Create Engaging Interfaces Using Lucide Animated Icons

Beautifully crafted animated icons*

an open-source (MIT License) collection of smooth animated icons for your projects. feel free to use them, share your feedback, and let's make this library awesome together.

When you build user interfaces today, tiny details like animated icons are what separate just usable from actually delightful. That is where Lucide Animated comes in. It is an open source library of beautifully crafted animated icons that you can use in your projects to bring a bit of personality and motion to static designs.

At its core, Lucide Animated takes the familiar Lucide icon set and adds smooth, thoughtful animations using Framer Motion. If you already like Lucide icons for their clean, consistent style and lightweight SVGs, this lets you keep that vibe while adding motion that feels natural and polished.

What Lucide Animated Actually Is

Lucide Animated is a free and open source animated icon collection based on the original Lucide SVG icons. It is available under the MIT license so you can use it in personal and commercial projects without restrictions. lucide-animated

Because it is built with Framer Motion, the animations are hardware accelerated, smooth, and easy to customize. Whether you want a subtle bounce on hover or a looped draw effect, these icons give you motion without hefty overhead.

Where It Fits in Your Workflow

If you are building a React app with modern UI stacks like Next.js, Tailwind, or shadcn/ui, Lucide Animated plugs in cleanly. It usually works with a simple component import or a CLI add command so you can drop animated icons into your UI just like regular ones. For example, you might animate navigation icons so they react to user hover, or use animated loaders to make state changes feel more intuitive. These micro interactions make your interface more engaging without adding complicated animation code everywhere.

Why Animated Icons Matter

You might be thinking icons are just visuals, but motion plays a big role in how users perceive your app. Simple, consistent animations can:

• give clear feedback about interaction,
• make transitions feel smooth,
• signal status without extra text,
• guide the user’s eye without distraction.

Lucide Animated focuses on crafted motion that feels intentional, not gimmicky. By building on top of a proven icon set, it keeps everything consistent while adding that extra layer of polish.