# berzniz/react-overdrive

Super easy magic-move transitions for React apps

Repository: https://github.com/berzniz/react-overdrive
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-overdrive
Homepage: https://react-overdrive.now.sh
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react, magic-move, transitions, animations, router
Last push: 2022-12-08T22:17:41+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": 3467, "days_push": 1364, "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 2954, forks 83 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:32.131222+00:00)

## What it is
A React library for creating magic-move (shared element) transitions between components or pages. Elements wrapped in an <Overdrive> component with matching IDs animate smoothly when one unmounts and another mounts.

## Use cases
- add shared element transitions between React pages
- animate image gallery transitions in Next.js
- magic-move transitions with React Router
- smoothly transition a loader into content
- animate elements between route changes in React apps

## When to choose
- you want simple, declarative shared-element transitions in React with minimal setup
- you need transitions that work with React Router or Next.js
- you want to animate any element, not just images

## When to avoid
- you need complex choreographed animation sequences - use Framer Motion or react-spring instead
- your project uses React 18+ features that may not be supported by this unmaintained library
- you need transitions between elements mounted more than 100ms apart

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: animation, ui-components, frontend-framework
- domain: frontend, web-development, web-design
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: react, magic-move, page-transitions, shared-element-transitions, react-router, nextjs, nodejs

## Member repositories
- berzniz/react-overdrive (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:32.131222+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 2026-08-30T07:32:36.575621+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/berzniz/react-overdrive (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:32.131222+00:00, sha d21b45a9358d)
  - homepage: https://react-overdrive.now.sh (fetched 2026-08-29T09:48:02.562275+00:00, sha 8b647fee7136)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-overdrive (fetched 2026-08-29T09:48:02.564621+00:00, sha a7cb344a7ff8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.