Hey devs 👋,
Tired of boring static icons? AnimateIcons is here!
A sleek React library that transforms SVGs into smooth, purposeful animations — lightweight, customizable, and built with motion/react.
✨ Features:
<ul>
<li>45+ animated icons</li>
<li>Works with React &amp; Next.js</li>
<li>Easy control (hover or programmatic)</li>
<li>ShadCN CLI integration</li>
</ul>
👉 Check it out: <a href="https://animateicons.vercel.app/" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://animateicons.vercel.app/</a>
Make your UI pop ✨ — because icons shouldn’t just sit there, they should move with purpose!

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AnimateIcons is a React library that transforms static SVG icons into smooth animations. It offers 45+ animated icons, works with React and Next.js, supports hover and programmatic control, and integrates with ShadCN CLI. The library aims to enhance user interfaces by adding purposeful motion to icons.

Static is boring — animate your icons 🎯

Static may be boring but it doesn’t consume as much energy as animated, so I’ll stick to it.

For everyone asking about performance ⚡
Here’s the PageSpeed score of AnimateIcons (desktop):
<img src="https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--F7Zz7Ji7--/f_auto/v1755919592/ugc/content_1f27aefa-6d02-4dec-9477-391495b94a69?_a=BAMClqZW0" alt="PageSpeed Score Screenshot">
Full report 👉 <a href="https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis/https-animateicons-vercel-app/27scm7se9q?form_factor=desktop" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis/https-animateicons-vercel-app/27scm7se9q?form_factor=desktop</a>
Lightweight, optimized, and production-ready 🚀

This is great and all, but I think this will only fit well in very specific concepts and designs. Help me understand how they animate the icons though ? Just altering the paths of the svg’s with js ? (I know I can google this but the interactions are good)

Could you add support for more Lucide icons? I’d love to use some of them with animations.

man dam it it was too good my next project i will implement thanks man