react-particles-js

Particles.js - React Component

Warning: deprecation notice

Since this library is not actively maintained, it has been deprecated in favor of react-tsparticles which shares the same core functionality of this library.

Particles React component, using tsParticles.

Checkout the demo page.

Installation

npm install react-particles-js || yarn add react-particles-js

How to use

Code

Example:

import Particles from 'react-particles-js';

class App extends Component{
  
    render(){
        return (
            <Particles />
        );
    };

}

Props

Prop	Type	Definition
width	string	The width of the canvas.
height	string	The height of the canvas.
params	object	The parameters of the particles instance.
style	object	The style of the canvas element.
className	string	The class name of the canvas wrapper.
canvasClassName	string	the class name of the canvas.
particlesRef	object	The instance of the particles container

Find your parameters configuration here.

Added functionalities

Polygon mask support

Demo: Polygon mask demo.

Available only since version v2.4.0 (available with npm install react-particles-js@2.4.0).

Requirements

Only the first path of the svg will be fetched so you may want to join all path in your svg.
The SVGPathSeg polyfill is required.
Add it in your index.html:

<script src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/progers/pathseg/master/pathseg.js"></script>

Example

import Particles from 'react-particles-js';

class App extends Component{
  
    render(){
        return (
            <Particles 
                params={{
                    polygon: {
                        enable: true,
                        type: 'inside',
                        move: {
                            radius: 10
                        },
                        url: 'path/to/svg.svg'
                    }
                }} />
        );
    };

}

Parameters

polygon.enable (boolean; default false) - Whether the mask must be enabled
polygon.url (string) - The url of the svg
polygon.type ('inline' | 'inside' | 'outside'; default 'inline') - The particles should be drawn over, inside or outside the svg path
polygon.scale (number; default 1) - How much the svg must be scaled
polygon.move.radius (number; default 10) - The radius which will be used as particles movement boundary
polygon.move.type ('path' | 'radius'; default 'path') - Whether the particles should be bounded to the polygon path or to a given radius, while moving with polygon.type = 'outside' or polygon.type = 'inside'
polygon.inline.arrangement ('random-point' | 'per-point' | 'one-per-point' | 'random-length' | 'equidistant'; default 'one-per-point') - Whether the particles disposition with polygon.type = 'inline' should be random or following some criteria; 'one-per-point' overrides the number of the particles drawn.
polygon.draw.enable (boolean; default false) - Whether the shape should be drawn on the canvas
polygon.draw.stroke.width (number; default .5) - Draw stroke
polygon.draw.stroke.color (string; default 'rgba(255, 255, 255, .1)') - Draw stroke color

Multiple images

Lets you use multiple images as particle shape.

Demo: Multiple images demo.

Available only since version v2.4.0 (available with npm install react-particles-js@2.4.0).

Example

import Particles from 'react-particles-js';

class App extends Component{
  
    render(){
        return (
            <Particles 
                params={{
                    particles: {
                        shape: {
                            type: 'images',
                            image: [
                                {src: 'path/to/first/image.svg', height: 20, width: 20},
                                {src: 'path/to/second/image.jpg', height: 20, width: 20},
                            ]
                        }
                    }
                }} />
        );
    };

}

Line link shadow

Adds blurred shadow to the lines of the canvas.

import Particles from 'react-particles-js';

class App extends Component{
  
    render(){
        return (
            <Particles 
              params={{
            		particles: {
            			line_linked: {
            				shadow: {
            					enable: true,
            					color: "#3CA9D1",
            					blur: 5
            				}
            			}
            		}
            	}}
              style={{
                width: '100%',
                backgroundImage: `url(${logo})` 
              }}
            />
        );
    };

}

Reporting issues

Look for any related issues.
If you find an issue that seems related, please comment there instead of creating a new one.
If you find no related issue, create a new one.
Include all details you can ( operative system, environment, interpreter version, etc.. ).
Include the error log.
Remember to check the discussion and update if there changes.

Contributing

Fork the repository
Create your feature branch
Commit your changes and push the branch
Submit a pull request

Info and Major changes

Starting with v3.0.0 the react-particles-js library has switched its core functionality using tsParticles. This may introduce breaking changes but will allow the library be maintained more frequently.

What's next

The main purpose of this library is to be simple to use, also allowing to be customized.

To accomplish this, an experimental branch has been created in order to provide a boilerplate for the next version of this library.

A live demonstration can be found here.

In this simple demo website, a new approach has been used, giving the application a powerful composability.
Issues concerning best practices, usability, backward compatibility and performances are raising, so..