How do I install Magic Bento?

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

Is Magic Bento free for commercial use?

Magic Bento 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 Magic Bento 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 Magic Bento?

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

Magic Bento

A bento grid where a spotlight follows the pointer across every card, the border lights up where the pointer is, cards tilt toward it, stars drift up on hover and a click ripples.

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

Examples

Magic Bento

API reference

Prop	Type	Default	Description
`children`	`MagicBentoCard[]`	—
`glow`	`boolean`	`true`
`tilt`	`boolean`	`true`
`particles`	`boolean`	`true`
`spotlightRadius`	`number`	`300`
`color`	`string`	`"var(--ember)"`
`columns`	`number`	`3`
`MagicBentoCard span`	`number`	`1`	Column span of a card.

About Magic Bento

Magic Bento is a bento grid where a spotlight follows the pointer across every card, the border lights up near the pointer, cards tilt, stars drift up on hover and a click ripples.

Magic Bento 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 Magic Bento

Feature sections on SaaS sites.
Product capability overviews.
Portfolio highlights.
Dashboards with personality.

How it works

The grid writes pointer coordinates into each card's CSS variables, so the spotlight and border glow need no re-render. Each effect can be switched off by prop.

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 Magic Bento

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 glow, tilt, particles, spotlightRadius, color live, and the Code tab updates to match, so the snippet you copy already carries your values.

glow (boolean, default true).
tilt (boolean, default true).
particles (boolean, default true).
spotlightRadius (number, default 300).
color (string, default "var(--ember)").
columns (number, default 3).

Goes well with Magic Bento

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 Magic Bento

npx shadcn@latest add @charcoal/magic-bento

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

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