`	—

About Electric Border

Electric Border runs a live electric arc along a card's edge. The stroke is displaced by fractal noise that is re-rolled a few times a second, over a soft glow.

Electric Border 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 Electric Border

Gaming and esports cards.
Highlighted features.
Hackathon and event pages.
Bold call-to-action cards.

How it works

It is a stroked rounded rect run through an SVG turbulence and displacement filter. Because it is SVG, it fits any size without measuring, and reduced motion freezes the arc.

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 Electric Border

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 color, speed, chaos, thickness live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.

color (string, default "var(--ember)"): Arc colour.
speed (number, default 1): Jitter rate multiplier.
chaos (number, default 0.5): How far the arc strays from the edge, 0 to 1.
thickness (number, default 2): Stroke width in px.
radius (number, default 16): Corner radius in px.

The example on this page

Electric Border: Raise chaos for a wilder arc, or slow it right down.

Goes well with Electric Border

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
Card Stack: A swipeable React card stack where the next card rises to meet you
Image Compare: A React before and after image comparison slider you can drag anywhere

Install Electric Border

npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/electric-border

Electric Border 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 electric-border.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 Electric Border?: Electric Border is part of Charcoal UI Pro. Add the @charcoal registry to components.json with your access token, then run npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/electric-border. It copies electric-border.tsx into components/ui and installs motion, clsx, tailwind-merge.
Is Electric Border free for commercial use?: Electric Border 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 Electric Border 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 Electric Border?: Yes. Connect the Charcoal UI MCP server (https://charcoalui.com/mcp) to Claude Code, Cursor or any MCP client; get_component returns Electric Border's props and get_install_command returns the exact command.

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