What is ant-motion?

Ant Motion is an animation library from Ant Design, the popular Chinese design system used in many web applications. It provides a set of ready-made animation components for React, which is a widely used JavaScript framework for building web interfaces. The library lets developers add smooth visual transitions and motion effects to their applications without writing complex animation code from scratch. The library includes several components, each handling a different type of animation. One component lets you animate any element by changing its visual properties over time, including movement, size, and blur effects. Another shows or hides a single element with a transition. A third staggers a group of elements so they appear one after another in sequence rather than all at once, which is commonly used for lists or grids of cards. There is also a scroll-driven animation component that triggers effects as a user scrolls down the page, and a banner component for building image sliders. Beyond individual components, Ant Motion includes a landing page builder that lets you put together promotional-style web pages from pre-built animated sections. The configuration is handled through simple settings rather than manual coding. The project pairs with a specification document that describes when and how motion should be used in interfaces, covering things like touch feedback, the relationship between page elements, and how animation communicates user intent. All components are open source and available through the npm package manager.