qodesign vs Fancy Components
Fancy Components is a free, MIT licensed library of about 40 animated React components and microinteractions, mostly text effects, built with TypeScript, Tailwind CSS and Motion and added through the shadcn CLI. qodesign sells finished animated app screens for Next.js + Tailwind, like logins, tab bars and checkouts, each with a PROMPT.md for your AI editor.
| qodesign | Fancy Components | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3 each (one dashboard $9), or $29 once for all 16 paid | Free. The home page says "free & open source" |
| Free | 6 free components, 5 MIT with no email needed | Everything in the library |
| Size | 16 paid + 6 free components, more added as they ship | About 40 components and microinteractions in its docs: 20 text effects (letter swaps, typewriter, scramble, number ticker and more), plus physics, image, filter, background and carousel pieces and 10 blocks |
| What's in a download | React + Tailwind (TSX), PROMPT.md, HTML file | See their site |
| Licence | Personal, commercial and client projects; no reselling the source | MIT (GitHub) |
| Stack | React + TypeScript, Tailwind (most also use Framer Motion), HTML version included | React, TypeScript and Tailwind CSS, mostly animated with Motion (formerly Framer Motion). You add a piece with the shadcn CLI after adding its @fancy registry to components.json, or copy the source from each component's page |
| Best for | One memorable animated moment in your app (login, checkout, nav, dashboard) | Playful text effects and small interactions for landing pages and portfolios |
Which one to pick
- Pick Fancy Components if
- Pick Fancy Components when you want a headline that scrambles, letters that swap on hover or a typewriter line on your landing page. It's free, MIT licensed and installs with the same shadcn CLI you already use.
- Pick qodesign if
- Pick qodesign when the part that needs motion is a working screen inside your app, like a login, a tab bar or a checkout, and you want it finished rather than assembled from effects. Each piece comes as TSX + HTML with a PROMPT.md for Cursor, v0 or Lovable.
qodesign pieces to look at first
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