Tailwind CSS React Spinner / Loader - Free Examples & Tutorial

Use responsive spinners component with helper examples for loaders and loading animations, spinning circle animation & more.

Basic example

The spinner component is mostly used as a loading indicator which comes in multiple colors, sizes, and styles separately or inside elements such as buttons to improve the user experience whenever data is being fetched from your server.

Use the following element with the animate-spin animation class to show a loading animation:

        
            
      import React from 'react';

      export default function App() {
        return (
          <div
          className="inline-block h-8 w-8 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
          role="status">
          <span
            className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
          >Loading...</span>
        </div>
        );
      }

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Colors

Change the colors of the spinner element using the fill and color utility classes.

        
            
      import React from 'react';

      export default function App() {
        return (
          <div>
            <div
              className="inline-block h-8 w-8 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] text-primary motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
              role="status">
              <span
                className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
              >Loading...</span>
            </div>
            <div
              className="inline-block h-8 w-8 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] text-secondary motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
              role="status">
              <span
                className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
              >Loading...</span>
            </div>
            <div
              className="inline-block h-8 w-8 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] text-success motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
              role="status">
              <span
                className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
              >Loading...</span>
            </div>
            <div
              className="inline-block h-8 w-8 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] text-danger motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
              role="status">
              <span
                className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
              >Loading...</span>
            </div>
            <div
              className="inline-block h-8 w-8 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] text-warning motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
              role="status">
              <span
                className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
              >Loading...</span>
            </div>
            <div
              className="inline-block h-8 w-8 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] text-info motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
              role="status">
              <span
                className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
              >Loading...</span>
            </div>
            <div
              className="inline-block h-8 w-8 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] text-neutral-100 motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
              role="status">
              <span
                className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
              >Loading...</span>
            </div>
          </div>
        );
      }

Growing spinner

Use the .animate-[spinner-grow_0.75s_linear_infinite] class if you want the spinner/loader to grow instead of spin.

        
            
      import React from 'react';

      export default function App() {
        return (
          <div
          className="inline-block h-8 w-8 animate-[spinner-grow_0.75s_linear_infinite] rounded-full bg-current align-[-0.125em] opacity-0 motion-reduce:animate-[spinner-grow_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
          role="status">
          <span
            className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
          >Loading...</span>
        </div>
        );
      }

Colors of growing spinner

Use any text color utilities to add a color to growing spinner.

        
            
      import React from 'react';

      export default function App() {
        return (
          <div>
            <div
              className="inline-block h-8 w-8 animate-[spinner-grow_0.75s_linear_infinite] rounded-full bg-current align-[-0.125em] text-primary opacity-0 motion-reduce:animate-[spinner-grow_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
              role="status">
              <span
                className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
              >Loading...</span>
            </div>
            <div
              className="inline-block h-8 w-8 animate-[spinner-grow_0.75s_linear_infinite] rounded-full bg-current align-[-0.125em] text-secondary opacity-0 motion-reduce:animate-[spinner-grow_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
              role="status">
              <span
                className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
              >Loading...</span>
            </div>
            <div
              className="inline-block h-8 w-8 animate-[spinner-grow_0.75s_linear_infinite] rounded-full bg-current align-[-0.125em] text-success opacity-0 motion-reduce:animate-[spinner-grow_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
              role="status">
              <span
                className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
              >Loading...</span>
            </div>
            <div
              className="inline-block h-8 w-8 animate-[spinner-grow_0.75s_linear_infinite] rounded-full bg-current align-[-0.125em] text-danger opacity-0 motion-reduce:animate-[spinner-grow_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
              role="status">
              <span
                className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
              >Loading...</span>
            </div>
            <div
              className="inline-block h-8 w-8 animate-[spinner-grow_0.75s_linear_infinite] rounded-full bg-current align-[-0.125em] text-warning opacity-0 motion-reduce:animate-[spinner-grow_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
              role="status">
              <span
                className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
              >Loading...</span>
            </div>
            <div
              className="inline-block h-8 w-8 animate-[spinner-grow_0.75s_linear_infinite] rounded-full bg-current align-[-0.125em] text-info opacity-0 motion-reduce:animate-[spinner-grow_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
              role="status">
              <span
                className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
              >Loading...</span>
            </div>
            <div
              className="inline-block h-8 w-8 animate-[spinner-grow_0.75s_linear_infinite] rounded-full bg-current align-[-0.125em] text-neutral-100 opacity-0 motion-reduce:animate-[spinner-grow_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
              role="status">
              <span
                className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
              >Loading...</span>
            </div>
          </div>
        );
      }

Margin

Use margin utilities like .m-12 for easy spacing.

        
            
      import React from 'react';

      export default function App() {
        return (
          <div
          className="m-12 inline-block h-8 w-8 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
          role="status">
          <span
            className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
          >Loading...</span>
        </div>
        );
      }

Flex

Use flexbox utilities to place spinners exactly where you need them in any situation.

        
            
      import React from 'react';

      export default function App() {
        return (
          <div
          className="inline-block h-8 w-8 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
          role="status">
          <span
            className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
          >Loading...</span>
        </div>
        );
      }

Floats

Use the flexbox, text alignment, or float utility classes to easily align the spinners to left, right or center.

        
            
      import React from 'react';

      export default function App() {
        return (
          <div
          className="float-right inline-block h-8 w-8 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
          role="status">
          <span
            className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
          >Loading...</span>
        </div>
        );
      }

Text

Use the following code to add spinner a text.

Loading...

        
            
      import React from 'react';

      export default function App() {
        return (
          <div>
            <strong>Loading...</strong>
            <div
              className="ml-auto inline-block h-8 w-8 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
              role="status"></div>
          </div>
        );
      }

Size small

Use h-{*} and w-{*} utility classes to create a smaller spinner.

        
            
      import React from 'react';

      export default function App() {
        return (
          <div>
            <div
              className="inline-block h-4 w-4 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
              role="status">
              <span
                className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
              >Loading...</span>
            </div>
            <div
              className="inline-block h-4 w-4 animate-[spinner-grow_0.75s_linear_infinite] rounded-full bg-current align-[-0.125em] opacity-0 motion-reduce:animate-[spinner-grow_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
              role="status">
              <span
                className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
              >Loading...</span>
            </div>
          </div>
        );
      }

Size large

Use h-{*} and w-{*} utility classes to create a bigger spinner.

        
            
      import React from 'react';

      export default function App() {
        return (
          <div>
            <div
              className="inline-block h-12 w-12 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
              role="status">
              <span
                className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
              >Loading...</span>
            </div>
            <div
              className="inline-block h-12 w-12 animate-[spinner-grow_0.75s_linear_infinite] rounded-full bg-current align-[-0.125em] opacity-0 motion-reduce:animate-[spinner-grow_1.5s_linear_infinite]"
              role="status">
              <span
                className="!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]"
              >Loading...</span>
            </div>
          </div>
        );
      }

If you are looking for more advanced options, try Bootstrap Spinners from MDBootstrap.