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Thinking Orbs

Thinking Orbs is a TypeScript web UI library that renders nine animated, monochrome thought-orb indicators on a 2D canvas to represent AI or agent activity.

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Understand the project

Practical overview

When it fits

Use it when a web interface needs a visual signal for an AI agent’s current activity, especially when distinct states, light/dark theme handling or reduced-motion behavior matter.

Who it is for

  • Web developers adding activity feedback to AI chat or agent interfaces.
  • Teams building browser-based agent dashboards that need theme-aware indicators.

Documented uses

  • Show distinct visual states such as searching, solving, listening or connecting.
  • Place a larger indicator at chat-avatar scale or a compact one inline with text.
  • Match indicator contrast to a light or dark interface and respect reduced-motion preferences.
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Requirements & limits

The public GitHub repository identifies the project as MIT-licensed. The documented installation uses npm.

  • The library provides nine distinct activity animations rather than a single loading state.
  • Its 20 and 64 size presets use separately tuned designs rather than scaling one design.
  • Rendering uses a plain 2D canvas; the README says it does not use WebGL or filters.
  • Automatic theme selection follows an ancestor theme class or attribute, then the operating-system color preference; explicit light and dark choices are also available.
  • The README describes per-state accessible labels, a static frame for reduced motion, and pausing when offscreen or when the browser tab is hidden.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Add a Thinking Orb to a web interface

Install the package and render a selected agent activity indicator in a React-style component.

Before you start

  • A web application that can install npm packages.
  • A React-style component context.

Steps

  1. Install the package with the command below.

    Documented command
    npm install thinking-orbs

  2. Import ThinkingOrb from thinking-orbs.

  3. Render the component with a documented state such as searching and a size such as 64.

Expected outcome

A selected animated orb indicator is rendered in the component.

Guide limitations

  • The documented example covers rendering the indicator, not connecting it to an agent’s actual runtime status.
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10 October 2026
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Jakubantalik/thinking-orbs · Official homepage title · retained in its source language
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