# Ascii Aquarium

> A dark text-cell aquarium where glowing glyph-tile fish swim, bend and turn across a faint grid, leaving wake dots as shoals of dashes and tiny fish drift by. More like this, plus a designer your coding agent can connect to over MCP, at studios.lou15.com/agents?ref=21st

- Author: [Louis Studios](https://21st.dev/@louisstudios)
- License: mit
- Tags: Background, Hero
- Live preview: https://21st.dev/@louisstudios/components/ascii-aquarium

## Install

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add "https://21st.dev/r/louisstudios/ascii-aquarium?api_key=$API_KEY_21ST"
```

Requires a 21st API key (generate one at https://21st.dev/mcp) passed as `API_KEY_21ST`. Free accounts get a limited number of installs per day; unlimited on a paid plan — see https://21st.dev/pricing.

Full component directory: https://21st.dev/llms.txt · More like this: https://21st.dev/community/components/s/background.md