Lottie

Overview

Lottie is Airbnb's open-source lightweight animation rendering solution. Based on animations exported as JSON by Bodymovin, it parses and renders vector animations in real time across Web, iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter, and other platforms.

Core features and highlights

• Supports exporting After Effects animations to JSON files that can be played directly on the client
• Cross-platform: use the same assets on Web and native mobile
• Animations are interactive and programmable (play, pause, seek, event callbacks)

Use cases and target users

Suitable for front-end engineers, mobile developers, UI/motion designers, and product managers. Ideal for splash screens, animated icons, loading animations, interaction transitions, and marketing illustrations for lightweight motion scenarios.

Key advantages or highlights

• Small size, high performance: vector rendering reduces resource usage, ideal for mobile
• Seamless design-to-code: shortens the design-to-implementation cycle
• Highly customizable and interactive: supports runtime property changes to meet dynamic needs Visit: https://airbnb.io/lottie for more examples and integration docs.