Development · Web app
Thinking Orbs
Animated loading and status orb components for AI agent interfaces
Thinking Orbs is an open-source UI component library providing animated orb visualizers for various AI agent states. It includes six distinct animation styles optimized for light and dark modes with zero external dependencies. It is available as the npm package thinking-orbs.
What it's for
- Display animated loading and reasoning states in AI chat interfaces
- Indicate agent listening, searching, and thinking statuses in web apps
- Customize micro-interactions for modern LLM-driven user experiences
Features
- Six distinct animated orb states (Searching, Solving, Working, Thinking, Listening, Shaping)
- Zero external runtime dependencies
- Optimized for both small icon scales and large displays
- Built-in support for light and dark themes
- Installable via npm (npm install thinking-orbs)
Pricing
Free and open source
Details
- Type
- Web app
- Category
- Development
- Topic
- UI Components
- Open source
- Yes
- Platforms
- Code library, Web
- For
- Frontend developers and UI/UX designers building AI agent interfaces
- Tags
- react, ui components, ai agents, animations, loading states, npm
Why it was saved
- @Jakubantalik: Ready-made, polished loading indicators for agent/LLM interfaces — the kind of micro-interaction detail the user cares about in product design.
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