# Updated: Soft Aurora

By Steven Van · 2026-10-12

Soft Aurora's band now follows a nearby cursor, pulses on click and blooms in, with new presets, a tilt option and no added dependencies.

The [React Bits](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/resources/react-bits>) Soft Aurora background has been [updated](<https://reactbits.dev/backgrounds/soft-aurora>) so the aurora band reaches toward a nearby cursor.

## What changed

- The band reaches toward the cursor when it is nearby.

- Clicks send a pulse of light along the band.

- The band blooms in from a thin line.

- New presets, a tilt option and a cleaner light mode.

The update adds no extra dependencies.

## Install

Soft Aurora is a shader built on 3D Perlin noise and cosine gradient palettes. It can be added with npx shadcn@latest add @react-bits/SoftAurora-TS-TW, and the component page offers JavaScript or TypeScript variants with plain CSS or Tailwind.

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Sources

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

[Read Updated: Soft Aurora on Creators Toolbox](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/react-bits-updated-soft-aurora>)

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