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Dev tools · September 22, 2021

Motion One – New animation library, built on the Web Animations API

Motion (prev Framer Motion) is a fast, production-grade animation library for React, JavaScript and Vue. Build smooth UI animations at a tiny footprint.

Motion One – New animation library, built on the Web Animations API launched on September 22, 2021 with 327 votes, #50 of 2,941 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

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In plain words

Motion One is an animation library for developers that builds on the Web Animations API. It enables developers to create animations for web projects with a modern, standards-based approach. The library simplifies animation workflows by leveraging browser-native capabilities rather than proprietary solutions, making it useful for anyone building interactive web experiences who wants a lightweight, performant animation tool.

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Create high-performance web animations with Motion's easy-to-use API, from simple transforms to advanced interactive gestures. Animate x , y , rotate , scale on the same element, without wrappers. Hardware-accelerated scroll-linked motion via ScrollTimeline . Real spring math for animations that naturally react to user input. AnimatePresence keeps elements alive so they can animate as they leave the DOM. variants , stagger , and timelines orchestrate complex motion. useMotionValue drives animations and derived state in real time. Start with 450+ copy and paste examples, from scroll effects and gestures to carousels and typewriter animations. Choose your runtime and start with the API built…from motion.dev

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