10 Best React Animation Libraries 2024

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by Kanika Maheshwari dot icon Updated: Feb 15, 2024

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Here are some famous React Animation Bot Libraries. Some of the use cases of React Animation Libraries include Creating custom page transitions, animating user interface elements, animating data visualisations, Animating complex user interfaces. 


React animation libraries are JavaScript libraries that provide a set of tools to animate components in a React application. These libraries make it easy to animate various components such as buttons, dropdowns, modals, and other user interface elements. They provide powerful APIs that allow developers to create complex animations with minimal code. 


Let us look at the libraries in detail below. 

react-spring 

  • Utilizes physical equations and damping functions to create realistic and natural animations. 
  • Integrates with any other animation library. 
  • Highly optimized for performance, making it a great choice for complex animations. 

react-springby pmndrs

TypeScript doticonstar image 25842 doticonVersion:v9.7.2doticon
License: Permissive (MIT)

✌️ A spring physics based React animation library

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            react-springby pmndrs

            TypeScript doticon star image 25842 doticonVersion:v9.7.2doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

            ✌️ A spring physics based React animation library
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                      react-native-reanimated 

                      • Support for both imperative and declarative APIs. 
                      • Support for interpolation and value transformations. 
                      • Ability to use native platform-specific animations (e.g., spring animations on iOS). 

                      react-native-reanimatedby software-mansion

                      TypeScript doticonstar image 7338 doticonVersion:3.3.0doticon
                      License: Permissive (MIT)

                      React Native's Animated library reimplemented

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                                react-native-reanimatedby software-mansion

                                TypeScript doticon star image 7338 doticonVersion:3.3.0doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                React Native's Animated library reimplemented
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                                          animated 

                                          • Provides a comprehensive and flexible API for declarative and imperative animation control. 
                                          • Only library to offer React Native support. 
                                          • Allows developers to animate components directly from the React Native bridge.

                                          animatedby animatedjs

                                          JavaScript doticonstar image 1849 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
                                          License: Permissive (MIT)

                                          Declarative Animations Library for React and React Native

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                                                    animatedby animatedjs

                                                    JavaScript doticon star image 1849 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                    Declarative Animations Library for React and React Native
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                                                              react-anime 

                                                              • Modular structure allows developers to create custom animations from individual components. 
                                                              • Allows developers to create smooth transitions between different states of their animation. 
                                                              • Offers unique easing functions to create a variety of animation styles. 

                                                              react-animeby plus1tv

                                                              TypeScript doticonstar image 1503 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
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                                                              ✨ (ノ´ヮ´)ノ*:・゚✧ A super easy animation library for React!

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                                                                        react-animeby plus1tv

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                                                                        ✨ (ノ´ヮ´)ノ*:・゚✧ A super easy animation library for React!
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                                                                                  react-animation 

                                                                                  • Supports both CSS and JavaScript animations, making it easy to customize and animate components. 
                                                                                  • Offers a wide variety of animations such as sliding, fading, and scaling. 
                                                                                  • Allows developers to chain multiple animations together to create complex sequences. 

                                                                                  react-animationsby FormidableLabs

                                                                                  JavaScript doticonstar image 3057 doticonVersion:v0.1.0doticon
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                                                                                  🎊 A collection of animations for inline style libraries

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                                                                                            react-animationsby FormidableLabs

                                                                                            JavaScript doticon star image 3057 doticonVersion:v0.1.0doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                            🎊 A collection of animations for inline style libraries
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                                                                                                      moti 

                                                                                                      • Advanced features such as timeline-based animation sequencing. 
                                                                                                      • Supports both native and JavaScript-based animations. 
                                                                                                      • Includes an extensive library of pre-built animations. 

                                                                                                      motiby nandorojo

                                                                                                      TypeScript doticonstar image 3354 doticonVersion:v0.25.0doticon
                                                                                                      License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                      🐼 The React Native (+ Web) animation library, powered by Reanimated 2.

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                                                                                                                motiby nandorojo

                                                                                                                TypeScript doticon star image 3354 doticonVersion:v0.25.0doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                                🐼 The React Native (+ Web) animation library, powered by Reanimated 2.
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                                                                                                                          Resonance 

                                                                                                                          • Offers a robust set of tools to customize and manage animations. 
                                                                                                                          • Designed to be performant, meaning that animations run smoothly on all devices. 
                                                                                                                          • Provides an easy way to create complex animations, along with a variety of interpolation methods and easing functions. 

                                                                                                                          resonanceby sghall

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                                                                                                                          :black_medium_small_square:Resonance | 5kb React animation library

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                                                                                                                                    resonanceby sghall

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                                                                                                                                    :black_medium_small_square:Resonance | 5kb React animation library
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                                                                                                                                              react-animation-comparison 

                                                                                                                                              • Provides a comprehensive suite of tools and features. 
                                                                                                                                              • Powerful animation library and an intuitive GUI. 
                                                                                                                                              • Has a built-in timeline and animation editor. 
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                                                                                                                                              A tour of React animation libraries with a focus on developer experience

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                                                                                                                                                        react-animation-comparisonby aholachek

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                                                                                                                                                        A tour of React animation libraries with a focus on developer experience
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                                                                                                                                                                  renature 

                                                                                                                                                                  • Lightweight library that is designed to make animations easy to implement. 
                                                                                                                                                                  • It offers a wide range of animation options. 
                                                                                                                                                                  • Provides an animation editor that allows users to generate animations quickly and easily. 

                                                                                                                                                                  renatureby FormidableLabs

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                                                                                                                                                                  A physics-based animation library for React focused on modeling natural world forces.

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                                                                                                                                                                            renatureby FormidableLabs

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                                                                                                                                                                            A physics-based animation library for React focused on modeling natural world forces.
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                                                                                                                                                                                      Lottie-react 

                                                                                                                                                                                      • Completely open-source, allowing developers to customize and extend the library as they see fit. 
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Extremely lightweight and fast-loading. 
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Declarative API for easily adding complex animations to React components. 

                                                                                                                                                                                      lottie-reactby Gamote

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                                                                                                                                                                                      A lightweight React library for rendering complex After Effects animations in real time using Lottie.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                lottie-reactby Gamote

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                                                                                                                                                                                                A lightweight React library for rendering complex After Effects animations in real time using Lottie.
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