I built a Premium 3D Portfolio Template using React & Native CSS (No heavy WebGL libraries) 🚀

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Hey everyone! 👋 This is my first time posting on Dev.to, and I’m super excited to share a project I’ve been working incredibly hard on.

As developers and designers, we all struggle with building our portfolios. We usually end up with either a standard, boring grid layout, or we spend months trying to learn heavy WebGL libraries like Three.js just to make it look "premium."

I wanted to find the sweet spot: a highly immersive 3D experience that is lightweight, entirely customizable, and easy to run.

So, I built a premium 3D Portfolio Template from the ground up using React, Vite, and native CSS 3D transforms.

(Author note: Add a GIF or a nice screenshot of your portfolio here!)

✨ What makes it special?

Instead of relying on bloated libraries, I utilized complex CSS perspective(2000px), translateZ(), and hardware GPU acceleration (will-change: transform) to create layered, 60fps 3D geometries.

Here is what it features out-of-the-box:

Immersive 3D Modals: Seamless, full-screen 3D overlay transitions for your Projects, Process, and Contact sections.
Custom Interactive Cursor: High-end hover effects with customized states (like "Zoom") and a smooth trailing animation using vanilla JS bridging.
Lightning Fast setup: Built on Vite. Everything is centralized, meaning you can change the entire color theme simply by adjusting a few CSS variables.

🛠 The Tech Stack

React (Managing the heavy state logic for overlapping full-screen modals)
Vite (For lightning-fast development)
Vanilla JS (Used exclusively for the high-performance requestAnimationFrame cursor tracking to bypass React render cycles)
CSS3 (Handling the intricate animations and keyframes)

Check it out!

If you are looking to elevate your online presence, or if you just want to see the source code to understand how complex native CSS 3D environments are built, I've packaged the whole premium template and listed it on Gumroad.

🔗 Get the 3D React Portfolio Template Here

I would love to hear your thoughts, feedback, or any questions you have about mixing React state with complex CSS 3D transforms.

Thanks for reading! 🚀