Motion for React DOM · React Native Animated API

Write motion once. It runs smoothly, and it never breaks.

Animated brings React Native's Animated to the web. One value drives any number of elements without a React render per frame, supported motion plays in the browser itself, and every interruption continues from what is on screen.

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Install

npm install @kkwaenggwari/animated

One clock value drives the ripple of all 64 shapes. Move your pointer over the stage.

Measured on this release

Measured with the 1.0.0 build in headless Chrome on a desktop PC. Numbers vary by device. How we measured

0.00msJavaScript per frame while 400 elements move
Finite transform and opacity motion on Animated elements plays in the browser. The page's own frame callbacks do no work.
0.13msJavaScript per frame for one value driving 10,000 elements
The value writes one CSS variable; every element derives its style from it in CSS.
0React renders during motion
Values never go through React state. Components render when your props change, not when a frame changes.

01 · Easy

The API you already know, on ordinary React style

timing, spring, interpolate, loop and Animated.event keep their React Native names and configs. A value goes straight into an ordinary style prop, so there is no special component to learn before your first motion.

Port React Native code by renaming Animated.View to Animated.div.
One value can move a bar, a dial and a row of cards at once, each with its own range.
useAnimated owns the recipe: it starts on mount, restarts when a dependency changes and cleans up on unmount.

Preparing the example…

JavaScript is off. The code below is the complete example.

App.jsx

import { Easing, delay, loop, sequence, spring, timing, useAnimated } from '@kkwaenggwari/animated';
import './styles.css';

const curves = {
  linear: Easing.linear,
  inOut: Easing.inOut(Easing.cubic),
  back: Easing.out(Easing.back(1.7)),
  bounce: Easing.bounce,
};

export default function App({ tempo = 'spring', duration = 900, easing = 'inOut' }) {
  // One value. The recipe restarts when a prop changes.
  const progress = useAnimated(
    0,
    (value) => {
      const go = (toValue) =>
        tempo === 'spring'
          ? spring(value, { toValue, stiffness: 120, damping: 11 })
          : timing(value, { toValue, duration, easing: curves[easing] });
      loop(sequence([go(1), delay(500), go(0), delay(500)]));
    },
    [tempo, duration, easing],
  );

  const x = progress.interpolate({ inputRange: [0, 1], outputRange: ['0px', '200px'] });
  const turn = progress.interpolate({ inputRange: [0, 1], outputRange: ['-90deg', '180deg'] });

  return (
    <div className="stage">
      <div className="track">
        <div className="fill" style={{ transform: `scaleX(${progress})` }} />
      </div>
      <div className="row">
        <div className="dial">
          <i style={{ transform: `rotate(${turn})` }} />
        </div>
        <div className="lane">
          <div className="puck" style={{ transform: `translateX(${x})` }} />
        </div>
      </div>
      <div className="cards">
        {[0, 1, 2, 3].map((index) => {
          const start = index * 0.15;
          const lift = progress.interpolate({
            inputRange: [start, start + 0.55],
            outputRange: ['0px', '-26px'],
            extrapolate: 'clamp',
          });
          return (
            <div key={index} className="card" style={{ transform: `translateY(${lift})` }}>
              {index + 1}
            </div>
          );
        })}
      </div>
      <p className="note">One value → 7 elements, ordinary React style</p>
    </div>
  );
}

styles.css

.stage {
  display: grid;
  gap: 22px;
  padding: 28px;
}

.track {
  height: 12px;
  border-radius: 999px;
  background: #eef2ff;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.fill {
  height: 100%;
  background: #2854ff;
  transform-origin: left center;
}

.row {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  align-items: center;
  gap: 24px;
}

.dial {
  position: relative;
  flex: none;
  width: 72px;
  height: 72px;
  border: 2px solid #e4e6ef;
  border-radius: 50%;
}

.dial i {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 50% auto auto 50%;
  width: 30px;
  height: 4px;
  margin-top: -2px;
  border-radius: 2px;
  background: #8fb0ff;
  transform-origin: left center;
}

.lane {
  flex: 1 1 244px;
  max-width: 260px;
  height: 44px;
  border-radius: 999px;
  background: #f5f6fb;
}

.puck {
  width: 44px;
  height: 44px;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: #5c7cff;
}

.cards {
  display: flex;
  gap: 12px;
  padding-top: 30px;
}

.card {
  display: grid;
  place-items: center;
  width: 64px;
  height: 64px;
  border-radius: 14px;
  background: #16181d;
  color: #fff;
  font-weight: 700;
}

.note {
  margin: 0;
  color: #5b6070;
  font-size: 14px;
}

Same calls as React Native

Spinner.jsx

// React Native
<Animated.View style={{ transform: [{ rotate }] }} />

// React DOM with @kkwaenggwari/animated — the rest is identical
<Animated.div style={{ transform: [{ rotate }] }} />

const spin = useAnimatedValue(0);
const rotate = spin.interpolate({ inputRange: [0, 1], outputRange: ['0deg', '360deg'] });

Animated.loop(
  Animated.timing(spin, { toValue: 1, duration: 900, easing: Easing.linear, useNativeDriver: true }),
).start();

02 · Fast

No React render per frame

A hook value is a CSS variable. Linear interpolations and arithmetic become exact calc() expressions of that variable, so each frame is one write and the browser derives the rest. Finite transform and opacity motion on Animated.<tag> elements plays in the browser without frame callbacks.

Change the number of dots: the counter shows React rendered once per change, never per frame.
scope writes the value once on a container instead of on every element.
inspect(element) tells you which path each property uses and why.

Preparing the example…

JavaScript is off. The code below is the complete example.

App.jsx

import { useRef } from 'react';
import { Easing, loop, timing, useAnimated } from '@kkwaenggwari/animated';
import './styles.css';

export default function App({ count = 1600, amplitude = 16, duration = 2400 }) {
  const field = useRef(null);
  const renders = useRef(0);
  renders.current += 1;

  // Written once per frame on the field; every dot derives from it in CSS.
  const wave = useAnimated(
    0,
    (value) => {
      loop(timing(value, { toValue: 1, duration, easing: Easing.linear }));
    },
    [duration],
    { scope: field },
  );

  const columns = Math.ceil(Math.sqrt(count * 2.8));
  const dots = Array.from({ length: count }, (_, index) => index);

  return (
    <div className="stage">
      <div className="meta">
        <span>{count.toLocaleString('en-US')} dots</span>
        <span>React renders: {renders.current}</span>
      </div>
      <div className="field" ref={field} style={{ gridTemplateColumns: `repeat(${columns}, 1fr)` }}>
        {dots.map((index) => {
          const phase = (index % columns) / columns + Math.floor(index / columns) / 18;
          return (
            <i
              key={index}
              style={{
                transform: `translateY(calc(sin((${wave} + ${phase}) * 1turn) * ${amplitude}px))`,
                opacity: `calc(0.55 + cos((${wave} + ${phase}) * 1turn) * 0.45)`,
              }}
            />
          );
        })}
      </div>
    </div>
  );
}

styles.css

.stage {
  display: grid;
  gap: 16px;
  padding: 24px;
}

.meta {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: space-between;
  gap: 8px;
  font:
    600 14px/1.4 ui-monospace,
    SFMono-Regular,
    Consolas,
    monospace;
  color: #1a33c7;
}

.field {
  display: grid;
  grid-auto-rows: 1fr;
  gap: 2px;
  height: 280px;
  padding: 28px 16px;
  border-radius: 16px;
  background: #0b1440;
  overflow: hidden;
}

.field i {
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 8px;
  aspect-ratio: 1;
  align-self: center;
  justify-self: center;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: #5c7cff;
}

.field i:nth-child(3n) {
  background: #8fb0ff;
}

.field i:nth-child(7n) {
  background: #ffffff;
}

03 · Stable

Interrupt it anywhere. It continues.

A new target starts from where the element is on screen, and a spring also keeps its velocity, so reversing mid-flight turns smoothly instead of stopping first. Controllers declared in a hook are stopped and released on replacement and unmount, and server-rendered markup keeps animating after hydration.

Click twice quickly: with spring the path bends, with timing it keeps position but starts a new curve.
Stopping keeps the value where it is; nothing jumps to an end state.
No stray frame loops after unmount, route changes or hidden tabs.

Preparing the example…

JavaScript is off. The code below is the complete example.

App.jsx

import { useRef } from 'react';
import {
  Easing,
  spring,
  timing,
  useAnimatedListener,
  useAnimatedValueXY,
} from '@kkwaenggwari/animated';
import './styles.css';

export default function App({ tempo = 'spring', stiffness = 140, damping = 14 }) {
  const point = useAnimatedValueXY({ x: 80, y: 120 });
  const canvas = useRef(null);

  const moveTo = (event) => {
    const box = event.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect();
    const toValue = { x: event.clientX - box.left, y: event.clientY - box.top };
    // A new target starts from where the puck is now.
    const motion =
      tempo === 'spring'
        ? spring(point, { toValue, stiffness, damping })
        : timing(point, { toValue, duration: 700, easing: Easing.inOut(Easing.cubic) });
    motion.start();
  };

  // Draw the path the puck actually travels.
  const last = useRef(null);
  useAnimatedListener(point, ({ x, y }) => {
    const context = canvas.current?.getContext('2d');
    if (!context) return;
    context.fillStyle = 'rgba(11, 20, 64, 0.025)';
    context.fillRect(0, 0, context.canvas.width, context.canvas.height);
    if (last.current) {
      context.strokeStyle = tempo === 'spring' ? '#8fb0ff' : '#ffffff';
      context.lineWidth = 4;
      context.lineCap = 'round';
      context.beginPath();
      context.moveTo(last.current.x, last.current.y);
      context.lineTo(x, y);
      context.stroke();
    }
    last.current = { x, y };
  });

  return (
    <div className="stage">
      <div className="track" onPointerDown={moveTo}>
        <canvas ref={canvas} width={720} height={320} />
        <div
          className="puck"
          style={{
            transform: `translate(calc(${point.x} * 1px - 50%), calc(${point.y} * 1px - 50%))`,
          }}
        />
        <p>Click anywhere. Click again before it stops.</p>
      </div>
    </div>
  );
}

styles.css

.stage {
  padding: 20px;
}

.track {
  position: relative;
  height: 320px;
  border-radius: 16px;
  background: #0b1440;
  overflow: hidden;
  cursor: crosshair;
  touch-action: none;
  user-select: none;
}

.track canvas {
  position: absolute;
  inset: 0;
  width: 720px;
  height: 320px;
}

.puck {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 36px;
  height: 36px;
  border: 3px solid #fff;
  border-radius: 50%;
  background: #2854ff;
}

.track p {
  position: absolute;
  inset: auto 16px 12px;
  margin: 0;
  color: #b8c4ef;
  font-size: 14px;
  pointer-events: none;
}

What you can build

Complete patterns with adjustable settings and the full source.

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npm install @kkwaenggwari/animated