Modern Masonry Portfolio
ProA classic masonry image gallery that adapts to different image aspect ratios. Features a hover overlay for project titles and categories.
About the Modern Masonry Portfolio Section
The Modern Masonry Portfolio is a free, copy-paste ready React section built with Tailwind CSS and fully compatible with Next.js, Vite, and any React-based project. It belongs to the Gallery collection on Lightswind UI — a library of 200+ production-ready UI sections.
A classic masonry image gallery that adapts to different image aspect ratios. Features a hover overlay for project titles and categories.
This section is classified as intermediate difficulty. Intermediate — Some Tailwind knowledge helpful This is a premium section available with a Lightswind UI Pro subscription.
How to Use the Modern Masonry Portfolio
Choose your preferred method — copy-paste for quick use, CLI for project-wide setup, or MCP for AI-assisted integration.
Click the Copy button in the preview panel above, then paste directly into your project.
- 1Click Copy button → paste into app/ or components/ directory
- 2Ensure Tailwind CSS is installed (tailwind.config.js configured)
- 3Import and render on any page — customize with Tailwind classes
- 4Fully responsive — works on mobile, tablet, desktop out of the box
Use the Lightswind CLI to add blocks directly to your project. Pro users can authenticate with an API key to unlock premium blocks.
Step 1 — Initialize Lightswind in your project
$ npx lightswind@latest init
Step 2 — Pro users: Authenticate with your API key
$ npx lightswind@latest auth login --key=sk_pro_your_api_key $ npx lightswind@latest auth status
Get your API key at lightswind.com/pricing. Free users can add free blocks without authentication.
Step 3 — Add this block to your project
$ npx lightswind@latest add gallery01
The Lightswind MCP Server connects directly to Cursor, Claude Desktop, or Windsurf — your AI agent can fetch, understand, and insert any block in real-time with zero hallucinations.
Start the MCP server
$ npx lightswind@latest mcp
Or auto-configure for Cursor / Claude Desktop
$ npx lightswind@latest mcp init
Add to your mcp.json (Cursor / VS Code)
{
"mcpServers": {
"lightswind": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "lightswind@latest", "mcp"]
}
}
}After setup, tell your AI: "Add the Modern Masonry Portfolio section to my page using Lightswind UI"
Bonus: Train your AI on Lightswind patterns
$ npx lightswind@latest init-cursor
Generates .cursorrules & .windsurfrules — teaches Cursor exactly how to use Lightswind.
Requires Node.js 18+. Compatible with Cursor, Claude Desktop, Windsurf, VS Code, and all MCP-enabled AI editors. Full setup guide →
Features & Highlights
- masonry gallery support
- portfolio grid support
- image showcase support
- project gallery support
- photography layout support
- responsive images support
- Fully responsive layout
- Dark mode compatible
- Zero external dependencies
- TypeScript ready
- Copy-paste in seconds
Lightswind UI Components Included (2)
This section is composed using modular Lightswind UI components. Click any component below to explore its standalone code and documentation:
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the React Modern Masonry Portfolio section?
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Section Details
- Category
- Gallery
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Animated
- No
- License
- Pro
- Added
- 2026-01-27
- Updated
- 2026-01-27
- Framework
- React / Next.js / Vite
- Styling
- Tailwind CSS
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