# Updated: Swarm Cursor

By Steven Van · 2026-10-12

The rebuilt React Bits cursor effect adds eddies, hover and click reactions, needs no extra dependencies and installs through shadcn.

Swarm Cursor in [React Bits](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/resources/react-bits>) has been rebuilt as a liquid swarm of particles that flows after the cursor. [The updated animation](<https://reactbits.dev/animations/swarm-cursor>) adds several behaviours that respond to what the pointer is doing.

## How the swarm moves

- The swarm flows after the cursor as it moves.

- When the cursor stops, the swarm curls into eddies.

- It pours around buttons the cursor hovers over.

- It splashes on click.

## Installation

The component adds no extra dependencies. It can be installed in JavaScript or TypeScript, with plain CSS or Tailwind, for example with npx shadcn@latest add @react-bits/SwarmCursor-TS-TW. The page's interactive preview, customization controls and source tabs need JavaScript enabled.

![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/animations/swarm-cursor>)

[Read Updated: Swarm Cursor on Creators Toolbox](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/react-bits-updated-swarm-cursor>)

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Canonical source: https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/react-bits-updated-swarm-cursor