Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to WOW.js

Animate elements on-scroll to catch attention. Such Magic.

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

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   Lax.js▲343

   Create beautiful & smooth animations when you scroll

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Animate On Scroll▲7

   https://github.com/michalsnik/aos

   2016 · michalsnik.github.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Elevator.js▲147

   Scroll to top the old fashioned way.

   2015 · tholman.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   ScrollReveal▲118

   Easy scroll animations for web and mobile browsers.

   2014 · scrollrevealjs.org · its alternatives →

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

   Velocity.js: An incredibly fast animation engine for motion designers.

   2014 · velocityjs.org · its alternatives →

6. 6WJ
   Wiv.js – A library for a more wiggly div▲265

   2018 · jjkaufman.github.io · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Create animations by dragging an element with your mouse▲379

   Create animations by dragging your mouse

   2022 · animatize.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   ScrollMagic▲112

   The jQuery plugin for magical scroll interactions.

   2014 · scrollmagic.io · its alternatives →

9. 9S
   Scrollorama▲395

   2012 · johnpolacek.github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10RJ
    Ramjet.js – Morph DOM elements into each other▲309

    2015 · rich-harris.co.uk · its alternatives →

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    Walkway.js▲121

    An easy way to animate simple SVG elements

    2014 · connoratherton.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Scroll Buddy▲107

    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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    Umbrella JS, a 2.5kb jQuery alternative▲132

    :umbrella: Lightweight javascript library for DOM manipulation and events

    2018 · umbrellajs.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Animate Components▲205

    Elemental components for doing animations in React.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15BJ
    Bounce.js – A tool for generating CSS3 animations▲172

    2014 · bouncejs.com · 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 →

17. 17
    Impulse▲84

    Dynamic JS Animations for the Mobile Web

    2014 · impulse.luster.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    ScrollingMockup.io▲164

    Turn your website URLs into scrolling mockups in minutes

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Anime.js▲236

    A flexible yet lightweight Javascript animation library.

    2016 · anime-js.com · its alternatives →

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    Control▲185

    Freehand website editor

    2023 · cntrl.site · its alternatives →

21. 21CA
    Construct Animate – our new browser-based animation tool▲165

    2023 · construct.net · its alternatives →

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    Data-anim – Animate HTML with just data attributes▲19

    Hey HN, I built data-anim — an animation library where you never have to write JavaScript yourself. You just write: Hello That's it. Scroll-triggered fade-in animation, zero JS to write. What it does: - 30+ built-in animations (fade, slide, zoom, bounce, rotate, etc.) - 4 triggers: scroll (default), load, click, hover - 3-layer anti-FOUC protection (immediate style injection → noscript fallback → 5s timeout) - Responsive controls: disable per device or swap animations on mobile - TypeScript autocomplete for all attributes - Under 3KB gzipped, zero dependencies Why I built this: I noticed…

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Webstudio Animations▲160

    Silky-smooth, uninterrupted scroll-driven web animations

    2025 · webstudio.is · its alternatives →

24. 24DJ
    Delighters.js – Add CSS animations to delight users as they scroll▲7

    2018 · q42.github.io · its alternatives →

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