Top 7 React Animation Libraries in 2022
Tags: webdev, react, ux
Published: 2022-08-11 13:13:08

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Modern web application user interfaces have various elements to make them more attractive to users. These modern requirements have forced developers to look for new methods to implement UIs with animation and transitions.

As a result, specialized libraries and tools have been introduced to handle animation in web apps. In this article, I will discuss the seven best React animation libraries with which I have the experience to help you choose the best one for your project.

## 1. Framer Motion
<figure>
<img src="https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Framer-Motion-1.png" alt="Source: Framer Motion" style="width:100%"> <figcaption>Source: [Framer Motion](https://www.framer.com/motion/ "Framer Motion")</figcaption>
</figure>
[Framer Motion](https://www.framer.com/motion/ "Framer Motion") is a popular React animation toolkit designed to make simple animations. It has two APIs named Framer API and Motion API. Framer API is responsible for providing rapid interactions, while Motion API provides gestures and animations.

Framer Motion has more than 15,000 [GitHub](https://github.com/framer/motion "Framer Motion GitHub page") stars and 1.2 million weekly [NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/package/framer-motion "Framer Motion NPM Package") downloads.

### Features of Framer Motion

- Support for server-side rendering. It can be used with React-based frameworks like Next.js, which supports server-side rendering.
- Colors are simple to adjust and manipulate.
- Good documentation, simple to understand.
- Support for TypeScript.
- Helpers for complex, physics-based animation.
- Users only need to set the correct configurations. The Motion API automatically generates animations.

### Installation

You can easily install Framer Motion using NPM or Yarn as follows.

```
// NPM
npm install framer-motion  
// Yarn
yarn add framer-motion
``` 

### Usage

After installation, you can import Framer Motion to your React component like in the following. This example shows how to scale up and down a button on hovering.

```js
import React from "react";
import { motion } from "framer-motion";
import "./styles.css";

export default function App() {
  return (
    <div className="my-container">
      <motion.div whileHover={{ scale: 1.2 }} whileTap={{ scale: 0.8 }} />
    </div>
  );
}
```

You can find the demo of this example on [Stackblitz](https://stackblitz.com/edit/react-428kyk?file=package.json,src%2FApp.js,src%2Fstyle.css "Framer Motion demos on Stackblitz").

## 2. react-spring
<figure>
<img src="https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/react-spring.png" alt="react-spring" style="width:100%"> <figcaption> Source: [react-spring](https://react-spring.io/ "react-spring")</figcaption> 
</figure>
[react-spring](https://react-spring.io/ "react-spring") is a modern animation library based on the physics of springs. It’s pretty flexible and has some amazing features, including hooks, to help developers.

react-spring has more than 23,700 [GitHub](https://github.com/pmndrs/react-spring "react-spring GitHub page") stars and 700,00+ weekly [NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-spring "react-spring NPM Package") downloads.

### Features of react-spring

- There are a total of 5 hooks ( **useChain** ,  **useSpring** ,  **useSprings** ,  **useTrail** ,  **useTransition** ) for different situations.
- Pre-defined configurations.
- Users can quickly create animations by providing props to pre-defined components.
- Cross-platform support, including web and natively developed apps.
- Support for Jest for testing.

### Installation

You can easily install react-spring using NPM or Yarn as follows.

```
// NPM
npm install react-spring  
// Yarn
yarn add react-spring
```

### Usage

After installation, you can import react-spring to your React component like in the following. This example shows how to create a fade-in animation.

```js
import React from 'react';
import './style.css';
import { useSpring, animated } from '@react-spring/web';

export default function App() {
  const styles = useSpring({
    loop: true,
    from: { opacity: '0' },
    to: { opacity: '1' },
    config: { duration: '2000' },
  });

  return (
    <animated.div
      style={{
        width: 100,
        height: 100,
        backgroundColor: 'red',
        borderRadius: 50,
        ...styles,
      }}
    />
  );
}
```

You can find the demo of the previous example on [Stackblitz](https://stackblitz.com/edit/react-q9fszp?file=src/App.js "react-spring demos on Stackblitz").

## 3. Remotion
<figure>
  <img src="https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Remotion.png" alt="Source: Remotion" style="width:100%"> <figcaption>Source: [Remotion](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Remotion.png) </figcaption>
</figure>

[Remotion](https://www.remotion.dev/ "Remotion") allows developers to create videos and animation using familiar languages like CSS, HTML, JavaScript, and TypeScript. So, developers do not need any knowledge about video creation. Instead, they can use their programming knowledge to create animation and videos using Remotion.

Remotion has more than 13,000 [GitHub](https://github.com/remotion-dev/remotion#readme "Remotion examples on GitHub") stars and 5,000+ weekly [NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/package/remotion "Remotion NPM Package") downloads.

### Features of Remotion

- Support for React features like reusable components, powerful compositions, and quick reload.
- No prior experience with video editing is required.
- You can use the Remotion player to play and evaluate your videos in your browser.
- You can use coding features like variables, algorithms, functions, and API to add new effects.
- Support for server-side rendering.

### Usage

Remotion has two dependencies. You need to install [FFmpeg](https://ffmpeg.org/ "FFmpeg") and [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/ "Node.js") before using it. After that, you can easily create a new React project with Remotion using NPM or Yarn.

```
// NPM
npm init video  
// Yarn
yarn create video
```

After creating the project, you can start the application using **npm run start**. It will open the Remotion player for you. Then, you can import Remotion to a component and use it as follows.

```js
import { useCurrentFrame } from "remotion";

export const MyVideo = () => {
  const frame = useCurrentFrame();
  return (
    <div style={{flex: 1,
        textAlign: "left",
        fontSize: "10px",
      }}
    >
       Welcome to Remotion.
    </div>
  );
};
```

## 4. React-Motion

[React-Motion](https://github.com/chenglou/react-motion "React-Motion") is an animation toolkit that makes building and implementing realistic animations much easier. However, React-Motion can be hard to grasp for beginners. But it has good [documentation](https://github.com/chenglou/react-motion#readme "React-Motion documentation on GitHub") with rich examples to help developers.

React-Motion has more than 21,000 [GitHub](https://github.com/chenglou/react-motion#readme "React-Motion demos on GitHub") stars and 570,000 weekly [NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-motion "React-Motion NPM Package") downloads.

### Features of React-Motion

- 5 components with unique purposes: **spring,**   **Motion,**   **StaggeredMotion,**   **TransitionMotion** , and  **presets**.
- Support for TypeScript.
- No need for hard-coded easing curves and durations.
- Concepts of physics can be used to provide interrupted animations.
- Alternative to [React TransitionGroup](http://reactcommunity.org/react-transition-group/transition-group "React TransitionGroup").

### Installation

You can easily install React-Motion using NPM or Yarn as follows.

```
// NPM
npm i react-motion  
// Yarn
yarn add react-motion
``` 

### Usage

After installation, you can import React-Motion to your React component like in the following. This example shows how to create a toggle animation on a button click.

```js
import React from 'react';
import {Motion, spring} from 'react-motion'; 

export default class Toggle extends React.Component { 

  constructor(props) { 
    super(props); 
    this.state = {open: false}; 
  };

  mouseDown = () => { 
    this.setState({open: !this.state.open}); 
  };
  
  touchStart = (e) => { 
    e.preventDefault(); 
    this.handleMouseDown(); 
  };
  
  render() { 
    return ( 
      <div> 
        <button 
          onMouseDown={this.mouseDown} 
          onTouchStart={this.touchStart}> 
            Toggle 
        </button>
        <Motion 
          style={{x: spring(this.state.open ? 400 : 0)}}> 
          {({x}) => 
            <div> 
              <div
                style={{ 
                  WebkitTransform: `translate3d(${x}px, 0, 0)`,
                  transform: `translate3d(${x}px, 0, 0)`, 
                }} 
              /> 
            </div> 
          } 
        </Motion> 
      </div> 
    ); 
  };
}
```

You can find the demo of this example on [Stackblitz](https://stackblitz.com/edit/react-nxlhxs?file=src/Demo.js "React-Motion demos on Stackblitz").

## 5. React Move
<figure>
  <img src="https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/React-Move.png" alt="Source: React Move" style="width:100%">  <figcaption>Source: [React Move](https://react-move-docs.netlify.app/#/ "React Move")</figcaption>
</figure>

[React Move](https://react-move-docs.netlify.app/#/ "React Move") is a React library that allows you to make attractive, data-driven animations. It is a lightweight library that has lifecycle events on transitions.

React Move has more than 6,500 [GitHub](https://github.com/sghall/react-move#readme "React Move GitHub page") stars and 90,00 weekly [NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-move "React Move NPM Package") downloads.

## Features of React Move

- React, React-Native, and React-VR are all supported.
- TypeScript is supported.
- Lifecycle events for animations: start, interrupt, and end.
- Custom tweeting ability.

### Installation

You can easily install React Move using NPM as follows.

```
npm i react-move
``` 

### Usage

After installation, you can use React Move in your React app like in the following. This example shows how to create a toggle animation on a button click.

```js
import React, { PureComponent } from 'react'
import { Animate } from 'react-move'
import { easeExpOut } from 'd3-ease'

const outerDiv = {
  borderRadius: 3,
  backgroundColor: 'rgba(128,128,128)',
  position: 'relative',
  margin: '5px 3px 10px',
  width: 200,
  height: 40,
}

class Toggle extends PureComponent {

  state = {
    open: false
}
  
  handleClick = () => {
    this.setState({ open: !this.state.open })
  }
  
  render() {
    return (
      <div>
        <button 
          onClick={this.handleClick}
        >
          Toggle
        </button>
  
        <Animate
          start={() => ({
            x: 0,
          })}

          update={() => ({
            x: [this.state.open ? 200 : 0],
            timing: { duration: 750, ease: easeExpOut }
          })}
        >
          {(state) => {
            const { x } = state
            
             return (
               <div style={outerDiv}>
                 <div 
                   style={{
                     position: 'absolute',
                     width: 50,
                     height: 50,
                     borderRadius: 4,
                     opacity: 0.7,
                     backgroundColor: '#ff69b4',
                     WebkitTransform: `translate3d(${x}px, 0, 0)`,
                     transform: `translate3d(${x}px, 0, 0)`
                   }}
                 />
               </div>
             )
           }}
         </Animate>
       </div>
     )
   }
                  
 }

export default Toggle;
```

You can find the demo of this example on [Stackblitz](https://stackblitz.com/edit/react-zpdcvc?file=src/App.js "React Move demos on Stackblitz").

## 6. react-anime

[react-anime](https://github.com/plus1tv/react-anime/blob/HEAD/documentation.md "react-anime") is a simple animation library inspired by [anime.js](https://github.com/juliangarnier/anime "anime.js"). It wraps anime.js using a React component and allows developers to easily pass props to create animations.

react-anime has more than 4,000 weekly [NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-anime "react-anime NPM Package") downloads.

### Features of react-anime

- Easy to use. You can animate anything by wrapping it with the **<Anime>** component.
- Ability to animate CSS, SVG, and DOM attributes just using props.
- Support for TypeScript.

### Installation

You can easily install react-anime using NPM as follows.

```
npm i react-anime
```

### Usage

After installation, you can use react-anime in your React application.

```js
import React from 'react';
import Anime, {anime} from 'react-anime';

const App = (props) => (
     <Anime
      easing="easeOutElastic"
      loop={true}
      duration={1000}
      direction="alternate"
      delay={(el, index) => index * 240}
      translateX="13rem"
      scale={[0.75, 0.9]}
     >

      <div className="blue" />
      <div className="green" />
      <div className="red" />
    </Anime>
);
```

You can find multiple react-anime examples on [CodePen](https://codepen.io/collection/nrkjgo/ "react-anime demos on CodePen").

## 7. React Awesome Reveal
<figure>
  <img src="https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/React-Awesome-Reveal.png" alt="Source: React Awesome Reveal" style="width:100%"><figcaption>Source: [React Awesome Reveal](https://react-awesome-reveal.morello.dev/ "React Awesome Reveal")</figcaption>
</figure>
[React Awesome Reveal](https://react-awesome-reveal.morello.dev/ "React Awesome Reveal") is a TypeScript package that provides reveal animations using the Intersection Observer API to detect when elements appear in the viewport. Its animations are provided by [Emotion](https://emotion.sh/docs/introduction "Emotion") and implemented as CSS animations to benefit from hardware acceleration.

React Awesome Reveal has more than 10,000 weekly [NPM](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-awesome-reveal "React Awesome Reveal NPM package") downloads.

### Features of React Awesome Reveal

- Support for server-side rendering and TypeScript.
- No dependencies are required.
- Allows defining custom animations.
- Support for tree shaking.
- Fast and lightweight.
- All major browsers now support the Intersection Observer API and CSS animations.

### Installation

You can easily install React Awesome Reveal using NPM or Yarn as follows.

```
//NPM
npm i react-awesome-reveal
//Yarn
yarn add react-awesome-reveal
```

### Usage

After installation, you can use React Awesome Reveal in your React application.

```js
import React, { Component } from "react";
import { Slide } from "react-awesome-reveal";

class App extends Component {
  render() {
    return (
      <Slide triggerOnce>
        <ul >
          <li> Item 1 </li>
          <li> Item 2 </li>
          <li> Item 3 </li>
          <li> Item 4 </li>
        </ul>
      </Slide>
    );
  }
}

export default App ;
```

You can find the demo of this example on [Stackblitz](https://stackblitz.com/edit/react-pjqzvr?file=src/App.js "React Awesome Reveal demo on Stackblitz").

## Conclusion

In this article, I discussed seven great React animation libraries with unique features. I hope my descriptions helped you choose the best React animation library for your project. Thank you for reading.

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