Motion is an open source, production-ready library that’s designed for all creative developers.
It's the only animation library with a hybrid engine, combining the power of JavaScript animations with the performance of native browser APIs.
It looks like this:
<motion.div animate={{ x: 0 }} />
It does all this:
...and a whole lot more.
Install motion via your package manager:
npm install motion
Import the animate function:
import { animate } from "motion"
animate("div", { scale: 1.2 })
Import the motion component:
import { motion } from "motion/react"
export function Component({ isVisible }) {
return <motion.div animate={{ opacity: isVisible ? 1 : 0 }} />
}
Motion is sustainable thanks to the kind support of its sponsors.
Motion powers Framer animations, the web builder for creative pros. Design and ship your dream site. Zero code, maximum speed.
[12.20.2] 2025-07-01
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An animation library for JavaScript and React.
The npm package motion receives a total of 1,377,237 weekly downloads. As such, motion popularity was classified as popular.
We found that motion demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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