---
title: "How to Build an Animated Badge Component with shadcn/ui"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-build-an-animated-badge-component-with-shadcn-ui-eymgvkmv9
source_url: https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-build-an-animated-badge-component-with-shadcn-ui
type: article
source: "freeCodeCamp"
published: 2026-06-24T18:18:23.268Z
updated: 2026-06-24T18:18:47.503Z
tags: ["react", "css", "tailwind-css", "shadcn", "framer-motion"]
reading_time: 11
upvotes: 10
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# How to Build an Animated Badge Component with shadcn/ui

**[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · 11 min read · 10 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

A step-by-step guide to building an animated badge component using shadcn/ui, Tailwind CSS, and Framer Motion (motion/react). Covers installing a pre-built badge from the Shadcn Space registry via CLI, then walks through wrapping the Badge component with motion.create(), adding layered radial-gradient glow effects, animating a check icon with easeOutBack spring physics, and staggering individual letter animations using Variants and custom index values. Includes a customization example showing how to create a blue 'Verified' variant by swapping colors and icons.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@springtofigh** · 0 upvotes

> Badge numbers 7 and 8 look great with their gradients👌✨

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