# davidkpiano/flipping

Flipping awesome animations.

Repository: https://github.com/davidkpiano/flipping
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/flipping
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-12-07T17:51:09+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3635, "days_push": 1365, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1420, forks 51 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:40.572804+00:00)

## What it is
A TypeScript library for implementing FLIP (First-Last-Invert-Play) transitions in web applications, with adapters for different animation APIs. It tracks elements via data-flip-key attributes and animates them smoothly across layout changes.

## Use cases
- animate shared element transitions between views
- smoothly animate layout changes with the FLIP technique
- create gallery-to-detail photo transitions
- animate elements when DOM structure changes
- implement seamless page transition animations in vanilla JS

## When to choose
- you want FLIP animations without a heavy framework dependency
- you need framework-agnostic shared element transitions
- you want fine-grained control over read/flip lifecycle hooks

## When to avoid
- you use a framework with built-in FLIP support like Framer Motion or React Spring
- the project needs actively developed features or frequent updates
- you only need simple CSS transitions without layout animation

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: animation
- domain: frontend, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: flip-technique, css-transitions, layout-animations, typescript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- davidkpiano/flipping (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:40.572804+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 2026-08-30T04:37:48.427921+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/davidkpiano/flipping (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:40.572804+00:00, sha 56b69ff85b2d)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/flipping (fetched 2026-08-29T11:50:20.445143+00:00, sha 9fbc53eb235d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.