# Vortex — component for particles & physics (react)

> **For AI agents:** find the right skill in one call — `curl -s "https://skills.varg.ai/api/search?q=<what the person wants>"` returns the matching use case and the best skills with install commands, as markdown (Russian works too). Full index: https://skills.varg.ai/llms.txt. Every page has a markdown twin: add `.md` to its path. Before generating anything, show the person the options on the use-case page.

Hundreds of small glowing particles stream along a noisy swirl, each leaving a short trail

- **Install:** `npx shadcn@latest add @aceternity/vortex`
- **Registry:** aceternity · **Framework:** react · **License:** Aceternity License (free components)
- **Docs and preview:** https://ui.aceternity.com/components/vortex
- **Source:** https://ui.aceternity.com/components/vortex
- **Example:** https://skills.varg.ai/previews/lib-aceternity-vortex.mp4?v=141141 (Rendered by varg from the library’s own code (Aceternity UI))
- **Time:** Drive from the frame. Runs on its own clock (requestAnimationFrame, timers, springs or CSS). Drive it from frame / fps before rendering, or the render drifts.
- **Runs:** local render, free
- **Aspect:** any

## Prompt that renders it frame-exact

Use Aceternity UI's Vortex (https://ui.aceternity.com/components/vortex; free under the Aceternity License, fine in commercial video, source not redistributable) as an energetic full-frame backdrop for a title or CTA. Install with `npx shadcn@latest add @aceternity/vortex`. Particles move through simplex noise on a canvas requestAnimationFrame loop with Math.random spawns, so for rendering seed the random generator and advance the simulation a fixed number of steps per frame from frame 0 (Remotion), or step it from the HyperFrames timeline. Tune particleCount, baseHue, rangeY, baseSpeed, rangeSpeed, baseRadius, rangeRadius and backgroundColor.

## Used in

- [Top-N listicle](https://skills.varg.ai/video/listicle.md)
- [Quiz, poll & would-you-rather](https://skills.varg.ai/video/quiz.md)
- [Bar chart race](https://skills.varg.ai/video/chart-race.md)
- [Science what-if explainer](https://skills.varg.ai/video/science-explainer.md)
- [Lyric video](https://skills.varg.ai/video/lyric-video.md)
- [Audio visualizer](https://skills.varg.ai/video/visualizer.md)
- [Logo sting](https://skills.varg.ai/video/logo-sting.md)
- [Countdown & launch timer](https://skills.varg.ai/video/countdown.md)

## More particles & physics

- [Confetti](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.confetti.md) — `npx hyperframes add confetti`
- [Liquid Metal](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.liquid-metal.md) — `npx hyperframes add liquid-metal`
- [Particle Image Reveal](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.particle-image-reveal.md) — `npx hyperframes add particle-image-reveal`
- [Pendulum Swing](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.pendulum-swing.md) — `npx hyperframes add pendulum-swing`
- [Snow](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.snow.md) — `npx hyperframes add snow`
- [Spiral Galaxy](https://skills.varg.ai/component/hf.spiral-galaxy.md) — `npx hyperframes add spiral-galaxy`