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. Midori – library for animated image backgrounds launched in 2020; 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 →

2. 2
   Color Library▲116

   Automated color separation

   2016 · colorlibrary.ch · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Adaptive Backgrounds▲231

   Extract dominant colours from images

   2014 · briangonzalez.github.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   useAnimations▲362

   An animated icon library for your projects

   2019 · useanimations.com · its alternatives →

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   Anime.js▲236

   A flexible yet lightweight Javascript animation library.

   2016 · anime-js.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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   HyperFrames Studio (Desktop)▲164

   The First Video Editor built for Agents

   16d ago · hyperframes.dev · its alternatives →

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   sidebranch▲102

   Easy git-based visual diffing

   Sep 2026 · sidebranch.dev · its alternatives →

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   Anicons▲112

   A customisable icon library for motion designers

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    GIFGIF▲75

    Mapping the Emotional Language of GIFs

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

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    Fulvid▲86

    A standalone desktop editor for Markdown and MDX

    Sep 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Sweep.js▲68

    A JavaScript library for smoother color transitions

    2014 · rileyjshaw.com · its alternatives →

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    Midas Creature▲6

    The Automated Animation Tool

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Subtle Patterns▲53

    A plethora of background patterns for Photoshop

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    GradientsGuru▲8

    collection of beautiful gradients and blend image effects

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Introducing Framer Gradients▲15

    Where color meets motion

    2017 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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    Motion Ui▲8

    An open-source Sass library for creating animation effects

    2015 · zurb.com · its alternatives →

18. 18IP
    Image processing in 9 languages with 1 library▲5

    2015 · simpleelastix.github.io · 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 →

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    mo.js▲15

    Motion graphics library for the web

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Animaker▲21

    Animated videos, done right.

    2015 · animaker.com · its alternatives →

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    Tuesday, a new open-source CSS animation library▲18

    2015 · shakrmedia.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Openbloc: playing with React, D3, SVG path animation and morphing▲8

    2017 · lab.openbloc.fr · its alternatives →

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    ColorAyz – a small webapp for grayscale images colorization▲9

    2014 · colorayz.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →