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Animista

A library of ready-made CSS animations you can tweak and copy.

Visit Animista4.6

  • Rating

    4.6 / 5

  • Pricing

    Free

  • Difficulty

    Intermediate

  • Works on

    Web

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What is Animista?

Animista is a free, on-demand library of CSS animations such as entrances, exits, scales, rotations and text effects. You preview each animation, adjust options like duration, easing, delay and direction, then copy only the CSS you need or download a minified file of your favourites.

Pros: what Animista does well

  • Live previews of every effect
  • Copy only the code you use
  • Free with no sign-up

Cons: where it falls short

  • CSS only, with no timeline-based animation
  • Effects can look dated if overused

Who Animista is for

Front-end developers and designers who want quick, polished CSS motion.

Who can skip it

Anyone building complex, interactive animations in JavaScript.

Animista alternatives

Not sold on Animista? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

All Brainstorming resources

Gradient Magic

Focus: css gradients, backgrounds and colour. Shares web design with Animista. A website, not a web app. Rated 4.3 (Animista: 4.6).

WebsiteFreeWeb
4.3Visit

Scrolltide

Focus: scroll animation, website templates and ai prompts. Shares web design with Animista. A website, not a web app. Freemium (Animista: Free). Rated 4.2 (Animista: 4.6).

WebsiteFree planWeb
4.2Visit

Coolors

Focus: colour palettes, design tools and branding. Also in Brainstorming and Workflows, like Animista. Freemium (Animista: Free). Adds iOS and Android. Rated 4.7 (Animista: 4.6).

Web AppFree planWeb, iOS
4.7Visit

draw.io

Focus: diagrams, flowcharts and uml. Also in Brainstorming and Workflows, like Animista. Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.7 (Animista: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.7Visit

Haikei

Focus: svg generator, backgrounds and shapes. Also in Workflows and Brainstorming, like Animista. Same 4.6 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb
4.6Visit

Free alternatives to Animista

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

Leonardo

Focus: colour palettes, accessibility and contrast. Also in Brainstorming and Workflows, like Animista. Same 4.6 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb
4.6Visit

Piskel

Focus: pixel art, sprites and animation. Also in Brainstorming and Workflows, like Animista. Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Same 4.6 rating.

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.6Visit

Blockbench

Focus: 3d modeling, low poly and texturing. Also in Brainstorming and Workflows, like Animista. Adds Windows, macOS and Linux. Rated 4.5 (Animista: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb, Windows
4.5Visit

Paletton

Focus: colour palettes, colour wheel and colour schemes. Also in Brainstorming and Workflows, like Animista. Rated 4.5 (Animista: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.5Visit

ASCII Magic

Focus: ascii art, image effects and video effects. Also in Workflows and Brainstorming, like Animista. Rated 4.4 (Animista: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.4Visit

ASCIInator

Focus: ascii art, generator and images. Also in Workflows and Brainstorming, like Animista. Rated 4.4 (Animista: 4.6).

Web AppFreeWeb
4.4Visit
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