Popmotion
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Popmotion, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Popmotion's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Popmotion | Free | Open source · free to use |
| Individual supporter license | $10 a month | Permissive commercial license for premium React components · $10 a month |
| Company supporter license | $100 a month | Permissive commercial license for the entire team · public project sponsorship · $100 or more a month |
The facts
Each one read from Popmotion's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- 2D animation tools
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- 3D modeling
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- Animatable values
- The library can animate numbers, colors, and strings such as CSS values and SVG paths.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Animation types
- Its API includes decay, inertia, keyframes, physics, spring, timeline, and tween animations.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Bundle size
- The project describes `animate` as approximately 4.5kb and says each function can be imported individually.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Character rigging
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- Cloud collaboration
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- CodePen
- The install guide links to a Popmotion CodePen playground and explains how to add Popmotion to another CodePen project.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Composability
- The project says it is designed to be composable and portable into JavaScript environments.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Deprecated related products
- The maker says React Pose, React Native Pose, and Vue Pose were deprecated and would not receive updates.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Input and composition
- The API includes DOM event listening, pointer and multitouch input, and compositors such as chain, merge, parallel, and stagger.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Installation
- The install guide provides npm and yarn instructions, a downloadable browser bundle, and a script include.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations and installation
- Popmotion can be installed with npm or yarn, included as a browser script, or used in CodePen; the docs also describe using it with Stylefire.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Motion graphics
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- Notable limit
- For complex values such as SVG paths or CSS shadows, the non-numerical portions of the values being animated must retain the same format.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Project status
- The maker says React Pose for web has been deprecated in favor of Framer Motion.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Popmotion describes itself as a low-level JavaScript motion library for animating user interfaces.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Related React library
- The maker says Framer Motion wraps Popmotion in a higher-level API for React.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Runtime and render targets
- It can animate in browser or Node JavaScript environments and target CSS, SVG, Three.js, and canvas.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security
- The opened maker pages do not state security or compliance certifications.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security and compliance
- The opened Popmotion pages provide no security or compliance details.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser support
- The FAQ says Popmotion supports all major browsers and lists String.endsWith and WeakSet polyfills for legacy IE11 support.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free and open source
- The maker says Popmotion's animation libraries are open source and free to use.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker location
- The site footer says “Made in London”.checked 11 Oct 2026
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