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anime vs LitMotion
anime has 73,584 GitHub stars, 4,972 forks, 118 open issues and last shipped 2 months ago. LitMotion has 2,337 stars, 166 forks, 51 open issues and last shipped 26 days ago. anime leads on adoption by 3,049% (73,584 vs 2,337 stars). anime is written in JavaScript under MIT; LitMotion is written in C# under MIT. anime has attracted 7% as many forks as stars, LitMotion 7%. LitMotion was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (animation), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| anime | LitMotion | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 74K | ★ 2.3K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | C# |
| Last push | 2026-08-21 | 2026-09-18 |
| Forks | ⑂ 5.0K | ⑂ 166 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick anime if
- You weight community size — 74K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick LitMotion if
- You want the LitMotion feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C#
- You evaluated both and LitMotion fits your workflow better
About anime
Anime.js is a free, MIT licensed JavaScript animation engine for developers who need to animate CSS properties, SVG, DOM attributes, and plain JavaScript objects from a single lightweight API.
read the full anime overview →
About LitMotion
LitMotion is an MIT licensed, zero allocation tween library for Unity written in C , built on DOTS and aimed at Unity developers who need to animate transforms, materials, text, and arbitrary fields without per frame garbage.
read the full LitMotion overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is anime or LitMotion more popular?
anime has 73,584 GitHub stars and LitMotion has 2,337. anime has the larger community by that measure.
Are anime and LitMotion free?
Both are open source. anime is licensed under MIT and LitMotion under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between anime and LitMotion?
anime is written in JavaScript and LitMotion in C#. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, anime or LitMotion?
Choose anime if you want the larger community (73,584 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose LitMotion if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.