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Thinking Orbs
curatedfreelibrariesdev/thinking-orbs
Dotted thought-orb loading indicators for AI/agent UIs — 9 states (working, searching, solving, listening, connecting, weaving, composing, breathing, shaping), sizes 64/32/20, auto dark/light.
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pnpm add thinking-orbsnpm deps: thinking-orbs
Our notes
Our default agent-activity indicator; wrapped by @oc/agent-status. Canvas 2D, no WebGL. Also: thinking-orbs-native (RN) and SwiftUI.- Source
- libraries.dev
- Kind
- package
- Categories
- loader, agent-ui
- Use as
- drop-in — replaces your component
- Applies to
- loaderagent-ui
- Motion
- on loop, state · subtle · canvas · medium cost · respects reduced motion
- Tags
- npm, mit
- Licence
- MIT (packages). Pro subscription adds a Studio + agent skills.
- Live demo
- Interactive preview
- Docs
- libraries.dev
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