# Updated: Faulty Terminal

By Steven Van · 2026-10-12

The CRT-style React background adds phosphor glow, cursor trails and click glitches, and the vendor says it now runs around 4x faster.

Faulty Terminal, the flickering CRT background in [React Bits](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/resources/react-bits>), has been [updated](<https://reactbits.dev/backgrounds/faulty-terminal>) with several new effects and a speed improvement.

## What changed

- Phosphor glow on the glyphs

- Trails under the cursor

- Glitches on click

- A cleaner light mode

- New dot and character glyphs

## Performance

The vendor says the component is around 4x faster than before.

## Installation

The component installs through the shadcn CLI. The TypeScript and Tailwind variant uses npx shadcn@latest add @react-bits/FaultyTerminal-TS-TW. JavaScript and plain CSS versions are also offered.

![React Bits](<https://reactbits.dev/favicon.ico>)

React Bits

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[View React Bits →](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/resources/react-bits>)

Sources

[Original source](<https://reactbits.dev/backgrounds/faulty-terminal>)

[Read Updated: Faulty Terminal on Creators Toolbox](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/react-bits-updated-faulty-terminal>)

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Canonical source: https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/react-bits-updated-faulty-terminal