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24 alternatives to tsParticles

A lightweight TypeScript library for creating particles

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. tsParticles launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    tsParticles - Easily create highly customizable JavaScript particles effects, confetti explosions and fireworks animations and use them as animated backgrounds for your website. Ready to use components available for React.js, Vue.js (2.x and 3.x), Angular, Svelte, jQuery, Preact, Inferno, Solid, Rio

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A lightweight JavaScript library for creating particles.

    2014 · vincentgarreau.com · its alternatives →

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    Pts is a javascript library for visualization and creative-coding.

    2018 · ptsjs.org · its alternatives →

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    A collection of CSS effects with a click to copy.

    2019 · emilkowalski.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Convert images to interactive particle systems

    2024 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Had some fun with shared array buffers over many months of free time. Skip to the end to play around with the final app. Open to ideas on how to simulate more whilst staying in js land.

    2024 · dgerrells.com · its alternatives →

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    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 →

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    Here's a project I've been working on for a little while now. Ripl is a JS library that provides a unified API for rendering shapes on both canvas and SVG interchangeably. Over the years I've used D3 extensively to create data visualisations so I figured I'd have a go at making my own version with a slightly more modern API and stricter TypeScript support. I am aware there are already libraries that can draw to multiple contexts interchangeably, but I've added a few little niceties to Ripl that (as far as I know) some other libraries don't have such as CSS-like query selectors, DOM-like…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Transform Static Images Into Dynamic Particle Experiences

    Aug 2026 · particle-studios.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Procedurally generated avatars for your JS applications

    2023 · cmgriffing.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Dots UI▲96

    A React library for morphable particle interfaces

    18d ago · dotsui.dev · its alternatives →

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    Vivid JS▲183

    A highly customizable, open source SVG icons library

    2018 · webkul.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN I built svggles (npm: interactive-illustrations), a React utility that makes it easy to add playful, interactive SVGs to your frontend. It supports mouse-tracking, scroll, hover, and other common interactions, and it's designed to be lightweight and intuitive for React devs. The inspiration came from my time playing with p5.js — I loved how expressive and fun it was to create interactive visuals. But I also wanted to bring that kind of creative freedom to everyday frontend work, in a way that fits naturally into the React ecosystem. My goal is to help frontend developers make their…

    2025 · svggles.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Made an online tool for creating diagrams with TypeScript. I quite like it for thinking about how to shape my data, even if I end up using a different language in the end.

    2023 · tsdiagram.com · its alternatives →

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    Create a new webpack/Parcel/snowpack project in your browser

    2022 · createapp.dev · its alternatives →

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    An action based drag and drop container for Svelte - isaacHagoel/svelte-dnd-action

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, I'm Narek. I built Manim-Web, a TypeScript/JavaScript port of 3Blue1Brown’s popular Manim math animation engine. The Problem: Like many here, I love Manim's visual style. But setting it up locally is notoriously painful - it requires Python, FFmpeg, Cairo, and a full LaTeX distribution. It creates a massive barrier to entry, especially for students or people who just want to quickly visualize a concept. The Solution: I wanted to make it zero-setup, so I ported the engine to TypeScript. Manim-Web runs entirely client-side in the browser. No Python, no servers, no install. It runs…

    Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A React particles animation background component

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Beautiful copy + paste Tailwind CSS animations in seconds

    2023 · tailwindanimations.co · its alternatives →

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    Create fluid and interactive gradient animations with this small javascript library.

    2016 · sarcadass.github.io · its alternatives →

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    A vue.js particles animation background component

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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