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 Feb 23, 2023
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. tsparticles
tsparticles is an upgraded and continued version of the Particles.js library to create particles in an elegant way.
3. Interactive Particle / Nest System With JavaScript and Canvas – canvas-nest.js
A minimal JavaScript library that draws an animated, canvas based particle/nest system for interactive background.
4. Create Cool Particle Animation Effects With Proton.js
An easy yet powerful Javascript animation engine to create pretty cool particle effects (e.g. flames, fireworks, bullets, explosions, etc) on the modern web application.
5. 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.
6. Canvas Particle Network
Build a simple, sexy, interactive, and animated particle network using Canvas and JavaScript. Fully plug n’ play, modular (via Browserify and WebPack), and customisable, just drop it in any webpage.
7. Animated Performant Particle System Generator – Qarticles.js
A simple JavaScript library which enables you to render an animated, high-performance particle system on an Html5 canvas element.
Last thoughts:
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.