# aicanvas [Health: Active]

**Category:** 💻 Developer Tools  
**Repository:** https://github.com/aicanvas-me/aicanvas  
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**Directory Page:** https://allmcps.com/mcp/aicanvas

## Description
Browse and install 75+ free animated, shadcn-compatible React components from AI Canvas.

## Claude Desktop Quick Installation
Install path detected from listing signals. Uses `npx` (confidence: high):

```json
"mcpServers": {
  "aicanvas": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y","shadcn@latest"]
  }
}
```

## Documentation & README

<p align="center">
  <a href="https://aicanvas.me">
    <img width="100%" alt="AI Canvas: open-source animated React and Tailwind components, design systems, and templates, installable with the shadcn CLI or your AI editor over MCP" src="https://ik.imagekit.io/aitoolkit/readme-banner.png" />
  </a>
</p>

<h1 align="center">AI Canvas</h1>

<p align="center">
  <b>Open-source animated React and Tailwind components, design systems, and templates.</b><br/>
  Browse, copy, and ship. Or let your AI editor install them for you.
</p>

<p align="center">
  <a href="https://github.com/aicanvas-me/aicanvas/stargazers"><img src="https://img.shields.io/github/stars/aicanvas-me/aicanvas?style=flat&logo=github" alt="GitHub stars" /></a>
  <a href="https://github.com/aicanvas-me/aicanvas/blob/HEAD/LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-A8B94D.svg" alt="License: MIT" /></a>
  <a href="https://www.npmjs.com/package/@aicanvas/mcp"><img src="https://img.shields.io/npm/v/%40aicanvas%2Fmcp?logo=npm&label=%40aicanvas%2Fmcp" alt="@aicanvas/mcp on npm" /></a>
  <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/shadcn%20registry-%40aicanvas-000000.svg" alt="shadcn registry: @aicanvas" />
</p>

<p align="center">
  <b><a href="https://aicanvas.me">Browse the live catalog at aicanvas.me</a></b>
</p>

A growing collection of animated React components, plus a token-driven design system and ready-made templates. Every component arrives as real source code in your project, with an AI remix prompt that works in any AI coding tool. Open core: the free library is MIT, and Premium is proprietary.

## Install

Add any component to your project with one command:

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add @aicanvas/task-cards
```

Starting a new project? Initialize first, then add:

```bash
npx shadcn@latest init        # new projects only
npx shadcn@latest add @aicanvas/task-cards
```

One-command installs use a free AI Canvas account: signed out, the CLI writes a small placeholder file instead of the component. [Sign up free](https://aicanvas.me/account/sign-up), then copy your personal install command from any component page. No account needed to read the code: every free component's full MIT source lives right here in this repo.

### Three ways to use it

| Path | Command or action | Best for |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **shadcn CLI** | `npx shadcn@latest add @aicanvas/<slug>` | Dropping finished, open-source code straight into your repo |
| **AI Canvas MCP** | `npx -y @aicanvas/mcp` | Letting your AI editor search and install components for you |
| **Remix with AI** | Copy the full prompt from any free component page | Rebuilding a component your way in any AI coding tool |

Browse the full catalog and copy the exact command for any component at [aicanvas.me](https://aicanvas.me). `pnpm dlx`, `yarn dlx`, and `bunx` work too.

## Why AI Canvas

- **Open core, free to start.** The free library is MIT licensed, so you can use it in personal and commercial projects, modify it freely, and ship it without attribution. Premium components, design systems, and templates are proprietary.
- **Full source, yours to keep.** Every component arrives as real React and TypeScript code in your codebase, not a black-box dependency. Restyle it, extend it, or ship it as is. It is yours.
- **Built for AI workflows.** Install with the shadcn CLI, connect the MCP so your agent installs for you, or hand it a remix prompt that works in any AI coding tool.
- **Animated by default.** Built with Framer Motion and Tailwind CSS, ready for the Next.js App Router or any modern React setup. 3D pieces use Three.js.

AI Canvas is free to start. Premium unlocks design systems, templates, and closed-source components.

## Featured components

<table>
  <tr>
    <td align="center" width="25%">
      <a href="https://aicanvas.me/components/particle-constellation"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/aitoolkit/particle-constellation.png" width="200" alt="Spider Web" /></a><br/>
      <a href="https://aicanvas.me/components/particle-constellation"><b>Spider Web</b></a><br/>
      Interactive silk web that reacts to your cursor
    </td>
    <td align="center" width="25%">
      <a href="https://aicanvas.me/components/cube-carousel"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/aitoolkit/cube-carousel.png" width="200" alt="Cube Carousel" /></a><br/>
      <a href="https://aicanvas.me/components/cube-carousel"><b>Cube Carousel</b></a><br/>
      Drag-to-spin 3D photo cube
    </td>
    <td align="center" width="25%">
      <a href="https://aicanvas.me/components/curious-ai"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/aitoolkit/curious-ai.png" width="200" alt="Curious AI" /></a><br/>
      <a href="https://aicanvas.me/components/curious-ai"><b>Curious AI</b></a><br/>
      Morphing 3D AI orb that follows your cursor
    </td>
    <td align="center" width="25%">
      <a href="https://aicanvas.me/components/ripple-type"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/aitoolkit/ripple-type.png" width="200" alt="Ripple Type" /></a><br/>
      <a href="https://aicanvas.me/components/ripple-type"><b>Ripple Type</b></a><br/>
      SVG text that ripples on toggle
    </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td align="center" width="25%">
      <a href="https://aicanvas.me/components/product-card-deck"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/aitoolkit/product-card-deck.png" width="200" alt="Product Card Deck" /></a><br/>
      <a href="https://aicanvas.me/components/product-card-deck"><b>Product Card Deck</b></a><br/>
      Flick-through draggable card deck
    </td>
    <td align="center" width="25%">
      <a href="https://aicanvas.me/components/glass-music-player"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/aitoolkit/glass-music-player.png" width="200" alt="Glass Music Player" /></a><br/>
      <a href="https://aicanvas.me/components/glass-music-player"><b>Glass Music Player</b></a><br/>
      Glass mini player with spinning vinyl
    </td>
    <td align="center" width="25%">
      <a href="https://aicanvas.me/components/andromeda-button"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/aitoolkit/andromeda-button.png" width="200" alt="Andromeda Button" /></a><br/>
      <a href="https://aicanvas.me/components/andromeda-button"><b>Andromeda Button</b></a><br/>
      Sci-fi blueprint button, five variants
    </td>
    <td align="center" width="25%">
      <a href="https://aicanvas.me/components/glass-dock"><img src="https://ik.imagekit.io/aitoolkit/glass-dock.png" width="200" alt="Glass Dock" /></a><br/>
      <a href="https://aicanvas.me/components/glass-dock"><b>Glass Dock</b></a><br/>
      macOS-style dock with cursor magnification
    </td>
  </tr>
</table>

Browse all components at [aicanvas.me](https://aicanvas.me).

## Use it with your AI editor (MCP)

Connect AI Canvas to your AI editor and let your agent search, inspect, and install components for you. Save tokens. Do not start from scratch.

```bash
claude mcp add aicanvas -- npx -y @aicanvas/mcp
```

Or add it to your MCP config:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "aicanvas": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@aicanvas/mcp"]
    }
  }
}
```

Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and other MCP-compatible editors. The server is read-only and fetches the live registry at runtime, so new components reach your agent shortly after they ship. It returns published component metadata and source.

## Design systems and templates

Beyond standalone components, AI Canvas ships **Andromeda**, a token-driven sci-fi and blueprint design system, with ready-made templates like Mission Control, Service Order, Resource Planning, and Signal Room. Installing an Andromeda component brings its source code plus the shared token bundle it depends on.

See it at [aicanvas.me/design-systems/andromeda](https://aicanvas.me/design-systems/andromeda).

## Repository layout

This repo holds the full AI Canvas source: the website **and** every free component. The component source lives here, not just the site.

| Path | What's there |
| --- | --- |
| [`components-workspace/<slug>/`](https://github.com/aicanvas-me/aicanvas/blob/HEAD/components-workspace) | Each free component: `index.tsx` source, `prompts.ts` remix prompt, `spec.md` |
| [`design-systems/andromeda/`](https://github.com/aicanvas-me/aicanvas/blob/HEAD/design-systems/andromeda) | The free Andromeda design system source: tokens, components, utilities |
| [`app/`](https://github.com/aicanvas-me/aicanvas/blob/HEAD/app) | The aicanvas.me website (Next.js App Router) |
| [`scripts/generate-registry.mjs`](https://github.com/aicanvas-me/aicanvas/blob/HEAD/scripts/generate-registry.mjs) | Builds the shadcn registry JSON from the sources above |

The `@aicanvas` registry files served at `/r/*.json` are **generated at build time** from `components-workspace/` and `design-systems/`, so there is no checked-in `registry/` folder. Run `node scripts/generate-registry.mjs` to produce them locally.

## Tech stack

React and TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and Framer Motion. Built for the Next.js App Router and works in any modern React setup. 3D components use Three.js.

## Project status

AI Canvas is an actively maintained project. New components, design systems, and templates ship regularly. If AI Canvas saves you time, a star helps more builders find it.

[![Star History Chart](https://api.star-history.com/svg?repos=aicanvas-me/aicanvas&type=Date)](https://star-history.com/#aicanvas-me/aicanvas&Date)

## Contributing

AI Canvas is open source under MIT. Issues, ideas, and pull requests are welcome. Open an issue to suggest a component or report a bug.

## License

The free library is MIT licensed. Use it in personal and commercial projects, modify it freely, and ship it without attribution. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/aicanvas-me/aicanvas/blob/HEAD/LICENSE). Premium components, design systems, and templates are proprietary under the AI Canvas Premium License.