๐ Anime.js
JavaScript Animation libraries.
Letโs start this list of JavaScript animation libraries with Anime.js. This lightweight animation library clocks 35K+ stars on GitHub. Working from a single powerful API, you can use it to animate HTML, CSS, JS, SVG and DOM attributes.
๐ Velocity.js
Velocity.js combines the best of jQuery and CSS transitions. It rates close to 17K stars on GitHub and boasts of prominent users like WhatsApp and Mailchimp. Looping, reversing, delaying, hiding/showing elements, property math (+, -, *, /), and hardware acceleration, all form part of the features.
๐ Popmotion
At close to 18K stars, Popmotion is a functional animation library for any JavaScript environment. It can work with just about any API that accepts numbers as inputs such as React, Three.js, A-Frame.
๐ Three.js
Three.js tops this list of JavaScript animation libraries with 60K+ stars on GitHub. Itโs dependent on WebGL to create and render 3D animations in the browsers.
๐ GreenSock JS
GreenSockโs GSAP works with a set of small JavaScript files that make animations look great in all major browsers.
๐ AniJS
Among the JavaScript libraries in this list, AniJS is somewhat unique. It allows you to add animations to elements in a simple โsentence-likeโ structure, great for folks new to animation.
๐ Mo.js
Motion graphics has a big part to play in animations, and Mo.js is one option with which you can make an impact. With a number of tutorials and demos to help out, beginners may not find it hard to create geometrical shapes and time animations to the dot.
๐ Vivus.js
If you wish to mimic a pen drawing on a screen in real-time, youโll hit the mark with Vivus. It lets you animate SVGs giving the impression of being drawn.
๐ ScrollReveal JS
If you wish to animate your web elements as they scroll into view, ScrollReveal wonโt disappoint. This easy to learn animation library has zero dependencies and 18.5K+ stars on GitHub.
๐ Typed.js
Typed.js is a simple library (more of a plugin, really) to animate typing on your screen.
๐ Lottie by AirBnB
Lottie is a lightweight animated graphics format that balances high quality graphics against the cost of rendering them. It makes applications smaller and includes dynamic features.
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