motion
A modern animation library for React and JavaScript
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motion (TypeScript) — A modern animation library for React and JavaScript
You are doing any non-trivial React animation — page transitions, gestures, layout animations.
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Formerly Framer Motion. The default React animation library in 2026. Declarative, gesture support, layout animations, scroll, presence. ~31k stars and 3.6M weekly downloads. Trusted by Framer and Figma. Now a hybrid engine targeting 120fps GPU-accelerated animations.
You are doing any non-trivial React animation — page transitions, gestures, layout animations.
You are doing only static fades — CSS transitions are enough and ship zero JS.
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