Frontend & Design

GSAP Web Animations

Build high-performance, timeline-based animations with GSAP, the industry-standard JavaScript animation library.

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Overview

GSAP (GreenSock Animation Platform) is the most robust JavaScript animation library, powering animations on millions of websites. AI agents can write GSAP timelines, ScrollTrigger animations, text splitting effects, and complex sequenced animations with precise control over easing and timing.

Unlike CSS animations, GSAP provides frame-accurate timing, physics-based motion, and the ability to animate any JavaScript property. Your AI agent can create scroll-triggered reveals with ScrollTrigger, animate SVG paths with MotionPathPlugin, build text animations with SplitText, and orchestrate complex multi-element timelines.

GSAP works with any framework or vanilla JavaScript. AI agents can implement performant animations that leverage `will-change`, `transform`, and `opacity` for GPU acceleration, ensuring smooth 60fps animations even on mobile devices.

Who Is This For?

Developers building scroll-driven storytelling experiences
Design engineers creating complex timeline-based animations
Teams implementing SVG and text animations for marketing sites
Frontend developers adding parallax and pinning effects

Installation

Setup for Claude Code

npm install gsap

Configuration

// Example with ScrollTrigger
import gsap from "gsap";
import { ScrollTrigger } from "gsap/ScrollTrigger";
gsap.registerPlugin(ScrollTrigger);

gsap.to(".element", {
  scrollTrigger: { trigger: ".element", start: "top 80%" },
  y: 0, opacity: 1, duration: 1, stagger: 0.2,
});