Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Illookinati.js is a JavaScript library that makes DOM elements follow and look at your cursor as it moves across the page. It's designed for developers who want to add interactive, eye-tracking effects to websites. The… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Illookinati.js - make DOM elements look at your cursor launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   RoughNotation – create and animate hand-drawn annotations on a web page▲696

   A small JavaScript library to create and animate hand-drawn annotations on a web page

   2020 · roughnotation.com · its alternatives →

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   Create animations by dragging an element with your mouse▲379

   Create animations by dragging your mouse

   2022 · animatize.com · its alternatives →

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   Creepyface – A JavaScript library to make your face look at the pointer▲81

   The JavaScript library that makes your face look at the pointer

   2019 · creepyface.io · its alternatives →

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   wink-cursor▲255

   A lightweight smiley cursor with "winks" on click

   Dec 2025 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

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   Cursor 2.0▲957

   Our first coding model and new interface for agents

   Oct 2025 · cursor.com · its alternatives →

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   A tiny JS library for real-time localization of eye pupils▲153

   2019 · tehnokv.com · its alternatives →

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   Ramjet.js – Morph DOM elements into each other▲309

   2015 · rich-harris.co.uk · its alternatives →

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   This website moves your mouse cursor▲229

   2021 · attejuvonen.fi · its alternatives →

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   Driver.js▲446

   A lightweight engine to drive user's focus across the page

   2018 · kamran.fyi · its alternatives →

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    Pts.js – A library for visualization and creative coding▲611

    Pts is a javascript library for visualization and creative-coding.

    2018 · ptsjs.org · its alternatives →

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    Onlook – Open-source, visual-first Cursor for designers▲408

    Hey HN, I’m Kiet – one half of the two-person team building Onlook (https://beta.onlook.com/), an open-source [https://github.com/onlook-dev/onlook/] visual editor that lets you edit and create React apps live on an infinite canvas. We launched Onlook [1][2] as a local-first Electron app almost a year ago. Since then, “prompt-to-build” tools have blown up, but none let you design and iterate visually. We fixed that by taking a visual-first, AI-powered approach where you can prompt, style, and directly manipulate elements in your app like in a design…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Cursor for your API▲473

    Generate, edit, lint & test your API workflow in one place

    2025 · app.getelva.ai · its alternatives →

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    Reindeer▲355

    Cursor for databases

    Nov 2025 · tryreindeer.com · its alternatives →

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    CSSeffectsSnippets.▲292

    A collection of CSS effects with a click to copy.

    2019 · emilkowalski.github.io · its alternatives →

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    INSTAD.IO▲202

    Automagically converts vector images into sketchy style

    2021 · instad.io · its alternatives →

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    WOW.js▲123

    Animate elements on-scroll to catch attention. Such Magic.

    2014 · mynameismatthieu.com · its alternatives →

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    Tiny jQuery alternative with inline Locality of Behavior▲30

    🗿 Mini jQuery alternative. Dependency-free animations. Locality of Behavior. Use one element or arrays transparently. Pairs with htmx. Vanilla querySelector() but better! - gnat/surreal

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    MagicEye.js – Generate Magic Eye in Your Browser▲111

    2014 · peeinears.github.io · its alternatives →

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    In-view.js – Get notified when DOM elements enter or exit the viewport▲118

    Get notified when a DOM element enters or exits the viewport. :eyes: - camwiegert/in-view

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Its Hover▲293

    Icons that move and react mirroring user intent

    Jan 2026 · itshover.com · its alternatives →

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    CursorLens▲282

    Open Source dashboard and analytics for Cursor IDE

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    Anime.js – Polyvalent JavaScript Animation Engine▲283

    A fast, multipurpose and lightweight JavaScript animation library

    2016 · anime-js.com · its alternatives →

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    Cursor for Userscripts▲56

    I’ve been experimenting with embedding an Claude Code/Cursor-style coding agent directly into the browser. At a high level, the agent generates and maintains userscripts and CSS that are re-applied on page load. Rather than just editing DOM via JS in console the agent is treating the page, and the DOM as a file. The models are often trained in RL sandboxes with full access to the filesystem and bash, so they are really good at using it. So to make the agent behave well, I've simulated this environment. The whole state of a page and scripts is implemented as a virtual filesystem hacked…

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    LocatorJS DevTool▲119

    Click on a component in browser to go to code in your editor

    2022 · locatorjs.com · its alternatives →

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