# Changelog

> Release notes for Cult UI, covering new shadcn/ui components, API changes, fixes, and registry updates, newest first.

Source: https://www.cult-ui.com/docs/changelog

## September 2026 - 58 new components

### Renames

The gradient-rim / frosted kit is now named **Halo**. Old `animated-*` doc URLs redirect, and registry install names still resolve via aliases.

| Old | New |
| --- | --- |
| Animated Badge, Button, Card, Dropzone, Field, Input, Notification, Progress, Search, Segmented, Select, Switch, Tabs, Toast, Toggle Group | Halo * |
| Animated Composer | Prompt Composer |
| Animated Number | Rolling Number |

Docs sidebar is regrouped by product job: AI (Inputs + Generative UI), App & Workspace, Form Controls, Feedback & Status, Navigation & Overlays, Onboarding & Flows, Buttons, Cards, Landing Pages, Illustrations, Media & Mockups, Backgrounds & Effects, and Typography.

### New components

- [Gateway Endpoint Illustration](/docs/components/gateway-endpoint-illustration)
- [Gateway Route Illustration](/docs/components/gateway-route-illustration)
- [Gateway SVG Illustration](/docs/components/gateway-svg-illustration)
- [Illustration Card Grid](/docs/components/illustration-card-grid)
- [Illustration Cursor](/docs/components/illustration-cursor)
- [Illustration Comment Bubble](/docs/components/illustration-comment-bubble)
- [Illustration Fluid Rendering](/docs/components/illustration-fluid-rendering)
- [Illustration Globe Vercel](/docs/components/illustration-globe-vercel)
- [Illustration Graph](/docs/components/illustration-graph)
- [Tabs Illustration Vercel](/docs/components/tabs-illustration-vercel)
- [Circuit Board](/docs/components/circuit-board)
- [Fluid AI Workloads](/docs/components/fluid-ai-workloads)
- [Security Checkpoint](/docs/components/security-checkpoint)
- [Merging Bubbles](/docs/components/merging-bubbles)
- [AI Blob Warp](/docs/components/ai-blob-warp)
- [Folded Card](/docs/components/folded-card)
- [Shadow Card](/docs/components/shadow-card)
- [Organic Card](/docs/components/organic-card)
- [Organic Card Small](/docs/components/organic-card-small)
- [Organic Button](/docs/components/organic-button)
- [Fluted Glass](/docs/components/fluted-glass)
- [Speech Bubble](/docs/components/speech-bubble)
- [Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max](/docs/components/apple-iphone-17-pro)
- [Apple Keyboard](/docs/components/apple-keyboard)
- [Apple Watch Ultra](/docs/components/apple-watch-ultra)
- [Mac Screen](/docs/components/mac-screen)
- [Apple Pro Display XDR](/docs/components/apple-pro-display-xdr)
- [Marketing Hero Analytics](/docs/components/marketing-hero-analytics)
- [Marketing Feature Code](/docs/components/marketing-feature-code)
- [Feature Sticky Section](/docs/components/feature-sticky-section)
- [Analytics Chart](/docs/components/analytics-chart)
- [Kanban Board](/docs/components/kanban-board)
- [Agent Suggest Card Stack](/docs/components/agent-suggest-card-stack)
- [Collab Avatar](/docs/components/collab-avatar)
- [Collab Toolbar](/docs/components/collab-toolbar)
- [Halo Dropzone](/docs/components/halo-dropzone)
- [Halo Search](/docs/components/halo-search)
- [Globe (COBE)](/docs/components/globe)
- [File Icons](/docs/components/file-icons)
- [Halo Button](/docs/components/halo-button)
- [Copy Button](/docs/components/copy-button)
- [Halo Card](/docs/components/halo-card)
- [Border Beam Card](/docs/components/border-beam-card)
- [Halo Tabs](/docs/components/halo-tabs)
- [Halo Segmented](/docs/components/halo-segmented)
- [Halo Toggle Group](/docs/components/halo-toggle-group)
- [Halo Notification](/docs/components/halo-notification)
- [Halo Toast](/docs/components/halo-toast)
- [Halo Switch](/docs/components/halo-switch)
- [Halo Input](/docs/components/halo-input)
- [Halo Field](/docs/components/halo-field)
- [Halo Progress](/docs/components/halo-progress)
- [Border Beam Input](/docs/components/border-beam-input)
- [Halo Badge](/docs/components/halo-badge)
- [Halo Select](/docs/components/halo-select)
- [Prompt Composer](/docs/components/prompt-composer)
- [Wizard Expandable](/docs/components/wizard-expandable)

### Updated components

- [Border Beam Button](/docs/components/border-beam-button)

## May 2026 - Metal, dither, and component refreshes

### New components

- [Metal Button](/docs/components/metal-button) - Animated liquid metal ring around the shadcn Button with text and icon variants powered by MetalFx.
- [Dither Image](/docs/components/dither-image) - Compound figure built on next/image with CSS-only Bayer dither via dither-plugin — full-frame dither, partial masked reveals, and typed props for every plugin CSS variable.

### Updated components

- [Loading Carousel](/docs/components/loading-carousel)
- [Hover Video Player](/docs/components/hover-video-player)
- [Expandable Screen](/docs/components/expandable-screen)
- [Code Block](/docs/components/code-block)
- [Direction Aware Tabs](/docs/components/direction-aware-tabs)

## March 2026 - New components and major refreshes

### New components

- [Border Beam Button](/docs/components/border-beam-button) - Animated border beam around the shadcn Button with text and icon variants.
- [Cutout Card](/docs/components/cutout-card) - Image card with cutout corner accents, hover motion, inset labels, pins, and reveal-on-hover actions.
- [Grid Beam](/docs/components/grid-beam) - Animated canvas beams on a grid with palette presets, optional SVG dividers, and a headless `useGridBeam` hook.
- [Cosmic Button](/docs/components/cosmic-button) - New animated button style with registry and demo support.
- [Gradient Button Group](/docs/components/gradient-button-group) - New premium layered button group with animated active state and gradient ring accents.
- [Onboarding](/docs/components/onboarding) - New guided onboarding flow component with complete docs and examples.
- [Terminal Animation](/docs/components/terminal-animation) - New composable terminal animation primitives with typed command playback and tabbed scenarios.
- [Feature Poll](/docs/components/feature-poll) - Poll / feature-vote component with single or multiple selection, optional results, and keyboard navigation.
- [Feature Voting](/docs/components/feature-voting) - List of features with up-vote support, optional sorting by vote count, and controlled or uncontrolled state.
- [Hero Dithering](/docs/components/hero-dithering) - Split-layout hero section with responsive dithering shader visuals, CTA content, and tech stack badges.
- [Hero Color Panels](/docs/components/hero-color-panels) - Split-layout hero section with responsive ColorPanels shader visuals, CTA content, and tech stack badges.
- [Hero Heatmap](/docs/components/hero-heatmap) - Split-layout hero section with responsive Heatmap shader visuals, CTA content, and tech stack badges.
- [Hero Liquid Metal](/docs/components/hero-liquid-metal) - Split-layout hero section with responsive LiquidMetal shader visuals, CTA content, and tech stack badges.
- [Hero Static Radial Gradient](/docs/components/hero-static-radial-gradient) - Split-layout hero section with responsive StaticRadialGradient shader visuals, CTA content, and tech stack badges.

### Updated components

- [Dynamic Island](/docs/components/dynamic-island)
- [Texture Button](/docs/components/texture-button)
- [Shift Card](/docs/components/shift-card)
- [Morph Surface](/docs/components/morph-surface)
- [Intro Disclosure](/docs/components/intro-disclosure)
- [Choice Poll](/docs/components/choice-poll)
- [Shader Lens Blur](/docs/components/shader-lens-blur)

### Recent components

- [Toolbar Expandable](/docs/components/toolbar-expandable)
- [Vote Tally](/docs/components/vote-tally)
- [Poll Widget](/docs/components/poll-widget)
- [Pixel Heading (Char)](/docs/components/pixel-heading-character)
- [Pixel Heading (Word)](/docs/components/pixel-heading-word)
- [Pixel Paragraph](/docs/components/pixel-paragraph-words)
- [Pixel Paragraph Inverse](/docs/components/pixel-paragraph-words-inverse)
- [Edge Blur](/docs/components/edge-blur) - Stacked backdrop-blur layers with a linear gradient mask for a soft fade at the top or bottom of the viewport.
- [SVG Shapes](/docs/components/svg-shapes) - Wide viewBox SVG panels — polygons, architectural forms, sacred geometry, and Platonic wire projections styled with currentColor.
- [SVG Shapes Animated](/docs/components/svg-shapes-animated) - Wide viewBox SVG shapes with scroll-triggered stroke drawing via Motion, plus extra primitives beyond the static set.
- [SVG Bands](/docs/components/svg-bands) - Wide 2400-grid SVG section trims — battlements, zigzags, steep hero bands, wavy footers, and dual-notch frames for landing pages.

## May 2024 - Introducing Cult Templates