Make SVGs interactive in React with 1 line
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…
Make SVGs interactive in React with 1 line launched on April 1, 2025 with 54 votes, #593 of 7,818 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
Interactive-illustrations is a React utility that enables developers to add interactive SVGs to applications with minimal code. It supports common interactions including mouse-tracking, scrolling, and hovering effects. Designed as a lightweight, open-source tool, it integrates naturally into the React ecosystem and is intended to help frontend developers create more engaging user interfaces. The library draws inspiration from creative coding practices and targets React developers seeking to add interactive visual elements to their projects.
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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…
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