--- title: Best Free and Open Source JavaScript Animation Libraries description: There are many elements on a webpage that can be animated to make it come alive. In this article, I show you eight of the best free and open-source JavaScript... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/best-free-and-open-source-javascript-animation-libraries-jwvipq68g twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Free and Open Source JavaScript Animation Libraries | daily.dev og:description: There are many elements on a webpage that can be animated to make it come alive. In this article, I show you eight of the best free and open-source JavaScript... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/best-free-and-open-source-javascript-animation-libraries-jwvipq68g og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JwViPq68G.png og:image:alt: Best Free and Open Source JavaScript Animation Libraries og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Best Free and Open Source JavaScript Animation Libraries **[Tuts\+](https://daily.dev/sources/tuts_plus)** · 6 min read · 100 upvotes · 11 comments ## Summary There are many elements on a webpage that can be animated to make it come alive. In this article, I show you eight of the best free and open-source JavaScript animation libraries that you can use in your projects today. Mo.js is an excellent library for adding JavaScript-based motion graphics to your website. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@randomnumber4** · 2 upvotes > Pretty handy. > I recommended GSAP, which is a nice and fast library. **@w3collective** · 2 upvotes > Zdog is another cool library for creating pseudo 3d animation. **@nihalavulan** · 2 upvotes > It made my day powerfull! **@gauravpatil** · 2 upvotes > Check swiperjs also **@warengonzaga** · 1 upvotes > Thanks for sharing! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/best-free-and-open-source-javascript-animation-libraries-jwvipq68g) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Best Free and Open Source JavaScript Animation Libraries","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/best-free-and-open-source-javascript-animation-libraries-jwvipq68g","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/best-free-and-open-source-javascript-animation-libraries-jwvipq68g"},"datePublished":"2021-06-17T00:50:35.575Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"There are many elements on a webpage that can be animated to make it come alive. 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