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Dotted Ring

A copy-paste spinners component in pure HTML & CSS. Zero dependencies, framework-agnostic, MIT-licensed.

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Copy into your project

HTML
<!-- Dotted Ring Spinner -->
<div class="nuda-dotted-ring" role="status" aria-label="Loading">
  <span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span>
  <span></span><span></span><span></span><span></span>
</div>
CSS
/* Dotted Ring Spinner
   Eight dots arranged in a circle with fading opacity, spinning.
   Customize: --dotring-color, --dotring-size, --dotring-dot-size */

.nuda-dotted-ring {
  --dotring-color: #60a5fa;
  --dotring-size: 40px;
  --dotring-dot-size: 6px;
  position: relative;
  width: var(--dotring-size);
  height: var(--dotring-size);
  animation: nuda-dotted-ring 1.6s linear infinite;
  will-change: transform;
}

.nuda-dotted-ring span {
  position: absolute;
  width: var(--dotring-dot-size);
  height: var(--dotring-dot-size);
  background: var(--dotring-color);
  border-radius: 50%;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
}

.nuda-dotted-ring span:nth-child(1) { transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(0deg)   translateY(-17px); opacity: 1; }
.nuda-dotted-ring span:nth-child(2) { transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(45deg)  translateY(-17px); opacity: 0.875; }
.nuda-dotted-ring span:nth-child(3) { transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(90deg)  translateY(-17px); opacity: 0.75; }
.nuda-dotted-ring span:nth-child(4) { transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(135deg) translateY(-17px); opacity: 0.625; }
.nuda-dotted-ring span:nth-child(5) { transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(180deg) translateY(-17px); opacity: 0.5; }
.nuda-dotted-ring span:nth-child(6) { transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(225deg) translateY(-17px); opacity: 0.375; }
.nuda-dotted-ring span:nth-child(7) { transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(270deg) translateY(-17px); opacity: 0.25; }
.nuda-dotted-ring span:nth-child(8) { transform: translate(-50%, -50%) rotate(315deg) translateY(-17px); opacity: 0.125; }

@keyframes nuda-dotted-ring {
  to { transform: rotate(360deg); }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .nuda-dotted-ring {
    animation: none;
    opacity: 0.6;
  }
}

How to use Dotted Ring

Paste the HTML where you need it and the CSS into a global stylesheet (or a <style> tag). Every class is prefixed nuda- so it never collides with Tailwind or your own styles. Tweak the CSS custom properties to match your design system.

Works in React, Vue, Svelte, Astro, Next.js, Nuxt, Laravel Blade, Django, Rails — or a single .html file. No npm install, no build step.

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