AlgorithmVisualizer
AlgorithmVisualizer is an interactive educational web application built with React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and shadcn/ui, providing step-by-step visual representations of 24+ algorithms across multiple categories including graph search (DFS, BFS, Dijkstra), sorting algorithms, pathfinding, recursion, prime number generation, N-Queen problem, and Turing machine operations.
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About AlgorithmVisualizer
This comprehensive learning tool simplifies complex algorithmic concepts by transforming abstract computational processes into engaging visual demonstrations that help learners understand how algorithms work through interactive, real-time visualizations. The step-by-step approach allows students to control execution speed, pause at critical steps, and observe how data structures transform throughout algorithm execution, making abstract concepts concrete and memorable.
Perfect for computer science students learning algorithms and data structures, coding bootcamp participants building foundational knowledge, educators teaching computational thinking in classrooms, or self-taught developers strengthening algorithmic problem-solving skills for technical interviews. As an open-source educational tool with a continuously expanding algorithm library, AlgorithmVisualizer addresses the challenge that many learners face when trying to understand algorithms from static textbook descriptions or code alone, providing the visual feedback that transforms confusion into comprehension and making algorithm education more accessible and engaging for diverse learning styles.
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Free, open source, and ready to ship.
Clone the repo, install dependencies, and start customising. AlgorithmVisualizer is free and open source: its license is in the repository.
- Clone the AlgorithmVisualizer repository from GitHub.
- Run
npm installorpnpm installto install all required packages. - Run
npm run devto start the development server and begin customizing. - Check the repository’s README and license before you ship.
Terminal
$ git clone https://github.com/TamimEhsan/AlgorithmVisualizer $ cd AlgorithmVisualizer $ npm install $ npm run dev
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Everything you need to know before you ship with AlgorithmVisualizer.
AlgorithmVisualizer is an interactive educational web application built with React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and shadcn/ui, providing step-by-step visual representations of 24+ algorithms across multiple categories including graph search (DFS, BFS, Dijkstra), sorting algorithms, pathfinding, recursion, prime number generation, N-Queen problem, and Turing machine operations. It is an open source template in the shadcn.io collection of 215.
AlgorithmVisualizer is made by Tamimehsan, an independent developer; shadcn.io lists it but did not make it. Tamimehsan has 1 template in the collection, and the author's page lists them.
The listing tags AlgorithmVisualizer with Next.js, React, Bootstrap and Tailwind. Those are its categories, not a dependency list: the exact packages and versions are in the repository's package.json.
Yes. The AlgorithmVisualizer page embeds its live demo from tamimehsan.github.io/AlgorithmVisualizer, and links to it so you can open the real deployment before you clone.
The AlgorithmVisualizer listing was last updated on October 8, 2025. That date is the listing's, not the repository's: check the repository's commits for recent activity.
Clone the repository (git clone https://github.com/TamimEhsan/AlgorithmVisualizer), then follow the README. The AlgorithmVisualizer page shows the usual steps and a terminal block with the commands to copy.
Install dependencies with npm install or pnpm install, then run npm run dev. The README in the AlgorithmVisualizer repository says which package manager and environment variables it needs.
No. AlgorithmVisualizer is cloned from its own GitHub repository, so shadcn.io isn't involved. Browsing the page and its live demo need no account either; Pro adds the premium templates, the blocks and the MCP server.
AlgorithmVisualizer is tagged Next.js, so it deploys wherever a Next.js app does, such as Vercel, a Node.js server or a container. Its README may add steps for its own services.
The AlgorithmVisualizer listing doesn't record a license. Check the LICENSE file in its repository (https://github.com/TamimEhsan/AlgorithmVisualizer), and ask the author if there isn't one.
That depends on AlgorithmVisualizer's license in its repository, which shadcn.io does not set. Read the LICENSE file before you use it in a client or paid project, and ask the author if it is unclear.
Attribution follows AlgorithmVisualizer's license. Many permissive licenses ask you to keep the copyright notice and license text in your copy; its LICENSE file says exactly what.
No. The Pro license covers shadcn.io's own Pro code, blocks and premium templates. AlgorithmVisualizer is the author's project, under the terms in its repository.
Tamimehsan supports AlgorithmVisualizer, through its GitHub repository: read the docs, open an issue or look for discussions. shadcn.io does not maintain it.
Yes. Once you clone it, AlgorithmVisualizer is your own code: change the theme, add pages and connect your backend. It uses shadcn/ui, so you can also add more components the same way.
Yes. Components are free with a free account and the blocks are in Pro; both are copied into your project with the shadcn CLI. Check that AlgorithmVisualizer uses Tailwind CSS and the shadcn/ui setup (a components.json) before you add them, and pick the base library your project already uses.
Yes, with Pro. The shadcn.io MCP server's search_templates tool finds templates by what they are, and returns each one's repository and live demo, so your editor can set up AlgorithmVisualizer for you. Your files stay on your machine.
The collection has 151 other open source Next.js templates like AlgorithmVisualizer, shown at the foot of its page with the ones sharing most categories first. All of them are at /template/category/nextjs.
Tamimehsan has no other templates in the collection.
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