Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Motion Ui

An open-source Sass library for creating animation effects

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Motion Ui launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1AV
   A visual HTML5 animation editor in your browser▲295

   2014 · animatron.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Motion Design for iOS▲188

   A book about designing animations for iOS

   2014 · its alternatives →

3. 3SJ
   Snabbt.js – a minimalistic animation library▲323

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

4. 4
   Framer▲121

   Prototyping tool for animation and interaction

   2014 · its alternatives →

5. 5VJ
   Velocity.js – Accelerated JavaScript animation▲160

   2014 · velocityjs.org · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Snabbt.js▲129

   A minimalistic animation library

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   appealing▲245

   Mobile UI animations found in the wild

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8TA
   Tuesday, a new open-source CSS animation library▲18

   2015 · shakrmedia.github.io · its alternatives →

9. 9BJ
   Bounce.js – A tool for generating CSS3 animations▲172

   2014 · bouncejs.com · its alternatives →

10. 10CJ
    Choreographer-JS, a simple way to handle complicated animations▲39

    2016 · christinecha.github.io · its alternatives →

11. 11SA
    Skeletal Animation System – a WebGL animation blender▲120

    2017 · chinedufn.github.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Impulse▲84

    Dynamic JS Animations for the Mobile Web

    2014 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    JazzHands by IFTTT▲107

    A keyframe-based animation framework

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14MM
    Meaningful Motion UI – A free user interface animation course▲8

    2018 · meaningfulmotionui.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    GradientDaze▲186

    Gesture based gradients never felt so good

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16AJ
    Anime.js – Polyvalent JavaScript Animation Engine▲283

    2016 · anime-js.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Anicons▲112

    A customisable icon library for motion designers

    2014 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    mo.js▲15

    Motion graphics library for the web

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    The Kinetic UI: Motion Design for Mobile Apps▲14

    Master animation for mobile apps, from an ex-Apple designer

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20PF
    Performance-focused pure CSS loading animations▲49

    2015 · connoratherton.com · its alternatives →

21. 21SU
    Smooth UI, a React UI Library for Humans▲87

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22LC
    liffect — CSS3 animation effects for lists▲91

    2012 · ademilter.com · its alternatives →

23. 23GJ
    Granim.js – Create fluid and interactive gradients animations▲74

    2016 · sarcadass.github.io · its alternatives →

24. 24TW
    Txt.wav – Text Animation Library▲98

    2016 · stilllife.studio · 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 →