75+ Mind-Blowing CSS Animation Examples (Free Code + Demos)

Enjoy this 100% free and open source collection HTML and CSS animation code examples. These CSS animations will impress your visitors!

1. CSS Animations With SVGs

CSS Animation Examples - CSS Animations with SVGs
Author: Joyanna (joyanna)
Created on: May 8, 2020
Made with: HTML, SCSS

2. Only Css Animation

CSS Animation Examples - Only Css Animation
Author: Hisami Kurita (hisamikurita)
Created on: September 22, 2019
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: cssanimation

3. Only Css Animation #01

CSS Animation Examples - Only Css  Animation #01
Author: Hisami Kurita (hisamikurita)
Created on: September 7, 2019
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: cssanimation

4. Pure CSS "Eye"

CSS Animation Examples - Pure CSS "Eye"
Author: Julia Miocene (miocene)
Created on: April 12, 2020
Made with: HTML, PostCSS, JS

5. Close The Blinds

CSS Animation Examples - Close the blinds
Author: Chance Squires (chancesq)
Created on: May 13, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS

6. Rock'N'Roll Half-Marathon Animation

CSS Animation Examples - Rock'N'Roll Half-Marathon animation
I recreated and animated the design from my half-marathon t-shirt (http://kylephx.com/h/las-vegas-half.jpg)
Author: Kyle (kaisle)
Created on: March 29, 2020
Made with: HTML, SCSS
Tags: svg-animation, vector-art, svg, animation, half-marathon

7. Sausage Dog CSS Only Animation

CSS Animation Examples - Sausage dog CSS only animation
Author: Stívali Serna (stivaliserna)
Created on: April 12, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS

8. Evening Lanterns

CSS Animation Examples - Evening Lanterns
Author: Braydon Coyer (braydoncoyer)
Created on: March 5, 2020
Made with: Pug, SCSS, TypeScript
CSS Pre-processor: SCSS
JS Pre-processor: TypeScript
HTML Pre-processor: Pug
Tags: lanterns, generative, mountains, hills, cpc-generative

9. Letter CSS Animation

CSS Animation Examples - Letter CSS Animation
Author: Miguel (ruidovisual)
Created on: March 12, 2020
Made with: HTML, Sass

11. The Three-Body Problem

CSS Animation Examples - The Three-Body Problem
Inspired by Liu Cixin's sci-fi novel The Three-Body Problem I built this pen
Author: Vian Esterhuizen (heyvian)
Created on: January 9, 2020
Made with: HTML, SCSS
Tags: cssonly, cssanimation, animation, css

12. Only Css 3D Cube

CSS Animation Examples - Only Css 3D Cube
Author: Hisami Kurita (hisamikurita)
Created on: December 20, 2019
Made with: HTML, SCSS
Tags: cssanimation

13. CSS Block Revealing Effect

CSS Animation Examples - CSS Block Revealing Effect
Author: Abubaker Saeed (AbubakerSaeed)
Created on: December 23, 2019
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
Tags: css, block-revealing, effect, animation

14. Only CSS: Motion Blur

CSS Animation Examples - Only CSS: Motion Blur
Author: Yusuke Nakaya (YusukeNakaya)
Created on: October 25, 2019
Made with: Pug, SCSS
CSS Pre-processor: SCSS
JS Pre-processor: None
HTML Pre-processor: Pug

15. CSS Typewriter 📄

CSS Animation Examples - CSS Typewriter 📄
Author: Aaron Iker (aaroniker)
Created on: November 12, 2019
Made with: HTML, SCSS
Tags: typewriter, typing, loader, loading, animation

16. Only Css Animation

CSS Animation Examples - Only Css Animation
Author: Hisami Kurita (hisamikurita)
Created on: September 22, 2019
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: cssanimation

17. Animation With Offset Motion Blur

CSS Animation Examples - Animation with offset motion blur
Author: Lasse Diercks (lassediercks)
Created on: October 17, 2019
Made with: HTML, SCSS

18. ➰📃 Paper Pirouette | 3D CSS-only Flying Page Animation Tutorial

CSS Animation Examples - ➰📃 Paper Pirouette | 3D CSS-only Flying Page Animation Tutorial
David Khourshid and Stephen Shaw recreate a beautiful 3D isometric flying paper animation using CSS only! ⏰ Streamed live on September 16, 2019 at https://twitch.tv/keyframers 💡 Inspiration: https://dribbble.com/shots/7127901-Dialog/attachments/131339 📺 Video: https://youtu.be/Fdq95qVG...
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Author: @keyframers (keyframers)
Created on: September 16, 2019
Made with: HTML, SCSS
Tags: keyframers, 3d, paper, animation, isometric

19. The Perpetual Mobile. (Elastic Bounce)

CSS Animation Examples - The Perpetual Mobile. (Elastic Bounce)
The rotation movement is not directly related to the movement, so there are no obvious repetitions and the animation is more attractive.
Author: Jomohop (jomohop)
Created on: August 17, 2019
Made with: HTML, CSS

20. Product Page | CSS Keyframes Animation

CSS Animation Examples - Product Page | CSS Keyframes Animation
Author: Kaio Almeida (KaioRocha)
Created on: July 2, 2019
Made with: HTML, SCSS

21. Circle Becomming Square

CSS Animation Examples - circle becomming square
Author: Hayakawa (hayamine01)
Created on: September 3, 2019
Made with: HTML, CSS

22. Sticker

CSS Animation Examples - Sticker
Author: ycw (ycw)
Created on: February 5, 2019
Made with: Pug, Less
CSS Pre-processor: Less
JS Pre-processor: None
HTML Pre-processor: Pug
Tags: codepenchallenge, img.fx

23. UI Elements - SVG Animation

CSS Animation Examples - UI Elements - SVG Animation
Author: Jean Paze (jeanpaze)
Created on: October 31, 2016
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
Tags: svg, animation, ui, gsap, tweenmax

24. Fake Variable Font With Css

CSS Animation Examples - Fake variable font with css
Author: Miguel (ruidovisual)
Created on: June 4, 2019
Made with: Haml, Sass
CSS Pre-processor: Sass
JS Pre-processor: None
HTML Pre-processor: Haml

25. H2O - Chemical Flask (Animation)

CSS Animation Examples - H2O - Chemical Flask (Animation)
CodePen Challenge - water. SVG chemical flask is slightly animated with CSS.
Author: Ekaterina Vasilyeva (ekaterina_vasilyeva)
Created on: December 13, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: cpc-water, codepenchallenge, chemical flask, css-animation, svg

26. ROCK 🎸

CSS Animation Examples - ROCK 🎸
Author: Vangel Tzo (srekoble)
Created on: December 16, 2018
Made with: HTML, SCSS, JS
Tags: rock, hand, animation, bone

27. Submarine Animation (Pure CSS)

CSS Animation Examples - Submarine Animation (Pure CSS)
Author: Akhil Sai Ram (akhil_001)
Created on: November 11, 2018
Made with: HTML, SCSS, JS
Tags: pure-css, searching, animation, dribbble, codevember

28. CSS Cassette

CSS Animation Examples - CSS Cassette
Original artwork by Sailesh Gunasekaran on dribbble
Author: Tony Banik (banik)
Created on: September 7, 2018
Made with: Slim, SCSS, JS
CSS Pre-processor: SCSS
JS Pre-processor: None
HTML Pre-processor: Slim
Tags: css, sass, cassette, dribbble, retro

29. CSS Box Dog

CSS Animation Examples - CSS Box Dog
I did my best at recreating this awesome animation by Tony Babel with CSS only. Original: https://dribbble.com/shots/4934623-Box-Doggie Also this pen by David Khourshid https://codepen.io/davidkpiano/pen/Xempjq helped me figure out the tail animation
Author: agathaco (agathaco)
Created on: August 19, 2018
Made with: Pug, SCSS, Babel
CSS Pre-processor: SCSS
JS Pre-processor: Babel
HTML Pre-processor: Pug
Tags: css, pure-css, animation, dribbble

30. Whale And The Moon

CSS Animation Examples - Whale and the Moon
Inktober Day 12 Prompt: Whale Not everyday you see a whale, do you?
Author: Aswin Behera (aswinbehera)
Created on: October 13, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS

31. Candles (Pure CSS Animation)

CSS Animation Examples - Candles (Pure CSS Animation)
Recreated the dribbble shot by Gal shir. in complete CSS Animations. Here is the link https://dribbble.com/shots/2516854-Candles .
Author: Akhil Sai Ram (akhil_001)
Created on: November 1, 2018
Made with: HTML, SCSS
Tags: pure-css, animation, candles, dribbble, codevember

32. Coffee Machine Pure CSS Animation

CSS Animation Examples - Coffee Machine Pure CSS Animation
Author: Henrique Rodrigues (hjdesigner)
Created on: August 31, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS

33. Solar Eclipse

CSS Animation Examples - solar eclipse
Conceptualized from our company blitz
Author: Aris Acoba (aris_acoba)
Created on: August 30, 2018
Made with: Pug, SCSS
CSS Pre-processor: SCSS
JS Pre-processor: None
HTML Pre-processor: Pug
Tags: solar, eclipse, gradients

34. CSS Lighthouse Scene

CSS Animation Examples - CSS Lighthouse Scene
Author: agathaco (agathaco)
Created on: August 26, 2018
Made with: Pug, SCSS, Babel
CSS Pre-processor: SCSS
JS Pre-processor: Babel
HTML Pre-processor: Pug
Tags: cssanimations, css, cssimages, purecss

35. Bits & Bytes | CSS Animation

CSS Animation Examples - Bits & Bytes | CSS Animation
Had fun bringing to life this illustration. Originally created for https://raygun.com/
Author: Ollie (Olwiba)
Created on: August 28, 2018
Made with: HTML, SCSS, JS
Tags: keyframes, animation, transform, css3, svg

36. Pure CSS "Moustached Nanny"

CSS Animation Examples - Pure CSS "Moustached Nanny"
Author: Julia Miocene (miocene)
Created on: August 2, 2018
Made with: HTML, PostCSS, JS

37. Dot Menu Animations

CSS Animation Examples - Dot Menu Animations
Four different menu animations for menu button toggle between dots, cross and back icon. Prefer Hamburgers? Go this way: https://codepen.io/Zaku/details/ejLNJL/ Additional Source: https://github.com/tamino-martinius/ui-snippets-menu-animations
Author: Tamino Martinius (Zaku)
Created on: August 8, 2018
Made with: HTML, PostCSS, TypeScript
Tags: manu, animation, svg, icon, dots

39. Magnifying Glass Scrolling Loop Animation

CSS Animation Examples - Magnifying glass scrolling loop animation
Author: Yancy Min (yancy)
Created on: August 4, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS

40. The Handbook Download Animation

CSS Animation Examples - The handbook download animation
Author: Yancy Min (yancy)
Created on: July 28, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS

41. Connected Animation

CSS Animation Examples - connected animation
this might only work in chrome! Transitioning on calc is likely not legal
Author: sean_codes (sean_codes)
Created on: July 1, 2018
Made with: Pug, SCSS, JS
CSS Pre-processor: SCSS
JS Pre-processor: None
HTML Pre-processor: Pug

42. Windmill (Pug + SCSS) - Responsive + Animated

CSS Animation Examples - Windmill (Pug + SCSS) - Responsive + Animated
So after a lot of requests... Here's again a lovely animated #Windmill to blow your mind letting your imaginations flow... Literally. 😜 This kinda reminds me of that "Floating Windmill" scene over the clouds in "Feel Good Inc." music video by @gorillaz. Don't you think? 🤔
Author: Ashish Bardhan (AshBardhan)
Created on: June 24, 2018
Made with: Pug, SCSS, JS
CSS Pre-processor: SCSS
JS Pre-processor: None
HTML Pre-processor: Pug
Tags: windmill, animation, css, html, flat-design

43. CSS Mask Animation

CSS Animation Examples - CSS Mask animation
Author: Shaw (shshaw)
Created on: May 18, 2018
Made with: HTML, SCSS

44. CSS Animation: Time Of Day

CSS Animation Examples - CSS Animation: Time of Day
Author: Olivia Ng (oliviale)
Created on: April 23, 2018
Made with: Pug, SCSS, JS
CSS Pre-processor: SCSS
JS Pre-processor: None
HTML Pre-processor: Pug
Tags: svg, animations, day, sunset, night

45. Get Attention Animations

CSS Animation Examples - Get Attention Animations
Sometimes you want to draw attention to an element on your page. Some of these are subtle. Some of them are not.
Author: Jerry Jones (jeryj)
Created on: September 11, 2017
Made with: Haml, SCSS, Babel
CSS Pre-processor: SCSS
JS Pre-processor: Babel
HTML Pre-processor: Haml
Tags: animation, attention, button, indicators

46. CSS Animation: Indoors Or Outdoors?

CSS Animation Examples - CSS Animation: Indoors or outdoors?
Recently was involved in a project where we had to do animations. We used After Effects > JSON > some plugin magic for it but I was wondering if I could replicate the exact same effect with CSS. ... YES I CAN :D Icons: flaticon.com.
Author: Olivia Ng (oliviale)
Created on: April 21, 2018
Made with: Pug, SCSS, JS
CSS Pre-processor: SCSS
JS Pre-processor: None
HTML Pre-processor: Pug
Tags: animations, indoors, outdoors

47. CSS-only Border Animation

CSS Animation Examples - CSS-only border animation
CSS-only border animation on hover. It needs a solid background in order to work.
Author: Danny Joris (DannyJoris)
Created on: April 10, 2018
Made with: Pug, SCSS
CSS Pre-processor: SCSS
JS Pre-processor: None
HTML Pre-processor: Pug
Tags: css, css-only, border, animation, hover

48. Pure CSS Saturn Hula Hooping

CSS Animation Examples - Pure CSS Saturn Hula Hooping
Author: Jamie Coulter (jcoulterdesign)
Created on: March 24, 2018
Made with: Haml, SCSS
CSS Pre-processor: SCSS
JS Pre-processor: Babel
HTML Pre-processor: Haml
Tags: pure-css, animation, space, illustration, cute

49. Pure CSS "Sponge"

CSS Animation Examples - Pure CSS "Sponge"
Author: Julia Miocene (miocene)
Created on: July 30, 2017
Made with: HTML, SCSS, JS
Tags: weeklycssimages

50. Perspective Grid W/Animation // CSS Grid

CSS Animation Examples - Perspective Grid w/Animation // CSS Grid
I often see this type of skewed image design for apps and websites, as well as graphic design portfolios. What if we animated that into an image gallery? This gallery utilizes CSS Grid Layout and CSS3 perspective to create something a little unique.
Author: Brian Haferkamp (brianhaferkamp)
Created on: August 18, 2017
Made with: Pug, Sass, JS
CSS Pre-processor: Sass
JS Pre-processor: None
HTML Pre-processor: Pug
Tags: css-grid, perspective, gallery, grid, animation

51. CSS Reveal Animation Text And Image

CSS Animation Examples - CSS Reveal animation text and image
An css animation that reveals the text and image with delay / direction
Author: Anthony Fessy (antho-fsy)
Created on: March 14, 2017
Made with: HTML, SCSS, JS
Tags: animation, css, reveal, animated, text

52. Flat Design Amusement Park Svg By Lina (animation Powered By CSS)

CSS Animation Examples - Flat Design Amusement Park Svg By Lina (animation Powered By CSS)
Here's an svg from my lovely Lina - her flat design amusement park for debut dribbble shot, animated by me with power of pure css3, made here at Zajno https://dribbble.com/shots/2747921-Flat-Vector-Ferris-Wheel-Animation
Author: Volodymyr Hashenko (gxash)
Created on: May 23, 2016
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
Tags: svg, css3, animation, flat-design

53. Animated Back Glow

CSS Animation Examples - Animated Back Glow
Psuedo Element + Background Gradient Animation + Blur = Badass
Author: George Hastings (georgehastings)
Created on: January 8, 2017
Made with: HTML, SCSS

54. Cool Layout With Complex Chainable Animation

CSS Animation Examples - Cool Layout with Complex Chainable Animation
Author: Nikolay Talanov (suez)
Created on: July 10, 2016
Made with: HTML, SCSS, JS
Tags: layout, css-animation, transition, chaining

55. Card Swipe Animation Material Design

CSS Animation Examples - Card Swipe Animation Material Design
Card swipe animation based on this Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/shots/1721120-Keynote-animation-recreation
Author: Zoë Bijl (Michiel)
Created on: September 11, 2014
Made with: Haml, SCSS, JS
CSS Pre-processor: SCSS
JS Pre-processor: None
HTML Pre-processor: Haml
Tags: css, animation, card, swipe, material design

56. CSS & SVG Waves Animation

CSS Animation Examples - CSS & SVG Waves Animation
I wanted to animated waves for the background of a page. Initially I tried a staggered loop animation in Javascript, but some mobile devices struggled really bad. This CSS3 version is hardware accelerated, simple, and is much more performant.
Author: Ted McDonald (tedmcdo)
Created on: July 29, 2015
Made with: HTML, SCSS
Tags: waves, svg, css, animation, cubic-bezier

57. CSS Animation Material Design

CSS Animation Examples - CSS Animation Material Design
Author: Zoë Bijl (Michiel)
Created on: September 10, 2014
Made with: Haml, SCSS, JS
CSS Pre-processor: SCSS
JS Pre-processor: None
HTML Pre-processor: Haml
Tags: css, animation, material design

58. Pure CSS Animated Bubbles

CSS Animation Examples - Pure CSS Animated Bubbles
Animated Bubbles using nothing but HTML and CSS.
Author: Mark Bowley (Mark_Bowley)
Created on: April 21, 2014
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: html, css3, animation

59. Animated Shopping Cart Icons

CSS Animation Examples - Animated Shopping Cart Icons
Just experimenting with some SVG animations and interactivity for a "Fake Fruit Shop". Chrome only for now.
Author: Joni Trythall (jonitrythall)
Created on: May 7, 2014
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
Tags: animation, svg, shopping, responsive, fruit

60. Signature Animation

CSS Animation Examples - Signature animation
Pure CSS, lightweight signature animation.
Author: Damian Drygiel (drygiel)
Created on: September 20, 2013
Made with: HTML, Less, JS
Tags: sign, signature, handwriting, quote, animation

61. Cloudy Spiral CSS Animation

CSS Animation Examples - Cloudy Spiral CSS animation
Started building a loading indicator but ended up with this... thing.
Author: Hakim El Hattab (hakimel)
Created on: July 3, 2013
Made with: Haml, SCSS, JS
CSS Pre-processor: SCSS
JS Pre-processor: None
HTML Pre-processor: Haml
Tags: css-animation, spiral, blur

62. CSS Flame Animation

CSS Animation Examples - CSS Flame Animation
An animated flame using only CSS3 animations and box-shadow. Wanted to see if I could make fire with just CSS - flame on! :)
Author: Adrian Payne (dazulu)
Created on: October 5, 2013
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
Tags: css3, animation, flame, fire

63. Animated - SVG Birds

CSS Animation Examples - Animated - SVG Birds
Author: Steven Roberts (matchboxhero)
Created on: October 14, 2017
Made with: HTML, SCSS

64. Animated - SVG Snow

CSS Animation Examples - Animated - SVG Snow
Author: Steven Roberts (matchboxhero)
Created on: October 8, 2017
Made with: HTML, SCSS

65. Tricky CSS Hover

CSS Animation Examples - Tricky CSS hover
Experimenting in 3d, VR inspired card layout feat. skateboarding theme
Author: Piotr Galor (pgalor)
Created on: July 19, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: card, animation, 3d, css, ui

66. Info Cards Concept

CSS Animation Examples -  Info Cards Concept
Author: Yancy Min (yancy)
Created on: October 7, 2018
Made with: HTML, SCSS

67. Pure CSS Card Animation

CSS Animation Examples - Pure CSS Card Animation
Author: Deniz Parlar (denizparlar)
Created on: April 13, 2017
Made with: HTML, CSS

68. Efeito - Button Shake

CSS Animation Examples - Efeito - button shake
Desafio 30 dias CSS - dia 22
Author: Sthéffane Nunes (StheffaneNunes)
Created on: August 25, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: 30diasdecss, animation, button, hover

69. Breadcrumb Animation

CSS Animation Examples - Breadcrumb animation
This animation simulates breadcrumbs falling from top of the header
Author: Jeffry (Shino17)
Created on: August 25, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
Tags: animation, breadcrumbs, javascriptanimation, cssanimation

70. Efeito - Loader Animado

CSS Animation Examples - Efeito - Loader Animado
Desafio 30 dias CSS - dia 16
Author: Sthéffane Nunes (StheffaneNunes)
Created on: August 24, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: 30diasdecss, preloader, perspectiva, animation

71. Pure CSS Set Of Cards Animation

CSS Animation Examples - Pure CSS set of cards animation
Hover the set of cards to trigger the unfolding animation
Author: Johan Mouchet (johanmouchet)
Created on: May 27, 2016
Made with: HTML, SCSS
Tags: css, animation, cards

72. Image Animation

CSS Animation Examples - image animation
Author: nguyencaotai1969 (nguyencaotai1969)
Created on: August 23, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: imageanimation, animation, imageanimationbeautifull

73. Fancy Card Animation

CSS Animation Examples - Fancy Card Animation
An animation that activates when you hover over a card! Demo by Simon Codrington accompanying the article "Seven Creative UI Design Ideas You Can Use In Your Next Website" for SitePoint.
Author: SitePoint (SitePoint)
Created on: May 14, 2017
Made with: HTML, CSS
Tags: hover-animation, cards animation

74. Animated Info-cards

CSS Animation Examples - Animated info-cards
Clean and intuitive interface : showcasing extraneous details on hover. Still need to make it responsive to make it look perfect for mobile devices .
Author: Vinayak Mukherjee (Vinnn)
Created on: October 27, 2018
Made with: HTML, SCSS