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juliangarnier anime

JavaScript animation engine

Stars

72,632

Popular Active

Forks

4,901

Watchers: 72,632

Repository Radar Score

63 / 100

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Score breakdown

  • popularity 88
  • growth 0
  • activity 90
  • freshness 100
  • community 87

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Anime.js

Anime.js V4 logo animation

Anime.js is a fast, multipurpose and lightweight JavaScript animation library with a simple, yet powerful API.
It works with CSS properties, SVG, DOM attributes and JavaScript Objects.

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Usage

Anime.js V4 works by importing ES modules like so:

import {
  animate,
  stagger,
} from 'animejs';

animate('.square', {
  x: 320,
  rotate: { from: -180 },
  duration: 1250,
  delay: stagger(65, { from: 'center' }),
  ease: 'inOutQuint',
  loop: true,
  alternate: true
});
Anime.js code example

V4 Documentation

The full documentation is available here.

V3 Migration guide

You can find the v3 to v4 migration guide here.

NPM development scripts

First, run npm i to install all the necessary packages. Then, execute the following scripts with npm run <script>.

script action
dev Watches for changes in src/**/*.js, bundles the ESM version to lib/ and creates type declarations in types/
dev:test Runs dev and test:browser concurrently
build Bundles ESM / UMD / CJS / IIFE versions to lib/ and creates type declarations in types/
test:browser Starts a local server and runs all browser-related tests
test:node Starts Node-related tests
open:examples Starts a local server to browse the examples locally

© Julian Garnier | MIT License

Created: Mar 13, 2016

Last push: Aug 21, 2026

Default branch: master

Latest release: v4.5.0

Languages

Share of the codebase by language, based on repository metadata from the host.

  • JavaScript 84.1%
  • HTML 15.5%
  • CSS 0.4%

Repository Radar analysis

Deterministic insights derived from public metadata and our observations — not personal testing or reviews.

Why this repository is interesting

  • High absolute popularity (72,632 stars) signals broad adoption.

Who should use it

  • Developers working primarily with JavaScript

Potential use cases

  • Reference or evaluate JavaScript open-source approaches in this domain

Strengths

  • README present in our index
  • Declared license: MIT License
  • Substantial fork count (4,901) suggests reuse and contribution interest

Limitations / considerations

  • Insights are derived from public metadata and our observations — not a substitute for code review

What to watch

  • Re-check last push, issues, and releases on GitHub before production adoption

Strong signals: Strong community interest

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