A customizable Flutter widget that adds a smooth shimmer effect to text.
Perfect for headings, titles, or adding a premium animated look to your app’s UI.
Supports custom colors, font, size, letter spacing, and animation duration.

✨ Features

  • 🚀 Adds a smooth shimmer animation to any text
  • 🎨 Fully customizable:
    • text → your string
    • textSize → default: 14
    • textColor → default: Colors.white
    • letterSpacing → default: 1
    • textFamily → choose your font
    • shimmerColors → pass your own gradient colors
    • duration → control animation speed
  • 🎭 Works with any font family
  • ⚡ Lightweight and easy to use
  • 📱 Perfect for headings, titles, loading states, or premium effects

📸 Preview

ShimmerText Dark Mode ShimmerText Light Mode ShimmerText

🛠️ Getting started

Prerequisites

  • ✅ Flutter SDK installed (latest stable version recommended)
  • ✅ A working Flutter project (flutter create my_app)

Installation

Add this package to your pubspec.yaml:

dependencies:
  shimmer_text:
    path: ../shimmer_text   # if using locally
    # OR
    shimmer_text: ^1.0.0    # once published to pub.dev

## 🚀 Usage

Here’s a quick example:

```dart
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:shimmer_text/shimmer_text.dart';

void main() {
  runApp(const MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyApp({super.key});

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      home: Scaffold(
        backgroundColor: Colors.black,
        body: const Center(
          child: ShimmerText(
            text: "Hello User!",
            textSize: 32,
            textColor: Colors.white,
            shiningColor: Colors.blue,
            letterspacing: 2,
            duration: Duration(seconds: 3),
          ),
        ),
      ),
    );
  }
}


```dart
const like = 'sample';

📢 Additional Information

  • 💡 More info: This package is built for adding a simple yet powerful shimmer effect to text.
  • 🤝 Contributing: Contributions are welcome! Feel free to open a PR if you’d like to add new features or fix bugs.
  • 🐛 Reporting issues: Found a bug or want to request a feature? Please open an issue on GitHub Issues.
  • 📬 Support: You can reach out to the maintainer by opening issues, discussions, or contacting via GitHub profile.
  • 🔮 Future plans: Upcoming improvements may include shimmer directions, multiple gradients, and built-in presets.

Libraries

shimmer_text