🆚 GSAP vs. Raphael

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Type

JavaScript library
JavaScript library

About

GSAP (GreenSock Animation Platform) is an open-source JavaScript animation library that enables developers to create high-performance, cross-browser animations for HTML elements, CSS properties, SVG, canvas, and JavaScript objects.

It includes a fast, low-level tweening engine with advanced timeline sequencing, custom easing, motion paths, and optional plugins such as ScrollTrigger and Draggable for scroll-based and interactive effects.

Raphaël is a JavaScript vector library for manipulating SVG graphics.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

JavaScript Libraries › Rank #38
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #159
Animation › Rank #5

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The GSAP JavaScript library is 16 times more popular than Raphael.
Total websites

Market share

JavaScript Libraries

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

GSAP is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan, while Raphael is more popular in Lesotho.
United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Germany
Italy
France
Spain
India
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Netherlands

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

GSAP is more popular than Raphael in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Online Shopping
Travel
Entertainment
Health
Blogs/Wiki
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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