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24 alternatives to ScrollMagic

The jQuery plugin for magical scroll interactions.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. ScrollMagic launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

  1. 1S

    2012 · johnpolacek.github.com · 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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    Easy scroll animations for web and mobile browsers.

    2014 · scrollrevealjs.org · its alternatives →

  4. 4SJ

    2015 · rocketwagon.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Lax.js▲343

    Create beautiful & smooth animations when you scroll

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Easy Infinite Scrolling Marquees

    2024 · marqueekit.com · its alternatives →

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    A responsive JQuery slider

    2016 · polarnotion.github.io · its alternatives →

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    :umbrella: Lightweight javascript library for DOM manipulation and events

    2018 · umbrellajs.com · its alternatives →

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    Invert scroll direction for physical scroll wheels while maintaining "Natural" scrolling for trackpads on MacOS - ther0n/UnnaturalScrollWheels

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A simple, lightweight Javascript library for dynamic grid layouts. - e-oj/Magic-Grid

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A simple scrolling library for jQuery

    2017 · noobscroll.js.org · its alternatives →

  13. 13

    A jQuery plugin a day

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Hi! Instead of a boring scrollbar I made a scuba dude that swims down the page when you scroll. The idea came from nostalgia; remember SkiFree game on Windows? I wanted a skier skiing down my site. Building the skier mechanics in pure javascript turned out to be difficult so I started with a runner, added a santa hat, and recently built scuba buddy. You can try it directly as soon as you start to scroll down the page, and see the other animations with the "Change Animation" button. Technical details: entirely javascript, takes scroll depth value (window.scrollY) and inputs that into…

    2025 · scrollbuddy.com · its alternatives →

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    Based on the framerate-independent momentum simulation[0] that I used in my TPMouse script[1] If you've ever used a mouse with Infinite-scrollwheel such as Logitech, this utility for Windows basically recreates that functionality for any generic mouse. Actually, it's even better than that: this allows for simultaneous horizontal and vertical scrolling, so essentially it combines two of the best features of the Logitech MX Master -- horizontal wheel, and unlocked momentum scrolling -- into one intuitive control scheme. To enable horizontal scrolling, set the X-sensitivity to a value you…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Unheap▲128

    A nice repository of jQuery plugins

    2014 · unheap.com · its alternatives →

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    A playful way to make your website funnier

    2014 · theonion.github.io · its alternatives →

  18. 18GJ

    Find information, resources and relevant links for gridster.net. This domain may be for sale.

    2012 · gridster.net · its alternatives →

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    Turn your website URLs into scrolling mockups in minutes

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    🗿 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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    Touch-based wizarding with adorable art

    2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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    JQuery visual diff tool

    2015 · zurb.com · its alternatives →

  23. 23SC
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    Instantly create a screen of scrolling text

    2025 · scrollitto.me · its alternatives →

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