# Anime.js

> JavaScript animation library for the web, with timeline, SVG and scroll

- Category: Motion & animation (`motion`)
- Tags: `free`
- Official: https://animejs.com/
- Docs: https://animejs.com/documentation
- Wunderlust: https://wunderlust.xyz/r/anime-js
- Image: https://wunderlust.xyz/media/anime-js-poster.jpg
- Video preview: https://wunderlust.xyz/media/anime-js.webm
- Added: 2026-11-05

## What it is

Anime.js is a JavaScript animation library. Version 4 brings keyframes, easings, timeline, stagger, SVG tools, Draggable and a scroll observer.

## What it’s for

For animating interfaces and pages in code, with sequences, SVG morphing, spring-release dragging and scroll-linked animations.

## Benefits

- Timeline for sequencing animations
- SVG morphing, line drawing and motion paths
- Scroll observer and a Draggable module with spring release
- Modular build: import only what you need (24.5 KB in total, according to the site)

## Caveats

- According to the site, it is 100% free and funded by sponsorships; check the license type on GitHub.
- Component counts and results published by third parties are unverified claims.

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