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10+ Trending Animated UI Component Libraries 🔥 (2025 Edition)

#webdev #react #ui #animation

Modern web apps aren’t just about buttons and forms anymore — they’re about experiences.
Micro-interactions, smooth transitions, and playful motion are now a baseline expectation, not a bonus.

The good news? You don’t have to build all of that from scratch.

A new wave of animated UI component libraries gives you pre-built, copy-paste components powered by React, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion, GSAP, and more. These libraries help you:

  • Ship beautiful landing pages way faster
  • Keep your UI consistent and on-brand
  • Focus on product logic instead of re-inventing animations

In this post, we’ll look at 10+ trending animated UI libraries you should absolutely know about in 2025.

1. Magic UI

Stack: React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion ([magicui.design][2])

Magic UI is like a set of “premium landing page” building blocks you can just drop into your app. It ships with 20+ animated components (and growing), including things like:

  • Marquee sections
  • Animated lists
  • Dock-style navigation
  • Hero video dialogs

Most components are free and open source, and it’s designed to pair nicely with shadcn/ui if you’re already using that for base components.

Best for: SaaS, startup, and portfolio landing pages that need subtle but delightful motion without custom animation logic.

2. Aceternity UI

Stack: Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion ([aceternity.com][3])

Aceternity UI focuses on high-impact hero and visual sections. Think:

  • Aurora / gradient backgrounds
  • Background beams
  • Interactive GitHub globes
  • Fancy hover + lens effects

You can literally copy-paste code snippets into your Next.js or React project and tweak Tailwind classes as needed. The library offers dozens of free components under MIT.

Best for: Hero sections, marketing pages, and “wow” moments in your UI.

3. UI Layout

Stack: React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion, GSAP ([DEV Community][1])

UI Layout is like a motion-focused layout kit. Its focus is on animated composition rather than basic buttons and inputs.

Components include things like:

  • Animated metrics / motion numbers
  • Scroll-based reveals
  • Image trails following the cursor
  • Fancy sliders and carousels

If you’re building a story-driven page with scrolling and section-based animations, this one’s worth a look.

4. Cult UI

Stack: React, Tailwind CSS, shadcn-compatible ([DEV Community][4])

Cult UI calls itself a design-engineer-friendly library — it ships with:

  • Animated “dynamic island”-style components
  • Shader / blur effects
  • Fractal grids
  • Themes and fullstack templates

It plugs nicely into shadcn UI and uses copy-paste components you can adapt as needed. Licensed under MIT, so commercial usage is fine.

Best for: Product sites and dashboards where you already use shadcn but want spicy, animated extras.

5. Eldora UI

Stack: React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion ([DEV Community][1])

Eldora UI is a clean, versatile animated component pack. It provides:

  • 20+ reusable animated components
  • Additional templates
  • Good defaults that still feel “design-system friendly”

If you like the motion-heavy style of modern landing pages but want something that doesn’t feel over-designed, Eldora hits a nice middle ground.

6. Syntax UI

Stack: React, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion ([DEV Community][1])

Syntax UI gives you a curated set of animated primitives like:

  • Tabs, toggles & accordions with smooth motion
  • Pricing tables and testimonial sections
  • Fun extras like emoji confetti

Under the hood it leans on Framer Motion for animation and Tailwind for styling, with a focus on developer ergonomics and a polished look.

Best for: Marketing sites and SaaS dashboards that need polished, animated content sections.

7. Hover.dev

Stack: React, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion & other JS animation techniques ([hover.dev][5])

Hover.dev is all about interactive, animated UI components and templates. It ships with:

  • ~38+ carefully animated components
  • Prebuilt sections and templates
  • A freemium model (lots free, Pro unlocks everything)

If you often find yourself thinking “I just need a nice animated card/hero/section right now”, Hover.dev is a practical toolkit.

8. Svelte Animation Components

Stack: Svelte, Tailwind CSS, Svelte Motion ([DEV Community][1])

Not everything is React, and this library proves it. Svelte Animation Components gives Svelte devs a serious set of motion-ready UI pieces:

  • Animated marquees and docks
  • Meteor trails
  • Ripple effects
  • Other delightful micro-interactions

It’s free, open source, and offers 50+ components under MIT.

Best for: Svelte / SvelteKit projects that want the same animation goodness React folks get.

9. LunarUI

Stack: React, Vue, Tailwind CSS ([DEV Community][1])

LunarUI is a premium animated component library. Instead of going wide, it focuses on a tight, polished set of high-impact components:

  • Hero sections
  • Animated cards
  • Interactive landing sections

It’s a paid product (lifetime license, free updates) and targets teams that want “designer-built” animation patterns out of the box.

Best for: Agencies and teams building multiple premium landing pages with consistent feel.

10. Animata

Stack: React, Tailwind CSS ([DEV Community][1])

Animata is a free, open-source collection of hand-crafted animation snippets you can drop into your project:

  • Bento grids
  • Fancy borders & outlines
  • Mirror text
  • Animated widget cards

Think of it like a motion-design playground you can copy from. There are dozens of animations ready for production use under MIT.

11. Inspira UI

Stack: Vue, Nuxt, Tailwind CSS, shadcn-vue, @vueuse/motion ([DEV Community][1])

Vue devs, this one’s for you. Inspira UI provides:

  • Glow borders and lamp effects
  • Link previews
  • Particle image effects
  • Other “premium landing” animations

It’s open source, built specifically for the Vue ecosystem, and ideal if you’re using Nuxt for content-heavy sites or landing pages.

Quick Example: Dropping in an Animated Component

Most of these libraries use a copy-paste workflow. A typical React + Tailwind + Framer Motion component might look like:

// Example pattern (simplified)
import { motion } from "framer-motion";

export function WavyCard() {
  return (
    <motion.div
      initial={{ opacity: 0, y: 20 }}
      whileInView={{ opacity: 1, y: 0 }}
      transition={{ duration: 0.5 }}
      className="rounded-2xl border border-white/10 bg-gradient-to-br from-slate-900 to-slate-800 p-6"
    >
      <h2 className="text-xl font-semibold mb-2">
        Animated Card Title
      </h2>
      <p className="text-sm text-slate-300">
        Drop this into your hero, pricing, or feature section.
      </p>
    </motion.div>
  );
}
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The libraries above give you production-ready versions of components like this, with much more interesting motion and styling — you just paste them in and customize the Tailwind classes and content.

When Should You Use Animated UI Libraries?

Use these libraries when:

  • You’re building landing pages that need to feel premium and interactive
  • You want fast iteration on UI/UX without custom motion design
  • You already use React / Vue / Svelte + Tailwind and want plug-and-play motion

Avoid them (or be more selective) when:

  • You’re building highly constrained design systems that require tight control
  • Your app targets very low-power devices where heavy motion is a concern
  • You need fully custom motion logic (e.g., complex canvas or 3D scenes)

Wrap-up

These animated UI component libraries can:

  • Dramatically speed up your front-end work
  • Help you learn modern motion patterns by example
  • Make your interfaces feel polished and premium with minimal effort ([DEV Community][1])

If you’ve used any of these libraries in production—or know one I missed—drop a comment. I’d love to see what you’re building and which components are your favorites. ✨

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