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17 best C# Animation libraries in 2023

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by Dhiren Gala dot icon Updated: Mar 7, 2023

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Animation is one of the most interesting features in an application. It's not a new thing, but it's something that you can use to make a difference to your app. Animation has been around for some time now, and with the evolution of computers and technology, animation has become even more popular. A library of animation classes that can be applied to game object properties such as position, rotation, and scale, with a focus on keeping core classes small and efficient, while still being able to animate many different types of parameters. Animations bring to life the website and make it look more appealing to the visitor. Build interactive C# applications, animate elements, elegant UI effects. Listed here the best C# Animation libraries in 2022.

Deformby keenanwoodall

C# doticonstar image 2891 doticonVersion:v1.2.1doticon
License: Permissive (MIT)

A fully-featured deformer system for Unity.

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            Deformby keenanwoodall

            C# doticon star image 2891 doticonVersion:v1.2.1doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

            A fully-featured deformer system for Unity.
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                      ParticleEffectForUGUIby mob-sakai

                      C# doticonstar image 3128 doticonVersion:3.3.13doticon
                      License: Permissive (MIT)

                      Render particle effect in UnityUI(uGUI). Maskable, sortable, and no extra Camera/RenderTexture/Canvas.

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                                ParticleEffectForUGUIby mob-sakai

                                C# doticon star image 3128 doticonVersion:3.3.13doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                Render particle effect in UnityUI(uGUI). Maskable, sortable, and no extra Camera/RenderTexture/Canvas.
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                                          XamarinCommunityToolkitby xamarin

                                          C# doticonstar image 1588 doticonVersion:2.0.6doticon
                                          License: Permissive (MIT)

                                          The Xamarin Community Toolkit is a collection of Animations, Behaviors, Converters, and Effects for mobile development with Xamarin.Forms. It simplifies and demonstrates common developer tasks building iOS, Android, and UWP apps with Xamarin.Forms.

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                                                    XamarinCommunityToolkitby xamarin

                                                    C# doticon star image 1588 doticonVersion:2.0.6doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                    The Xamarin Community Toolkit is a collection of Animations, Behaviors, Converters, and Effects for mobile development with Xamarin.Forms. It simplifies and demonstrates common developer tasks building iOS, Android, and UWP apps with Xamarin.Forms.
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                                                              dotweenby Demigiant

                                                              C# doticonstar image 2004 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
                                                              License: Others (Non-SPDX)

                                                              A Unity C# animation engine. HOTween v2

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                                                                        dotweenby Demigiant

                                                                        C# doticon star image 2004 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Others (Non-SPDX)

                                                                        A Unity C# animation engine. HOTween v2
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                                                                                  FancyScrollViewby setchi

                                                                                  C# doticonstar image 2259 doticonVersion:v1.9.0doticon
                                                                                  License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                  [Unity] Scroll view component that can implement highly flexible animations.

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                                                                                            FancyScrollViewby setchi

                                                                                            C# doticon star image 2259 doticonVersion:v1.9.0doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                            [Unity] Scroll view component that can implement highly flexible animations.
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                                                                                                      LottieXamarinby Baseflow

                                                                                                      C# doticonstar image 1207 doticonVersion:4.1.0doticon
                                                                                                      License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

                                                                                                      Render After Effects animations natively on Android, iOS, MacOS and TvOS for Xamarin

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                                                                                                                LottieXamarinby Baseflow

                                                                                                                C# doticon star image 1207 doticonVersion:4.1.0doticon License: Permissive (Apache-2.0)

                                                                                                                Render After Effects animations natively on Android, iOS, MacOS and TvOS for Xamarin
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                                                                                                                          KvantSprayby keijiro

                                                                                                                          C# doticonstar image 1140 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
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                                                                                                                          Object instancing/particle animation system for Unity

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                                                                                                                                    KvantSprayby keijiro

                                                                                                                                    C# doticon star image 1140 doticonVersion:Currentdoticonno licences License: No License

                                                                                                                                    Object instancing/particle animation system for Unity
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                                                                                                                                              PuppetTestby keijiro

                                                                                                                                              C# doticonstar image 644 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
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                                                                                                                                              An experiment in procedural dance animation

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                                                                                                                                                        PuppetTestby keijiro

                                                                                                                                                        C# doticon star image 644 doticonVersion:Currentdoticonno licences License: No License

                                                                                                                                                        An experiment in procedural dance animation
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                                                                                                                                                                  Render-Crowd-Of-Animated-Charactersby chenjd

                                                                                                                                                                  C# doticonstar image 1128 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
                                                                                                                                                                  License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                                                                                  Animation Baker and Instancing for Animated Characters: Using GPU to implement large-amount animation characters rendering. The animation map for vertex shader to modify the vertex position of the mesh at runtime. Using GPU instancing to reduce draw calls.

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                                                                                                                                                                            Render-Crowd-Of-Animated-Charactersby chenjd

                                                                                                                                                                            C# doticon star image 1128 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                                                                                            Animation Baker and Instancing for Animated Characters: Using GPU to implement large-amount animation characters rendering. The animation map for vertex shader to modify the vertex position of the mesh at runtime. Using GPU instancing to reduce draw calls.
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                                                                                                                                                                                      XamlFlairby XamlFlair

                                                                                                                                                                                      C# doticonstar image 724 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
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                                                                                                                                                                                      XamlFlair is an animation library for UWP, WPF, and Uno, built to facilitate Xaml animations using only attached properties.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                XamlFlairby XamlFlair

                                                                                                                                                                                                C# doticon star image 724 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                                                                                                                XamlFlair is an animation library for UWP, WPF, and Uno, built to facilitate Xaml animations using only attached properties.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                          LeanTweenby dentedpixel

                                                                                                                                                                                                          C# doticonstar image 457 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
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                                                                                                                                                                                                          LeanTween is an efficient animation engine for Unity

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    LeanTweenby dentedpixel

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    C# doticon star image 457 doticonVersion:Currentdoticonno licences License: No License

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    LeanTween is an efficient animation engine for Unity
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              KvantGrassby keijiro

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              C# doticonstar image 494 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Animating grass shader for Unity

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        KvantGrassby keijiro

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        C# doticon star image 494 doticonVersion:Currentdoticonno licences License: No License

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Animating grass shader for Unity
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  SimpleAnimationby Unity-Technologies

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  C# doticonstar image 536 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  A simple Animation Component that leverages PlayableGraphs

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            SimpleAnimationby Unity-Technologies

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            C# doticon star image 536 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A simple Animation Component that leverages PlayableGraphs
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      facial-ar-remoteby Unity-Technologies

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      C# doticonstar image 479 doticonVersion:1.0doticon
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      **This project is discontinued** Facial AR Remote is a tool that allows you to capture blendshape animations directly from your iPhone X into Unity 3d by use of an app on your phone.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                facial-ar-remoteby Unity-Technologies

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                C# doticon star image 479 doticonVersion:1.0doticon License: Others (Non-SPDX)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                **This project is discontinued** Facial AR Remote is a tool that allows you to capture blendshape animations directly from your iPhone X into Unity 3d by use of an app on your phone.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Unity-Runtime-Animation-Recorderby newyellow

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          C# doticonstar image 543 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Record animations in Unity runtime. Can save to .anim, maya, or FBX ASCII format.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Unity-Runtime-Animation-Recorderby newyellow

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    C# doticon star image 543 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Record animations in Unity runtime. Can save to .anim, maya, or FBX ASCII format.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              animation-jobs-samplesby Unity-Technologies

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              C# doticonstar image 367 doticonVersion:3.0.0doticon
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Code samples using the animation C# jobs feature.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        animation-jobs-samplesby Unity-Technologies

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        C# doticon star image 367 doticonVersion:3.0.0doticon License: Others (Non-SPDX)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Code samples using the animation C# jobs feature.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  SpriterDotNetby loodakrawa

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  C# doticonstar image 190 doticonVersion:v1.6.1doticon
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  A pure C# Spriter implementation

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            SpriterDotNetby loodakrawa

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            C# doticon star image 190 doticonVersion:v1.6.1doticon License: Permissive (Zlib)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A pure C# Spriter implementation
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