Comparing
The professional-grade JavaScript animation library — animate anything (DOM, CSS, SVG, Canvas, WebGL) with a timeline-based API.
3D graphics in the browser — WebGL-powered scenes, lights, cameras, and geometries with a beginner-friendly JavaScript API.
| Metric | gsap | three |
|---|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm | npm |
| Difficulty | Intermediate ✓ | Advanced |
| Weekly downloads | 2.0M | 3.0M↑ |
| Latest version | v3.12.7 | v0.170.0 |
| Recipes | 2 | 2 |
gsap only
Shared
three only
Marketing landing pages, scroll-driven storytelling, complex animation sequences, SVG/logo animations, parallax effects, or any animation that needs to be framework-agnostic.
3D product viewers, data visualizations in 3D, games, interactive art, generative design, architecture visualization, any WebGL experience.
Simple React UI micro-interactions where framer-motion or CSS is simpler. GSAP's free tier doesn't include ScrollSmoother and some plugins commercially.
2D graphics (use canvas API or SVG), simple CSS animations, when you need a full game engine (use Babylon.js or Unity WebGL).
gsap
three