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Paperlab vs ObsidianUI

Compare Paperlab and ObsidianUI - features, pricing, and which is better for your workflow.

What is Paperlab?

Physical paper as a React component — real 3D sheets that peel, unroll, fold and hang, dialled in through a visual editor.

Price: Free

  • Real 3D geometry, not a CSS trick or a video
  • Paper that peels, unrolls, folds and hangs
  • Visual editor with presets, canvas and an inspector
  • Drops into a React app as a component
  • Playground and reference alongside the editor
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What is ObsidianUI?

Open-source React and Tailwind CSS component library of animated, interactive UI effects you can preview, copy, or install via the shadcn CLI.

Price: Free

  • 30+ animated React components built with Tailwind CSS and Motion, plus GSAP, canvas and WebGL effects
  • Categories for buttons, menus, galleries, text animations, scroll animations, cursor effects and backgrounds
  • Interactive live previews with full source code on every component page
  • Install any component with npx shadcn@latest add from the public registry, or copy the files manually
  • shadcn MCP server support so AI assistants can browse and install components
  • Landing page templates (Landing, Fintech, Web3) and a machine-readable registry of 102 items
  • MIT licensed with no account or subscription required
Learn more about ObsidianUI