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24 alternatives to SmoothState

Jquery Page Transitions

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

1. 1
   SmoothState.js▲9

   Smooth Transition Animation

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Pivot▲302

   Drag and drop real-time HTML page building

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Pace▲256

   Automatic page load progress bars (pure CSS)

   2014 · its alternatives →

4. 4CA
   Combining AJAX, pushState & CSS3 transitions▲23

   2012 · paynedigital.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   TimeDropper▲272

   A gorgeous jQuery time plugin

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Turntable.js▲134

   A responsive JQuery slider

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7JL
   JS library to make your website instant▲426

   http://instantclick.io/ It seems the internet architecture won't bring us instant websites anytime soon. So here is a hack. I released this JS library last month (today is version 2.0 release, fixing v1.0's rough edges), it makes use of HTML5's pushState and preloading to make a website instant. It works like this: before clicking on a link, you'll hover over it. And there's a delay of 200-300 ms between these two events. InstantClick uses this delay to preload a page, when you click on a link it will display instantly in most case. (You can test on the website.) That's…

   2014 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   don't-go▲168

   Auto-change page title & favicon whenever page loses focus

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Blend▲263

   Generate simple and beautiful CSS3 gradients

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Progressive Tooling▲196

    Curated list of tools to improve web page performance

    2018 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Motion 2.0▲319

    Transform your browser into a powerful work application

    2020 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    PageCrawl.io▲92

    Track Website Changes

    2019 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    SHIFT▲267

    Convert 2D vector to the new dimension

    2022 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    floors.js▲215

    Turn your website into Habbo Hotel - one script tag

    Feb 2026 · floorsjs.com · its alternatives →

15. 15AJ
    A jQuery plugin for easy single page web sites.▲49

    2011 · github.com · its alternatives →

16. 16BA
    Build a JS-only interactive product walk-through for your landing page▲184

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    1 Page Party!▲158

    Publish a one page site Iive in seconds

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    OnPage Champ▲107

    Webiste tracking and on-page SEO A/B testing tool

    2020 · its alternatives →

19. 19TJ
    Trip.js, a jQuery plugin for product landing page navigation▲53

    2013 · eragonj.github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    ClickSay▲92

    Click any element and ClickSay instantly captures it

    Mar 2026 · clicksay.net · its alternatives →

21. 21
    MarqueeKit▲145

    Easy Infinite Scrolling Marquees

    2024 · marqueekit.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    shots▲154

    Turn the evolution of a website into an animated gif

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    ScrollReveal▲118

    Easy scroll animations for web and mobile browsers.

    2014 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Pagetuner▲94

    Visual feedback directly on your website

    2022 · its alternatives →

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