Bottom-anchored avatars that flip with the row, plus a presence dot.
For AI Agents
Hand your agent this brief or the ReUI MCP, not a screenshot. Free to install.
Best for: Photo avatars for both people, a green presence badge with a screen reader Online label and a long turn that wraps
When to use
- Chat, support and team threads laid out turn by turn, with avatars, sender names and read receipts
- Assistant replies carrying a copy, regenerate and rating toolbar, or a pending then streaming state
- Shared images and documents carried in a turn beside its text
When not to use
- A run of turns from one sender where only the last row carries a portrait: use the Consecutive Messages example
- A text surface on its own, with no avatar slot, metadata row or side switching: use the Bubble component
- A long thread that scrolls and must stay pinned to the newest turn: use the Message Scroller component
- A complete assistant screen with a composer, a thread switcher and streaming controls: use the AI Chat blocks
Agent notes
MICHAEL_AVATARandSARAH_AVATARare Unsplash demo portraits; swap them for your users' avatar URLs- Badged rows set
overflow-visibleonMessageAvatar, since its round clip cuts theAvatarBadgein half - On an
alignend row only children ofMessageContentthat carry adata-slotmove to the end; a plain element there keeps to the start MessageHeaderandMessageFooterset no gap, so a header or footer built from several nodes needs its own gap class
https://web.dev.reui.io/components/message/c-message-2.mdget_example("c-message-2")npx shadcn@latest add @reui/c-message-2About Shadcn Message Avatars
Avatars on both sides. Built by composing Avatar, Bubble, Message. A free, open source shadcn message example you can install with npx shadcn@latest add @reui/c-message-2 and edit as your own code.
What You Can Build With Shadcn Message Avatars
- Composes Avatar, Bubble, Message, so it drops into any project already using those components.
- Install it with the shadcn CLI: npx shadcn@latest add @reui/c-message-2
- Open source and free, with the full source on this page to copy or adapt.
More Shadcn Message Examples
- Two-Sided Chat Two-sided conversation
- Sender & Status Sender name and delivery status
- Reply Actions Reply actions in the footer
- Shared Files Files shared in a thread
- Consecutive Messages Consecutive messages from one sender
- Streaming Reply Streaming reply with a pending state
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Frequently Asked Questions
When should I use Shadcn Message Avatars?
Use it for photo avatars for both people, a green presence badge with a screen reader Online label and a long turn that wraps.
Shadcn Message as a whole fits:
- Chat, support and team threads laid out turn by turn, with avatars, sender names and read receipts
- Assistant replies carrying a copy, regenerate and rating toolbar, or a pending then streaming state
- Shared images and documents carried in a turn beside its text
For a run of turns from one sender where only the last row carries a portrait, use the Consecutive Messages example. For a text surface on its own, with no avatar slot, metadata row or side switching, use the Bubble component. For a long thread that scrolls and must stay pinned to the newest turn, use the Message Scroller component. For a complete assistant screen with a composer, a thread switcher and streaming controls, use the AI Chat blocks.
How do I install Shadcn Message Avatars?
Is Shadcn Message Avatars free to use?
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