Motion by Motion Division Ltd

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JavaScript, React and Vue animation library (formerly Framer Motion) with a paid Motion+ tier of premium APIs, examples and UI components.

UI animation (Lottie, Rive) Open source

Is Motion free for commercial use? With conditions →

Website License

Price

Free tier

Core Motion animation library is free and open source

Commercial use

With conditions

Motion+ license (perpetual, non-exclusive); the free library's license is not stated on the pages

Credit the author

Not needed

No credit needed

Agent access

Package (npm/PyPI)

Motion popularity

Gid Score

67 /100

same scale as developer tools

GitHub stars

—

None

Downloads

15.8M

npm, last 7 days, motion · +29.4% in 4 weeks

Used in agent projects

215

motion in our scan

Motion: downloads per weeknpm, motion 15,750,774

Downloads from api.npmjs.org, stars and forks from GitHub. How the Gid Score is calculated.

Rules for your agent

- Motion (UI animation (Lottie, Rive)). JavaScript, React and Vue animation library (formerly Framer Motion) with a paid Motion+ tier of premium APIs, examples and UI components. Price: free tier; commercial use with conditions; no credit needed; ship inside your app with conditions.
  Connect: npm motion.
  Rule: Install the free library with npm install motion.
  Rule: Use Motion+ code, examples and APIs only with a purchased license.
  Rule: Do not redistribute, resell or bundle Motion+ source code or premium APIs as a standalone library or competing product.
  Rule: Check the library's own license file in the package before shipping, since the pages do not state it.
  License: https://motion.dev/terms (checked 2026-10-22; details: https://agentgid.com/assets/motion/)

Paste it into your prompt or AGENTS.md. It is built from the license and API terms below.

License

License	Motion+ license (perpetual, non-exclusive); the free library's license is not stated on the pages
Commercial use	Commercial use with conditions “Your purchase grants you a perpetual, non-exclusive license to use the Motion+ assets in your personal and commercial projects.” motion.dev/terms
Credit	No credit needed “You may not redistribute, resell, sublicense, or "bundle" the Motion+ source code or premium APIs as a standalone library or competing product.” motion.dev/terms
Inside your app or game	Ship inside your app with conditions Same clause as quoted for commercial use.
AI training	Not stated
Bots and bulk downloads	Not stated
Rules	Install the free library with npm install motion. Use Motion+ code, examples and APIs only with a purchased license. Do not redistribute, resell or bundle Motion+ source code or premium APIs as a standalone library or competing product. Check the library's own license file in the package before shipping, since the pages do not state it.

Connect it to an agent

MCP server	None found
API	No public API: download by hand
npm	`npm install motion`
In AI-agent projects	`motion` is in 215 of 4,828 JavaScript projects (4.5%) in our scan of repos set up for AI coding agents.

Pricing

Free	Core Motion animation library is free and open source
Paid from	—
Usage price	Motion+ is a one-time payment (amount not stated on the pages)
Good to know	Added automatically: a well-known source in its category. License read from the official pages.

Sources

Read on Oct 22, 2026: motion.dev, motion.dev/terms, motion.dev/assets/studio-product-pricing-BVX0QQa1.css, motion.dev/assets/api-Dd9KwreQ.js.

Not legal advice. Check the license page before you ship.

Alternatives to Motion

All ui animation (lottie, rive)

Source	Price	License	Agent access
Anime.js MIT JavaScript animation library for CSS, SVG, DOM attributes and JavaScript objects. Used in 12 AI-agent projects (0.2% of JS) agent.md	Free	Commercial OK No credit	npm `animejs`
Bodymovin (lottie-web) After Effects extension that exports animations as JSON, plus the lottie-web JavaScript player that renders them in browsers. Used in 6 AI-agent projects (0.1% of JS) agent.md	Free	Commercial OK No credit	npm `lottie-web`
LottieFiles Lottie animation library, dotLottie players and an official MCP server for the platform API. agent.md	Free tier · from $19.99/mo	Commercial: conditions No credit No bots	MCP API `@lottiefiles/dotlottie-web`
useAnimations 300 free animated icons as a React component, shadcn/ui registry items, SVG files and Lottie JSON. agent.md	Free	Commercial OK No credit	API `react-useanimations`
Rive Animation editor (state machines) with open-source MIT runtimes for web, mobile, Unity and Unreal. agent.md	Free tier · from $9/mo	Commercial: conditions No credit	MCP `@rive-app/canvas`