julianshapiro/blast

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1522 stars · 136 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Blast is a JavaScript library that separates text into individually manipulable elements (words, characters, etc.) for animation and typographic effects. It works with or without jQuery/Zepto and pairs naturally with the Velocity animation library by the same author.

Use cases

• animate individual letters or words on a webpage
• split text into characters for typographic effects
• build kinetic typography animations
• apply per-word styling or highlighting to text
• create text reveal effects on scroll
• manipulate text nodes without breaking HTML structure

When to choose

• you need fine-grained control over individual words or characters in text
• you use Velocity or jQuery and want a compatible text-splitting utility
• you need broad legacy browser support back to IE6

When to avoid

• you use a modern framework like React or Vue where component-based text splitting is idiomatic
• you only need simple CSS-based text effects without DOM splitting
• you need actively developed features or modern tooling support

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

animation ui-components templating web-development frontend graphics browser text-animation typography jquery-plugin dom-manipulation velocity nodejs

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