# Creatide/AnimateMate

Create your animations directly in Sketch using AnimateMate.

Repository: https://github.com/Creatide/AnimateMate
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/animatemate
Homepage: http://AnimateMate.com
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-03-21T10:54:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3839, "days_push": 1991, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1314, forks 74 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:20.491935+00:00)

## What it is
AnimateMate is a Sketch plugin for creating and exporting simple animations directly inside Sketch using keyframes. It lets designers animate layers and export GIF-style motion without switching to a dedicated animation tool.

## Use cases
- create simple animations directly in Sketch
- add keyframes to Sketch layers
- export quick animation prototypes from design files
- generate random animations for selected layers
- offset animation timing across layers

## When to choose
- you design in Sketch and need lightweight animations without another app
- you want quick motion prototypes for concepts
- you need simple keyframe-based layer animations

## When to avoid
- you need complex or fully featured animation capabilities
- you use modern Sketch versions or other design tools, since the plugin is deprecated and unmaintained
- you need guaranteed compatibility or support

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: animation, plugin-system, developer-tools
- domain: web-design, graphics, frontend
- platform: editor-plugin
- tags: sketch-plugin, animation, keyframes, motion-design, deprecated, macos

## Member repositories
- Creatide/AnimateMate (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:20.491935+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:48:44.301756+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Creatide/AnimateMate (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:20.491935+00:00, sha 25928caa9668)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.