# Loader

> Animated loading indicator with seventeen variants including spinner, dots, bars, dot-matrix, morph, comet, metaballs, newton, helix, percent and terminal-style ascii spinners, scaling from a single size prop with reduced-motion support.

- Author: [Saurabh Chauhan](https://21st.dev/@saurabh10102)
- Library: Be UI
- License: MIT
- Tags: Animation, Motion, Loading, Loader, Spinner
- npm dependencies: motion
- Live preview: https://21st.dev/@saurabh10102/components/loader

## Install

```bash
npx shadcn@latest add "https://21st.dev/r/saurabh10102/loader?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/animation.md