Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Dynamo.js - a dead simple way to add subtle animations to your webpage launched in 2012; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Impulse▲84

   Dynamic JS Animations for the Mobile Web

   2014 · impulse.luster.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Snabbt.js▲129

   A minimalistic animation library

   2015 · daniel-lundin.github.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Anime.js▲236

   A flexible yet lightweight Javascript animation library.

   2016 · anime-js.com · its alternatives →

4. 4MY
   Make your web page dance with Rythm.js▲183

   2017 · okazari.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Walkway.js▲121

   An easy way to animate simple SVG elements

   2014 · connoratherton.com · its alternatives →

6. 6BJ
   Bounce.js – A tool for generating CSS3 animations▲172

   2014 · bouncejs.com · its alternatives →

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   Squints▲81

   Design tools for the live web

   29d ago · squints.app · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Choreographer-JS, a simple way to handle complicated animations▲39

   A simple library to take care of complex CSS animations.

   2016 · christinecha.github.io · its alternatives →

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   Dynamics JS▲7

   Javascript library to create physics-based CSS animations

   2015 · dynamicsjs.com · its alternatives →

10. 10AL
    A lean HTML editor with instant preview▲8

    2021 · no-gravity.github.io · its alternatives →

11. 11WJ
    Waves.js – Text animation in JavaScript▲6

    2014 · mateogianolio.github.io · its alternatives →

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    mo.js▲15

    Motion graphics library for the web

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    SpiritJS▲12

    Easily animate objects on the web.

    2016 · spiritapp.io · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Simplezoom.js▲17

    A tiny JavaScript library to preview images, better way!

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    3D Editor to Create Animations, in the Browser▲8

    2021 · twitter.com · its alternatives →

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    Next.js▲19

    A small framework for server-rendered universal JS webapps

    2016 · vercel.com · its alternatives →

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    Drul.js – A simple library to create HTML grid layouts▲5

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Motion Ui▲8

    An open-source Sass library for creating animation effects

    2015 · zurb.com · its alternatives →

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    Sal – Lightweight scroll animation library▲5

    Performance focused, lightweight JavaScript scroll animation library

    2018 · mciastek.github.io · its alternatives →

20. 20AU
    Animated users session heatmaps of your website▲7

    2018 · witness.ly · its alternatives →

21. 21AA
    Almost-a-CMS an in browser visual HTML editor for live static websites▲5

    2020 · softaccel.net · its alternatives →

22. 22AV
    A vanilla JavaScript alternative to the buggy vh/vw CSS units▲8

    2015 · joaocunha.github.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Matt's DOM Utils—a modular HTML DOM library with wide browser support▲6

    2012 · fortybelow.ca · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Windsock.js – A flux inspired library for building web applications▲6

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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