Wanna have a modern, animated, interactive background for your web app to attract the users’ attention?
Here are the 7 best JavaScript libraries to create an awesome particle animation (Particle System) on the page using pure JavaScript. Have fun!
Originally Published Feb 2019, updated Mar 21, 2022
7 Best Particles Animation Libraries:
1. Particles.js
A standalone JavaScript library helps you create an animated & interactive Particle System that reacts to viewer’s cursor. Based on Html5 canvas element.
2. Background Particles System With JavaScript And Canvas – nodes.js
The nodes.js JavaScript library lets you create a particles system with animated nodes and connecting lines for the background.
3. Animated Particles Background With Pure JavaScript
A simple script to generate responsive, random, CSS3 animated particles (balls) for your background.
4. imageParticles.js
A fancy JavaScript plugin for generating an interactive, canvas based particles system from an image you provide.
5. tsparticles
tsparticles is an upgraded and continued version of the Particles.js library to create particles in an elegant way.
6. canvas-nest.js
canvas-nest.js is a minimal JavaScript library that draws an animated, canvas based particle/nest system for interactive background.
7. Interactive Particle Animation With JavaScript – JParticles
A dependency-free JavaScript library for creating animated, interactive, configurable particle animations on a Canvas element that reacts to your cursor.
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Visit our Particle System section to view more JavaScript libraries for the Particles Animation.
You can also check out our another article: Best Particle System jQuery Plugins.