# ASCII Drift

> Your background, typed out in drifting characters.

ASCII Drift is an animated background ready for your AI assistant, React or plain JavaScript, with no dependencies. Also called ascii background, ascii art, text-mode background, hex background or matrix background.

A field of characters drifts behind your content, denser where it runs bright. It fills the frame or takes a new organic shape on every visit, and the pointer lifts the glyphs it passes into your brand colour. Reduced motion shows one still frame.

- Page: https://foundry44.dev/components/ascii-drift/
- Category: [Backgrounds](https://foundry44.dev/library/backgrounds/)
- Interactions: cursor, touch, load
- Dependencies: none
- Licence: Pro

## With Pro

The AI prompt, the React component, the plain JavaScript file and the embed come with Pro, along with the live demo. Every setting is optional: with none, you get the effect as the preview shows it.

Settings: `shape`, `charset`, `trigger`, `cellSize`, `speed`, `seed`.