Anime.js
Languages and libraries
javascript animation library
SHOW HN2016
283points
73comments
#74of 2,264 in 2016
Top 4%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
4 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 10 critical, out of 33 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.
Performance: 1 for, 5 againstIdea: 1 for, 3 againstDocs: 1 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Lightweight file size compared with GSAP and Popmotion
From 2 comments
Popmotion minified is over 45kB, almost 8x as large as Anime.js.
Ameo on HNI'm pretty sure not many people will understand what the word means in this context, and I would strongly suggest removing it. "valency" has specific meanings in chemistry and…
bshimmin on HN
Impressive demo and clean API
From 2 comments
I'm pretty sure not many people will understand what the word means in this context, and I would strongly suggest removing it. "valency" has specific meanings in chemistry and…
bshimmin on HNImpressive.
surkin on HN
Objections
The name 'polyvalent' is confusing; replaced with 'flexible'
From 2 comments
It means "multipurpose", polyvalent is a really common word in French, but apparently doesn't have the same signification in English, or is less common. I'll replace it by…
JulianGarnier on HNOk so I went with "flexible", I'm not 100% sure yet, but that will do the job for now
JulianGarnier on HN
Ambiguous project name clashes with anime
From 2 comments
Awesome project and impressive demo, but these ambiguous project names are a really bad idea for a number of reasons.
beefsack on HNI'm confused. What does this have to do with anime/why is this called anime?
drdeca on HN
Page used excessive CPU and memory in some browsers
From 2 comments
Very nice but it explodes my work laptops CPU (running ubuntu 16.04 + chrome 50) even just idling on http://anime-js.com/ Im guessing you need to add some "sleep" somewhere
trollboll on HNJesus! I had to force-kill my browser after a tab (didn't know which one at first) started eating all my 6GB of RAM, then realized it was this one when I restored the session. I…
guessmyname on HN
GSAP is faster in stress tests
From 1 comment
Congrats on the release! You said Anime is equal or better than other JS libraries in terms of performance - were you including GSAP? In my tests, GSAP was significantly faster…
GreenSock on HN
Requests
Better documentation of anime.path and comparison tables
From 3 comments
The only documentation of the anime.path function is the example: anime.path('path') I think I can guess how to use it -- the argument is a "target" that resolves to an SVG path…
dgreensp on HNTotally awesome work! It would be great to get some comparison tables (size, compatibility, speed) for the common animation libraries (velocity, tweenmax/lite, etc) Also digging…
Secretmapper on HNThis looks great, thank you for open sourcing this! I would like to ask two things: How do you think about the velocity.js code regarding performance optimization? What would be…
code_research on HN
Timeline or sequencing support for coordinating animations
From 2 comments
This looks great, thank you for open sourcing this! I would like to ask two things: How do you think about the velocity.js code regarding performance optimization? What would be…
code_research on HNRegarding the performance, Anime is equal or better in some cases than the other javascript animation libraries out there. Not sure to understand what you mean by "coordinate…
JulianGarnier on HN
Questions
How does it compare with GSAP, mo.js and Popmotion?
From 2 comments
Do you have any quick notes on how this compares and contrasts with GSAP[1] other than the licensing? Is there any clear case for "Use Anime.js for XYZ"? [1]…
leetrout on HNHow is this better than greensock / mo.js / popmotion.js?
KaoruAoiShiho on HN
What is the difference from the Web Animations API?
From 1 comment
What's the difference between this library and the Web Animations API?…
snarkyturtle on HN
Alternatives named
GSAP
From 2 comments
Do you have any quick notes on how this compares and contrasts with GSAP[1] other than the licensing? Is there any clear case for "Use Anime.js for XYZ"? [1]…
leetrout on HNCongrats on the release! You said Anime is equal or better than other JS libraries in terms of performance - were you including GSAP? In my tests, GSAP was significantly faster…
GreenSock on HN
Popmotion
From 1 comment
Have you seen or used https://github.com/Popmotion/popmotion/? These both seem fairly similar, both small libraries with a lot of overlap.
Akkuma on HN
Web Animations API
From 1 comment
What's the difference between this library and the Web Animations API?…
snarkyturtle on HN
Velocity.js
From 1 comment
This looks great, thank you for open sourcing this! I would like to ask two things: How do you think about the velocity.js code regarding performance optimization? What would be…
code_research on HN
mo.js
From 1 comment
How is this better than greensock / mo.js / popmotion.js?
KaoruAoiShiho on HN