Hero209: ASCII Render Hero

A developer tool hero over the ascii-render component, which raymarches a rotating form and drifting noise into a low-res cell buffer and prints it with a monospace glyph ramp, lighting cells around the cursor, while a headline, an intro and two buttons sit on the quiet side.

Installation

Swap YOUR_EMAIL and YOUR_KEY for the email and license key on your account. Find your license key on your account page.

Radix flavor

npx shadcn add "https://ui.beste.co/r/hero209?email=YOUR_EMAIL&license_key=YOUR_KEY"

Base UI flavor

npx shadcn add "https://ui.beste.co/r-base/hero209?email=YOUR_EMAIL&license_key=YOUR_KEY"

This installs the block to components/beste/block/hero209.tsx plus the ascii-render background and the button23 and button2 buttons it uses.

Quick start

The installed file exports hero209Demo alongside the block: the exact props behind the preview above. Spread it to get a working hero in one line.

import { Hero209, hero209Demo } from "@/components/beste/block/hero209";

export default function Page() {
  return <Hero209 {...hero209Demo} />;
}

Then replace the demo with your own props. Written out, a trimmed setup looks like this:

import { Hero209 } from "@/components/beste/block/hero209";

export default function Page() {
  return (
    <Hero209
      eyebrow="Remote build cache for monorepos"
      heading="Your builds, already done."
      description="Fingerprint every task in your monorepo and replay the output from cache."
      buttons={[
        { label: "Start for free", href: "/signup" },
        { label: "Read the docs", href: "/docs" },
      ]}
      ascii={{
        inkColor: "var(--foreground)",
        paperColor: "var(--background)",
        accentColor: "var(--primary)",
        scene: "lattice",
        align: "right",
        cellSize: 14,
      }}
    />
  );
}

Props

type ActionButton = {
  label: string;
  href: string;
};

Behavior notes

• The scene fills the section behind the copy. A gradient from background runs top to bottom on phones and left to right across 60% of the width from md, so the text side stays quiet; pair it with align: "right".
• On phones a 400px spacer under the copy leaves room for the form to show.
• Colors accept CSS variables, so the demo's var(--foreground), var(--background) and var(--primary) follow the theme.
• The loop pauses offscreen or in a hidden tab, and cells grow larger when frames run slow.
• With reduced motion, the surface shows a still frame and the copy skips its rise-in. Without WebGL, it falls back to a dot grid.