Circle Gather: a loader for uploading

Rings of dots swell inward and the center pops, as if bundled and sent. A React loader for an AI agent uploading files.

Installation

Install with the shadcn CLI, or copy the component file. It only needs React.

npx shadcn@latest add https://oxyn.space/r/circle-gather.json

Updates live with the parameters you set.

import { CircleGather } from "@/components/circle-gather";

export function Thinking() {
  return (
    <CircleGather />
  );
}

Prop	Type	Default	Description
dotShape	"round"\|"square"	"round"	Shape of each dot.
dotSize	number	2.5	Resting dot size in px.
scale	number	1.5	How many times larger a dot grows at the peak of the animation.
density	number	11	Dots across the width of the sheet.
size	number	160	Width and height of the orb in px.
duration	number	1.1	Seconds for the rings to swell in turn from the edge to the center, before the center pops.
gap	number	0.4	Seconds to rest after the pop, before the next gather.
minOpacity	number	0.25	Opacity of resting dots. The center dot is always fully opaque as it pops.
color	string	"#e4e4e7"	Dot color.
paused	boolean	false	Coast to a stop on the current frame without unmounting. Turning it off eases back up to speed.
label	string	"Thinking"	Accessible name; the wrapper is role="status".
className / style	—	—	Spread onto the wrapper div, along with any other div props.

Circle Gather is one of the animations in Dot Circle. Use the group when the agent's state changes, and it morphs between them.