10 Best Scroll-triggered Animation Plugins With JavaScript (2024 Update)

This is the 10 best jQuery plugins and vanilla JavaScript animate on scroll (AOS) libraries that help developers to create awesome reveal animations on elements when they're scrolled into view.

Use these plugins and libraries to bring a fancy and user-friendly scroll-based element reveal experience to your long web page or single page web applications.

Originally Published May 08 2019, updated Feb 06 2024

Table of contents:

• jQuery Scroll Animation Plugins
• Vanilla JS Scroll Animation Libraries

jQuery Scroll Animation Plugins:

Fade In Animations On Scroll Or On Page Load Using jQuery

A lightweight jQuery animation plugin that applies a fade-in animation to elements on document ready or when they become visible on the page.

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Cool Reverse Scroll (Split Scroll) Effect In jQuery

A pretty reverse scroll effect written in jQuery and CSS, which means that users can scroll through multiple columns of content with different scroll directions (top to bottom & bottom to top).

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jQuery Plugin For Scroll Triggered Fade/Slide Animations - ScrollAnimate

A tiny and performant animate on scroll jQuery plugin that applies a smooth fade or slide animation to elements when the user scrolls down to a specified position of the page.

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jQuery Plugin for Scroll-Activated CSS3 Animations - scrollEffect.js

Yet another jQuery Animate On Scroll plugin to help create an immersive scrolling experience for your visitors.

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Fade & Slide Elements Into View While Scrolling - jqFuwatto

A blazing fast AOS (Animate On Scroll) jQuery plugin that fades or slides elements into view while scrolling to help create a smooth and seamless user experience.

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Vanilla JS Scroll Animation Libraries:

Animate Elements On Scroll With Parallax Effect – locomotive-scroll

A modern JS library that applies a smooth, subtle, configurable parallax scroll effect to elements when scrolled into view.

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Fade In/Out Elements On Scroll – ScrollFade.js

A JavaScript library for fading in/out elements as they’re scrolled into and out of the viewport.

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Awesome Scroll Effects In JavaScript – lax.js

A lightweight vanilla JavaScript library that provides 20+ awesome animations for elements when scrolling down and up.

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Fade & Scroll In Elements On Scroll – Scrolls.js

A lightweight and performant scroll animation library for fading and scrolling in elements when they appear in the viewport.

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Easy & High Performance Animate On Scroll Library – JOS

An open-source, easy-to-use, blazing-fast Animate On Scroll library for adding scroll animation effects to elements when they appear in the viewport.

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Conclusion:

Want more jQuery plugins or JavaScript libraries to create awesome animations on scroll? Check out the jQuery Scroll Animation and JavaScript Scroll Animation sections.

See also:

• Best Parallax Scrolling Effect Plugins
• Best Smooth Scroll Plugins
• Best JavaScript & CSS Parallax Scrolling Effects
• Best Parallax Scroll Components For React & React Native Apps