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24 alternatives to Sal – Lightweight scroll animation library

Performance focused, lightweight JavaScript scroll animation library

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Sal – Lightweight scroll animation library launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Anime.js▲236
A flexible yet lightweight Javascript animation library.
2016 · anime-js.com · its alternatives →
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Snabbt.js▲129
A minimalistic animation library
2015 · daniel-lundin.github.io · its alternatives →
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Motion One – New animation library, built on the Web Animations API▲327
Motion (prev Framer Motion) is a fast, production-grade animation library for React, JavaScript and Vue. Build smooth UI animations at a tiny footprint.
2021 · motion.dev · its alternatives →
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Umbrella JS, a 2.5kb jQuery alternative▲132
:umbrella: Lightweight javascript library for DOM manipulation and events
2018 · umbrellajs.com · its alternatives →
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Anime.js 3.0▲354
Lightweight JavaScript animation library
2019 · animejs.com · 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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Impulse▲84
Dynamic JS Animations for the Mobile Web
2014 · impulse.luster.io · its alternatives →
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p5.js▲202
JS library for creating graphic and interactive experiences
2015 · p5js.org · its alternatives →
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JazzHands by IFTTT▲107
A keyframe-based animation framework
2016 · github.com · its alternatives →
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React Native scrollable bottom sheet native animations gestures 60FPS▲144
Cross platform scrollable bottom sheet with virtualisation support, native animations at 60 FPS and fully implemented in JS land :fire: - rgommezz/react-native-scroll-bottom-sheet
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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ScrollReveal▲118
Easy scroll animations for web and mobile browsers.
2014 · scrollrevealjs.org · its alternatives →
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Scrollanim – CSS3 and JavaScript scroll animation▲6
2016 · scrollanim.kissui.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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mo.js▲15
Motion graphics library for the web
2015 · its alternatives →
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NotebookJS▲109
Scientific computation for JavaScript
2016 · datazar.com · its alternatives →
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LemonadeJS – A micro JavaScript library for building web interfaces▲57
Reactive components with React-like patterns at ~9 KB gzip. Zero dependencies, zero build step, designed for humans and AI agents.
2021 · lemonadejs.net · its alternatives →
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NoobScroll▲8
A simple scrolling library for jQuery
2017 · noobscroll.js.org · its alternatives →
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Scroll animations CSS library▲16
Simplifying scroll animations with tailwind inspired syntax
2024 · michal-skoula.github.io · its alternatives →
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Roll.js, just a little library to track position and scroll▲15
2015 · williamngan.github.io · its alternatives →
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Dynamics JS▲7
Javascript library to create physics-based CSS animations
2015 · dynamicsjs.com · its alternatives →
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Midori – library for animated image backgrounds▲6
library for animated image backgrounds
2020 · aeroheim.github.io · 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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Openbloc: playing with React, D3, SVG path animation and morphing▲8
2017 · lab.openbloc.fr · 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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