Build a Cyberpunk Glitch Effect with Pure CSS (No JS) 🤖

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We all love that futuristic Cyberpunk 2077 aesthetic. The neon lights, the scanlines, and of course—the Glitch Effect.

Usually, developers rely on heavy JavaScript libraries (like GSAP or anime.js) to achieve this. But today, I want to show you how to do it with 100% Pure CSS.

Here is what we are building:

The Logic Behind the Glitch 🧠
To make this work without JavaScript, we use two simple tricks:

data-text Attribute: We pass the text string in HTML so CSS can access it via content: attr(data-text). This creates a "Ghost Layer" (duplicate text) without bloating the DOM.

clip-path: We use this to "slice" the ghost layer into random strips.

@keyframes: We animate the slice positions rapidly to create the jitter/glitch effect.

Here is the full, copy-paste ready code.