lvivski/animatic

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1383 stars · 122 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Animatic is a lightweight (7k gzipped) JavaScript library for CSS animations that combines CSS transforms with JavaScript control. It supports animating many objects simultaneously, with start/stop/cancel control, timeline sequencing, and elementary physics simulation (mass and viscosity) for lifelike motion.

Use cases

• animate DOM elements with CSS transforms and full JS control
• create start/stop/cancelable animations instead of pure CSS transitions
• generate pure CSS keyframe animations from time-based durations
• simulate realistic motion with mass and viscosity physics
• sequence and run parallel or infinite animations
• build event-based animation flows in the browser

When to choose

• you need programmatic control over CSS animations (start, stop, cancel)
• you want physics-based lifelike animation with a tiny footprint
• you prefer thinking in durations and delays rather than keyframe percentages
• you need to animate many elements simultaneously with transforms

When to avoid

• you need modern Web Animations API features or broad ecosystem support
• you require React/Vue component-level animation integration
• the project appears to be in maintenance mode with limited updates
• you need complex parallel pure-CSS generated animations (a documented limitation)

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

animation web-development frontend browser css-animations physics transforms keyframes lightweight javascript

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