What can I animate with Anime.js?

Anime.js lets you animate DOM elements, CSS properties, and SVG. You can create complex multi-stage animations, staggered reveals of grids and text, SVG path morphing, and kinetic UI elements that respond to user input.

How do I create overlapping animations with Anime.js?

Use `anime.timeline()` to orchestrate sequences, then control timing with timeline offsets — relative offsets like `-=200` overlap animations backward in time, while absolute offsets position them precisely. The example shows adding a second animation 800ms before the first one ends.

What easing functions does Anime.js support?

Anime.js supports advanced easing functions including custom `cubicBezier`, `spring`, and `elastic` easing, in addition to basic options like `linear` and `ease-in-out`. The skill recommends using advanced easing to make motion feel natural and polished.

How do I stagger animations across multiple elements?

Use `anime.stagger()` to add organic rhythm and timing delays across multiple elements. You can pass it a delay value (like 100ms) to automatically offset each element's animation start time.

Does Anime.js require GPU acceleration optimization?

While not required, the skill recommends monitoring main-thread usage and applying `will-change: transform, opacity` CSS properties to enable GPU acceleration for better performance on complex animations.

Skill

Build High-Fidelity Web Animations with Anime.js

Name: Anime.js Animation Skill
Availability: OnlineOnly
Author: Antigravity

Build complex, GPU-friendly Anime.js timelines, staggered reveals, and SVG animations for awards-caliber interactive web sites.

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Updated 4 days ago

Source checked Sep 17, 2026

Version 17.4.0

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Why it matters

Create visually stunning, awards-caliber web animations with complex timelines, staggered effects, and fluid motion for landing pages, interactive UI elements, and SVG graphics that go far beyond basic CSS transitions.

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What it gets done

Orchestrate multi-stage landing page animations with seamless timeline choreography

Implement staggered reveal animations for grids, text, and data visualizations

Animate SVG paths with morphing shapes and dynamic line drawing

Build kinetic UI elements with advanced easing functions and spring physics

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curl -fsSL https://spark.entire.vc/get/ag-animejs-animation | bash

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Overview

Anime.js Animation Skill

This skill uses Anime.js, a JavaScript animation engine, to build complex timeline-based animations, staggered reveals, and SVG path animations for high-fidelity interactive web sites, favoring advanced easing over basic CSS transitions. Use it for multi-stage landing page orchestrations, staggered grid or text reveals, SVG path morphing, or kinetic UI elements that respond fluidly to user input.

What it does

Anime.js is a lightweight but powerful JavaScript animation engine for complex timelines, staggering, and precise control over DOM, CSS, and SVG. This skill uses it to build high-fidelity, jaw-dropping web animations well beyond simple CSS transitions - framed as the tool of choice for awards-caliber interactive sites.

When to use - and when NOT to

Use it for complex, multi-stage landing page orchestrations; staggered animations revealing grids, text, or data visualizations; animating SVG paths (morphing shapes, drawing dynamic lines); or building kinetic UI elements that respond fluidly to user input. The skill treats this as a mandate for building modern, creative, visually stunning UI/UX, explicitly ruling out common or boring transitions in favor of motion that feels bespoke, fluid, and heavily polished.

Inputs and outputs

The execution workflow has four steps. First, identify the DOM elements or SVGs to be animated. Second, define the properties and easing to animate - favoring advanced easing functions such as custom cubicBezier, spring, or elastic over basic linear or ease-in-out, to make the motion feel expensive and natural. Third, orchestrate timelines with anime.timeline(), mastering the use of timeline offsets - relative (e.g. -=200) versus absolute - to create seamless overlapping motion. Fourth, implement the sequence in code. anime.stagger() is used extensively across all of this to add organic rhythm to multiple elements.

const tl = anime.timeline({
  easing: "spring(1, 80, 10, 0)",
  duration: 1000,
});
tl.add({
  targets: ".hero-text",
  translateY: [50, 0],
  opacity: [0, 1],
  delay: anime.stagger(100),
}).add(
  { targets: ".hero-image", scale: [0.9, 1], opacity: [0, 1] },
  "-=800",
);

Who it's for

Front-end and creative developers building awards-caliber, kinetic interactive sites who need precise, performant control over animation timing rather than common, boring transitions. The skill also calls for monitoring main-thread usage and using will-change: transform, opacity where appropriate for GPU acceleration.

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