# AI Loaders for React and Tailwind

> The seconds before a model answers decide whether a product feels quick or stuck. These loaders fill that gap: shimmering status lines, typing dots, pulsing marks and labels that say what the model is doing right now. The good ones stay calm, respect reduced motion and disappear the moment text arrives. Watch each one loop, then install it and wire it to the real state of your request.

5 components. 

- [Twin Orbit](https://layro.dev/@turbostarter/twin-orbit.md): Twin Orbit Loader (`npx layro-cli add @turbostarter/twin-orbit`)
- [Ai Loader](https://layro.dev/@educlopez/ai-loader.md): AI waiting indicators with dots, bar, and grid (`npx layro-cli add @educlopez/ai-loader`)
- [Text Dots](https://layro.dev/@turbostarter/text-dots.md): Text dots animation (`npx layro-cli add @turbostarter/text-dots`)
- [Spokes](https://layro.dev/@turbostarter/spokes.md): AI thinking loader with spinning spokes (`npx layro-cli add @turbostarter/spokes`)
- [Bobbing Dots](https://layro.dev/@turbostarter/bobbing-dots.md): Bobbing dots loader animation (`npx layro-cli add @turbostarter/bobbing-dots`)

## About

AI loaders fill the gap between sending a prompt and the first word of a reply. They come as shimmering status text such as Thinking or Searching, bouncing typing dots, pulsing marks, step labels that change as an agent works and spinners sized to sit inside a message.

Say what's actually happening when you can, since Searching the web is more reassuring than a generic spinner. Swap the loader out the instant text arrives, keep the motion calm, announce the state to screen readers and show elapsed time when waits run long.

## Frequently asked questions

### How do I make a shimmering thinking text effect?

Fill the text with a moving linear gradient clipped to the letters with background-clip text, and animate its background position in a loop. Keep the contrast readable at every point of the sweep.

### How do I make typing dots for a chat?

Render three small dots and animate their opacity or vertical position with staggered delays. Place them where the reply will appear and remove them when the first token arrives.

### What should an AI loading state say?

What the model is doing, such as Thinking, Searching or Reading files, updated as each step starts. Generic text is fine for short waits.

### How long should an AI thinking state stay on screen?

Exactly as long as the wait. Never hold it back after text arrives, and for waits over a few seconds show elapsed time or progress.

### How do I make AI loaders accessible?

Put the status in a polite live region so it's announced once, avoid re-announcing every animation frame and respect reduced motion by keeping the text still.

### Should an AI loader be different from a normal spinner?

It helps. A loader that shows the assistant's state in words or with its own mark feels like part of the conversation, where a plain spinner feels like the page is stuck.

### How do I show progress for a long AI task?

List the steps as they start and finish, or show a progress bar when the total is known, and let people cancel the run.

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