Cursorly.js - Customize cursor with multiple effects, emojis and more!

Cursorly.js is a lightweight, customizable JavaScript library for creating custom cursors withanimated trails, emojis, and visual effects. It supports multiple cursor icons, dynamic effects,custom emoji and easy integration with any web project.

🚀 Features

• 🧩 40+ built-in cursor icons
• 💥 15+ ready-to-use visual effects
• 💫 Emoji particle support
• ⚙️ Easy configuration & real-time customization
• 🪄 Fully extensible — define your own effects!
• 🪶 Lightweight & dependency-free

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🎨 Built-in Effects

Effect Name	Description	Type
trail	Rainbow particle trail	default
sparkle	Glitter sparkle effect	default
emoji	Emoji trail (✨)	emoji
firing	Fire-like explosion	firing
circle	Circular light trail	circle
none	Disables particle effect	default
neonGlow	Neon-style glow	default
fireworks	Multi-color burst	default
snowfall	Soft white snow	default
aura	Gradient aura	default
comet	Comet trail	default
emojiHearts	💖 trail	emoji
emojiStars	⭐ trail	emoji
emojiFire	🔥 trail	emoji
emojiSnow	❄️ trail	emoji
emojiMagic	🪄 trail	emoji

Browser Support

Cursorly.js works in all modern browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge).

Installation

Include via CDN:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/iamashruu/[email protected]/dist/cursorly.min.js"></script>

Basic Usage

Initialize the cursor with default options:

const cursor = Cursorly.init();

OR, Initialize with custom icon and effect:

const cursor = Cursorly.init({
    cursor: 0, // Index of the cursor icon (default: 0)
    effect: { name: "trail", color: "rainbow" } // Effect name and color are required
});

OR, Initialize with custom icon and emoji effect

const cursor = Cursorly.init({
    cursor: 0,
    effect: { name: "emoji", shape:"👻"}
});

Cursor Icons

Cursorly supports multiple icons. Change icon dynamically:

cursor.setIcon(1); // Change to icon index 1

Default Effects

Effect options (only name and color are required):

cursor.setEffect({
    name: "sparkle",   // 'trail', 'sparkle', or 'emojiSnow',etc
    color: "#ff4081",  // Hex color or "rainbow"
    density: 10,       // Optional, number of particles per mouse move
    size: [3, 12],     // Optional, min and max particle size
    decay: 0.92,       // Optional, particle shrink rate
});

🧩 Creating Custom Effects

You can define custom effects using the same structure as built-ins.

const starlightBurst = {
        name: "starlightBurst",
        color: ["#ffcc00", "#ffffff", "#ff99ff"],
        density: 8,
        size: [3, 9],
        decay: 0.9,
        type: "default"
};

cursor.setEffect(starlightBurst);

💎 Emoji List

Cursorly includes an emoji selector with 100+ emojis ready to use in effects, including:
✨ 🔥 💖 ❄️ ⭐ 🪄 🤖 🌈 💫 🦋 ⚡ 🍀 🎉 🌸 💎 🎈 🌟 🧠 🕹️ 🌼 🌺 🌻 🧊 🫧 🪐 ☄️

Custom Emoji Effects

CursorlyJS supports custom emoji effects out of the box.
You can easily create and set them dynamically.

const emojiButterfly = {
  name: "emojiButterfly",
  shape: "🦋",
  color: "white",
  density: 4,
  size: [2, 5],
  decay: 0.85,
  type: "emoji",
};

cursor.setEffect(emojiButterfly);

👉 That's it — no registration needed!

Alternatively, you can also set a custom emoji effect like this way (only name='emoji' and shape='your desired emoji' are required):

cursor.setEffect({
    name: "emoji",   // required, use 'emoji' always for custom emoji effect
    shape: "👻",     // required, put desired emoji
    density: 10,       // Optional, number of particles per mouse move
    size: [3, 12],     // Optional, min and max particle size
    decay: 0.92,       // Optional, particle shrink rate
});

Disable or enable effects dynamically::

cursor.disableEffect(); // Turn off particle effects
cursor.enableEffect();  // Turn on particle effects

Enable/Disable Cursor

Cursorly supports multiple icons. Change icon dynamically:

cursor.disable(); // Hide custom cursor, revert to default
cursor.enable();  // Show custom cursor again

🧠 Contribution

We welcome contributions from the community!

1. Fork the repo
2. Add your custom icons or effects
3. Submit a PR with a short demo and description

🏷️ Tags

#javascript #webdev #frontend #cursor #cursoranimation #library #opensource #cursoreffects #emoji #cursorparticles #cursorly #customcursor

CursorlyJS — Because your pointer deserves some personality ✨