# Updated: Pixel Blast

By Steven Van · 2026-10-12

The React Bits background gains drift, shimmer, glow, an accent color, a blast intro, cursor lighting, new shapes and a perspective floor.

Pixel Blast, the dithered pixel-cloud background in [React Bits](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/resources/react-bits>), has been [updated](<https://reactbits.dev/backgrounds/pixel-blast>). The clouds look the same but render more smoothly and softly, and the component now runs much faster with no dependencies.

## What's new

- Pixels drift, shimmer and glow.

- An accent color can be set.

- A blast intro plays when the background loads.

- A cursor that lights pixels up as it moves over them.

- New shapes and a perspective floor.

## Installation

The component is available in JavaScript or TypeScript, with plain CSS or Tailwind. The TypeScript and Tailwind version installs with npx shadcn@latest add @react-bits/PixelBlast-TS-TW.

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

React Bits

An open-source collection of 200+ animated, interactive React components and micro-interactions.

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

Sources

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

[Read Updated: Pixel Blast on Creators Toolbox](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/react-bits-updated-pixel-blast>)

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Canonical source: https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/react-bits-updated-pixel-blast