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24 alternatives to Mechanical Mechanisms

Looped animations of mechanical mechanisms.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Mechanical Mechanisms launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Snabbt.js▲129

   A minimalistic animation library

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

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   Algomation▲77

   A didactic, animated, exposition of algorithms

   2014 · algomation.com · its alternatives →

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   Motion Design for iOS▲188

   A book about designing animations for iOS

   2014 · designthencode.com · its alternatives →

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   JazzHands by IFTTT▲107

   A keyframe-based animation framework

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Project GIFV▲164

   Imgur is reimagining the looping GIF video

   2014 · imgur.com · its alternatives →

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   Loop▲113

   Easily create short hand-drawn animations to share

   2014 · its alternatives →

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   Framer Auto-Code Animation▲158

   Visually manipulate and fine-tune animations in code.

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Impulse▲84

   Dynamic JS Animations for the Mobile Web

   2014 · impulse.luster.io · its alternatives →

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   A cartoon intro to how the attention mechanism works▲63

   I started to draw cartoons to make complex concepts in AI more accessible to the rest of us. Hope this is useful & lmk if you have ideas or feedback!

   2024 · ai-explained.yoko.dev · its alternatives →

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    Anicons▲112

    A customisable icon library for motion designers

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Motion Array▲62

    Make videos easily.

    2014 · motionarray.com · its alternatives →

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    OTTO▲83

    A GIF Camera!

    2014 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →

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    Exhibit and Site on Mechanisms for Students▲28

    Just finished a super-nerdy amateur hobby project: An exhibit and website to show kids how cool mechanisms are! Sadly, kids don't get much tangible experience with machines anymore. Ideally, this exhibit will inspire some to explore engineering, even if they are not "book learners". The website provides content to back up the exhibit, with videos and 3D printing files. The project is inspired by engineering exhibits from the past. Check out the research page for more. The project will be open-sourced to enable people to make their own and extend it. If you want to collaborate, LMK. --Steve

    2025 · mechanical-library.org · its alternatives →

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    Readymag Animations▲127

    Make your projects even more engaging and interactive

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Loop▲74

    Share how you’re feeling using animated GIFs

    2014 · goodword.com · its alternatives →

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    Cachemonet▲89

    Robot-created GIF + music mashups

    2015 · cachemonet.com · its alternatives →

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    IBAnimatable▲125

    Design and prototype UI, interaction, navigation, transition

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Airgora▲130

    A visual community for physical product designers

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    WooBots by Bamloff▲132

    Transformable wooden robots

    2015 · bamloff.com · its alternatives →

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    Midas Creature▲6

    The Automated Animation Tool

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    GifCities▲117

    The retro animated GIF search engine

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Collection of animated algorithms and data structures▲139

    Visual explanations of Algorithms and Data structures

    2020 · chrislaux.com · its alternatives →

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    GIFGIF▲75

    Mapping the Emotional Language of GIFs

    2014 · gifgif.media.mit.edu · its alternatives →

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    User interfaces▲132

    A daily delightful curation of User Interface animations.

    2015 · userinterfaces.io · its alternatives →

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