Ascii Water
Ascii Water is an interactive background in the UI HUB interactive backgrounds collection. It is built with React and ships as a self-contained component you can copy into an existing project without pulling in a component library.
The component works without configuration, and can be restyled through its own class names and CSS custom properties.
Preview the interactive background in the browser above, copy the source, and paste it into your project. Interactive Backgrounds components in UI HUB are grouped by category so you can compare effects side by side before choosing one.
What is Ascii Water?
Ascii Water is an interactive background in the UI HUB React component library, built for interactive backgrounds. It runs in the browser as a React component and can be dropped into an existing React and Tailwind CSS project.
How Ascii Water behaves
FLIP fluid simulation (after Matthias Mueller's ten-minute-physics solver) renders a pool of water as monospace characters on a hidden pre element.
Ascii Water at a glance
- Category
- Interactive Backgrounds
- Pricing
- Free to use
- Styling
- Tailwind CSS
- AI prompts
- Ready for Advance, Antigravity, Claude Code, Cursor, Lovable
Technical information for Ascii Water
| Category | Interactive Backgrounds |
|---|---|
| Libraries | React only |
| Styling | Tailwind CSS |
| Usage example | Included on this page |
How to use Ascii Water
- Install React if your project does not already use it.
- Copy the usage example from the Source section of this page. It shows the import path and the props the component expects.
- Render <AsciiWater /> in your page using that import path.
- Render the component with no props to get the default behaviour.
Ascii Water questions
What is Ascii Water?
Ascii Water is an interactive background in the UI HUB React component library, built for interactive backgrounds. It runs in the browser as a React component and can be dropped into an existing React and Tailwind CSS project.
Which category does Ascii Water belong to?
Ascii Water is listed under Interactive Backgrounds in the UI HUB catalog. Interactive backgrounds react to cursor movement, scroll and pointer position, so the page feels alive instead of static. Every background here is built as a real React component with configurable props, so you can tune colours, density and speed rather than shipping a black box. Preview one in the browser, read the props, then copy the code straight into your project.
Is Ascii Water free to use?
Ascii Water is a free component on UI HUB. You can preview it in the browser and read the full props table on the component page.