Motion
A modern animation library for React and JavaScript
An open source animation libraryfor JavaScript, React and Vue The project is written primarily in TypeScript, distributed under the MIT License license, first published in 2018. It has gained significant community traction with 32,155 stars and 1,181 forks on GitHub. Key topics include: animation, animation-js, motion, react, reactanimations.
bash# React / JavaScript npm install motion # Vue npm install motion-v
Table of Contents
- Why Motion?
- ๐ฆ Platforms
- ๐ Examples
- โก๏ธ Motion+
- ๐ฉ๐ปโโ๏ธ License
- ๐ Contribute
- โจ Sponsors
Why Motion?
- Simple API: First-class React, JavaScript, and Vue packages.
- Hybrid engine: Power of JavaScript combined with native browser APIs for 120fps, GPU-accelerated animations.
- Production-ready: TypeScript, extensive test suite, tree-shakable, tiny footprint.
Batteries included: Gestures, springs, layout transitions, scroll-linked effects, timelines.
๐ฆ Platforms
Motion is available for React, JavaScript and Vue.
React
jsximport { motion } from "motion/react" function Component() { return <motion.div animate={{ x: 100 }} /> }
Get started with Motion for React.
Note: Framer Motion is now Motion. Import from motion/react instead of framer-motion.
JS
javascriptimport { animate } from "motion" animate("#box", { x: 100 })
Get started with JavaScript.
Vue
html<script> import { motion } from "motion-v" </script> <template> <motion.div :animate={{ x: 100 }} /> </template>
Get started with Motion for Vue.
๐ Examples & tutorials
Browse 330+ official examples, with copy-paste code that'll level-up your animations whether you're a beginner or an expert.
Over 100 examples come with a full step-by-step tutorial.
โก๏ธ Motion+
A one-time payment, lifetime-updates membership:
- 330+ examples
- 100+ tutorials
- Premium APIs like Cursor and Ticker
- Transition editor for Cursor and VS Code
- AI skills
- Private Discord
- Early access content
๐ฉ๐ปโโ๏ธ License
- Motion is MIT licensed.
๐ Contribute
- Want to contribute to Motion? Our contributing guide has you covered.
โจ Sponsors
Motion is sustainable thanks to the kind support of its sponsors.
Partners
Motion powers the animations for all websites built with Framer, the web builder for creative pros. The Motion website itself is built on Framer, for its delightful canvas-based editing and powerful CMS features.
<a href="https://framer.link/FlnUbQY"> <img alt="Framer" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/22a79be7-672e-4336-bfb7-5d55d1deb917" width="250px" height="150px"> </a>Motion drives the animations on the Cursor homepage, and is working with Cursor to bring powerful AI workflows to the Motion examples and docs.
<a href="https://cursor.com"> <img alt="Cursor" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/81c482d3-c2c2-4b35-bbcf-933b28d5b448" width="250px" height="150px" /> </a>Platinum
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Gold
Silver
<a href="https://liveblocks.io"><img alt="Liveblocks" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/28eddbe5-1617-4e74-969d-2eb6fcd481af" width="150px" height="100px"></a> <a href="https://www.frontend.fyi/?utm_source=motion"><img alt="Frontend.fyi" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/f16e3eb9-f0bd-4ad1-8049-f079a3d65c69" width="150px" height="100px"></a> <a href="https://firecrawl.dev"><img alt="Firecrawl" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2c44e7f4-5c2a-4714-9050-1570538665ff" width="150px" height="100px"></a> <a href="https://puzzmo.com"><img alt="Puzzmo" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e32205a7-3ab1-41ec-8729-a794058fd655" width="150px" height="100px"></a> <a href="https://bolt.new"><img alt="Bolt.new" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7932d4b2-bb6c-422e-82b9-6ad78a7e3090" width="150px" height="100px"></a>
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Contributors
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