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80 resources, every one verified by direct fetch — pricing from the vendor's own page, stars and commit dates from the GitHub API.54 are free. 19 carry a license or liveness warning.

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GSAP is now 100% free

Since the Webflow acquisition, ScrollTrigger, SplitText and MorphSVG are included. Those were the $99/yr Club plugins. If you are budgeting for GSAP, stop.

Lovable, v0 and Bolt do NOT clone URLs

Lovable’s own FAQ: "there is no way to start a Lovable project from already existing code." v0 is screenshots-or-Figma. Bolt lists no URL input. Lovable scored 2/10 when someone tried anyway.

Copyleft will bite you on client work

COSS (ex-Origin UI) is AGPL-3.0 and astroship is GPL-3.0. Both are unusable in closed-source client deliverables. React Bits carries a Commons Clause — fine on client sites, not for a template product you sell.

"Pixel-perfect" cloning has a hard ceiling

True only for the captured viewport in the captured state. Hover states you did not trigger, uncaptured breakpoints, lazy-loaded content, licensed webfonts, and custom motion/WebGL do not survive. Clone for structure, rebuild the motion.

The MotionSites lookalike cluster

motionsite.ai (singular) and webthemez.com share identical pricing and feature copy, and both sit one character from motionsites.ai. There is also a public clone on blink.new. Do not read them as independent competitors.

The catalogue

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shadcn.io/backgroundAnimated backgrounds

100 copy-paste animated React backgrounds — particles, aurora, starfield, matrix, mesh

React · TSX

Free

Free, no account, no attribution

paper-design/shadersAnimated backgrounds

Zero-dependency WebGL shader backgrounds — mesh gradient, grain, dithering, warp

React · vanilla JS · WebGL

Free

Apache-2.0

3,231★ · pushed 2026-07-29

React BitsAnimated backgrounds

140+ animated components — backgrounds, text animations, UI effects; 4 stack variants each

React · Tailwind or plain CSS

Commons Clause bars redistributing the components — fine on client sites, NOT for a template product you sell

Free

MIT + Commons Clause

44,572★ · pushed 2026-07-30

MeshhAnimated backgrounds

~16 WebGL/Three.js shader components with live tunable controls — ships code AND an AI recreation prompt

TypeScript · WebGL

Free

ComponentryAnimated backgrounds

~50 animated React primitives incl. 8 WebGL hero backgrounds (liquid chrome, prismatic refraction)

React

Free

Open source

tsParticlesAnimated backgrounds

Particle fields, confetti, fireworks, large preset library

Vanilla + React/Vue/Angular/Svelte

Free

MIT

8,937★ · pushed 2026-07-28

COBEAnimated backgrounds

5KB WebGL globe — the Stripe/Vercel spinning-globe hero

Vanilla / React WebGL

Free

MIT

5,538★ · pushed 2026-07-18

ShaderGradientAnimated backgrounds

Animated 3D mesh gradients — React, Framer and Figma outputs

React · three.js

No LICENSE file in the repo — no explicit grant

Free

2,015★ · pushed 2026-06-11

Vanta.jsAnimated backgrounds

One-line drop-in 3D backgrounds (fog, waves, birds, net, halo)

Vanilla JS · three.js/p5

UNMAINTAINED — no commits in over two years

Free

MIT

6,821★ · last push 2024-03-03

Unicorn StudioAnimated backgrounds

No-code WebGL scene builder → embed code; Legend tier exports JSON for self-hosting

WebGL · embeds into Framer/Webflow

Free tier is PERSONAL/NON-COMMERCIAL ONLY — commercial use requires Legend

Free tier · Legend $168/yr or $20/mo

shadcn/uiComponent libraries

The base layer nearly everything else plugs into

React · Tailwind · multi-framework

Free

MIT

120,223★ · pushed 2026-07-31

Magic UIComponent libraries

150+ animated components including backgrounds and special effects

React · TS · Tailwind · Motion

Free · Pro $199 one-time

MIT

21,755★ · pushed 2026-07-31

Aceternity UIComponent libraries

200+ components and blocks — the spectacle tier (spotlight, aurora, meteors, 3D cards)

Tailwind · Framer Motion

All-Access price is NOT published in fetchable HTML — pricing page is JS-gated

Free tier · All-Access one-time

21st.devComponent libraries

12,000+ components from 700+ engineers; every one ships as an AI-ready prompt. Has a Shader Builder

React · Tailwind · shadcn registry

Free (2 copies/day) · Builder $6/mo · +AI $15/mo

2.9M users claimed

Motion (ex-Framer Motion)Component libraries

The animation engine most of these libraries actually run on, plus 410+ examples

React · JS · Vue

Free · Motion+ one-time

MIT

33,032★ · pushed 2026-07-28

Fancy ComponentsComponent libraries

The genuinely weird set — gravity, image trail, text highlighter, physics microinteractions

React · Motion

Free

MIT

3,033★ · pushed 2026-03-14

Motion-PrimitivesComponent libraries

Polished animated primitives

React · Tailwind · Motion

Free

MIT

5,777★ · pushed 2026-03-19

Cult UIComponent libraries

Design-engineer components, shadcn-compatible

Tailwind · shadcn

Free

MIT

6,008★ · pushed 2026-07-22

AnimataComponent libraries

Copy-paste animation and interaction code

React · TS · Tailwind · Framer Motion

Free

MIT

2,768★ · pushed 2026-07-31

Eldora UIComponent libraries

150+ animated components and backgrounds (Hacker, Novatrix, Photon Beam)

React · TS · Tailwind · Motion

Free

MIT

1,951★ · pushed 2026-04-18

KokonutUIComponent libraries

Animated Tailwind/shadcn components

React · Motion

Free

MIT

1,985★ · pushed 2026-07-27

SmoothUIComponent libraries

Smooth-animation component set

React · Tailwind · shadcn · Motion

Free

MIT

868★ · pushed 2026-07-31

Hover.devComponent libraries

Animated React sections — heroes, 3D, pricing, forms — with a code toggle per item

React · Tailwind

Redistribution prohibited

Free tier · Pro $49 one-time (from $149)

Animate UIComponent libraries

Fully-animated shadcn CLI distribution

React · TS · Tailwind · Motion

Roughly 7 months stalled

Free

Other (no SPDX)

4,069★ · last push 2025-12-31

UiverseComponent libraries

Largest community CSS/Tailwind element library — buttons, loaders, cards

Pure CSS or Tailwind

Site is live but the repo has been quiet since Sept 2024

Free

MIT

11,855★ · repo last pushed 2024-09-02

COSS (ex-Origin UI)Component libraries

Origin UI, acquired by Cal.com and rebuilt on Base UI

React · Tailwind · Base UI

AGPL-3.0 COPYLEFT — a real problem for closed-source client work

Free

AGPL-3.0

10,365★ · pushed 2026-07-31

Skiper UIComponent libraries

106+ uncommon components — dynamic island, image reveals; one file each

Tailwind · Next.js · Motion.dev

No public repo or license

Some free · Premium $129 · Exclusive $549

AstroWindFull templates

Complete marketing site — hero, features, pricing, testimonials, blog, SEO wired up

Astro v6 · Tailwind v4

Free

MIT

5,840★ · pushed 2026-07-23

Tailwind PlusCopy-paste sections

500+ UI blocks and 13+ full site templates, plus the Catalyst React kit

React · Vue · HTML + Tailwind

$299 personal · $979 team (25 seats), one-time

Commercial + client work OK; no reselling

Official, by the Tailwind team

TailarkCopy-paste sections

shadcn marketing blocks, full pages and illustrations

shadcn · Next.js · Radix/Base UI

Free tier (lifetime) · Essentials $249 · Complete $299

Magic UI ProCopy-paste sections

9+ templates and 50+ landing sections

Next.js · TS · Tailwind · shadcn · Motion

$199 one-time, perpetual

Commercial OK; reselling prohibited

CruipFull templates

Landing pages, sites and dashboards

HTML/React/Next/Vue/Astro + Tailwind 4

$49–$129 per template · free templates available

Lexington ThemesFull templates

45 Astro themes + 44 Sanity CMS variants, with GitHub access

Astro · Tailwind

$199 personal lifetime · $599 agency (10 seats)

Commercial, unlimited projects

Framer MarketplaceFull templates

2,000+ responsive templates plus plugins and components

Framer (no-code)

Free category exists; authors set price and keep 100%

Open SaaSFull templates

Full SaaS — landing page, auth, Stripe, jobs, admin

React · Node · Prisma (Wasp)

Free

MIT

15,108★ · pushed 2026-07-31

Vercel saas-starterFull templates

Landing + auth + Postgres + Stripe + shadcn/ui

Next.js · Tailwind

Free

MIT

15,998★ · pushed 2025-12-11

next-enterpriseFull templates

Enterprise-grade Next.js boilerplate with a landing page

Next.js · Tailwind · TS

Free

MIT

7,431★ · pushed 2026-07-30

HTML5 UPFull templates

40+ complete responsive HTML templates

HTML5 / CSS3 vanilla

Free · Pixelarity $19 for 80+ without attribution

CC-BY (attribution required)

Cruip open-react-templateFull templates

Animated hero, feature grid, testimonials, newsletter, footer

React/Next · Tailwind v4

NO LICENSE DECLARED — GitHub license API returns 404. Legally ambiguous

Free

4,684★ · pushed 2025-12-12

astroshipFull templates

Startup / marketing / blog starter

Astro · Tailwind

GPL-3.0 COPYLEFT — bad fit for closed client work

Free

GPL-3.0

1,959★ · pushed 2025-03-14

Claude DirectoryPrompt galleries

546 AI-generated UI projects — each with copy-prompt, code download and a demo video

Free (199 marked premium)

Superdesign prompt libraryPrompt galleries

600+ usage-ranked UI design prompts, each with a live preview

Free

MeezPrompt galleries

478 full-site prompts + 310 section prompts + 185 motion backgrounds, art-directed

Free browse · $19/mo · $199 lifetime

JiroPrompt galleries

866+ templates as AI-ready prompts bundling component code; Chrome ext injects into Bolt

Free tier · $79 lifetime

HeroGlidePrompt galleries

Hero-section and animated-background prompt library

Free (5 heroes, 8 components) · Pro €19.95/mo

Websiteprompts.aiPrompt galleries

80–90+ free AI website prompts by industry and style

Free, commercial use OK

MotionSitesPrompt galleries

The incumbent — AI prompts plus animated backgrounds and sections

Pricing page 404s to a plain fetch (client-rendered). Lookalikes motionsite.ai and webthemez.com share identical pricing and copy — verify in a browser before paying

Reported $249/yr / $359 lifetime — UNVERIFIED

SingleFileCloning tools

Captures the RENDERED page into one self-contained HTML file, assets embedded

Browser extension · CLI

Free

AGPL-3.0

Best-in-class JS support

html.to.designCloning tools

URL → fully editable Figma with auto-layout, component variants incl. hover states

Free 10 imports/30 days · PRO $12/user/mo annual

DOM-based, so type and spacing are real values

AlloyCloning tools

URL + Chrome ext (works behind login) → editable prototype and real HTML/CSS export

Free $5 credits/mo · Pro $20/user/mo for code export

DOM capture, not screenshot regeneration

CopyWebCloning tools

URL / screenshot / Figma → component-structured React, Next, Tailwind

Per-page credit cost is not published — you budget blind

Credit packs $9.90/100 · $29.90/400 — no subscription

Open Lovable (Firecrawl)Cloning tools

URL → complete React + TypeScript + Tailwind codebase you own

Needs three API keys to set up. Vendor admits SPAs and auth-walled sites need manual work

Free (MIT) + Firecrawl free tier 1,000 credits/mo

MIT

monolithCloning tools

CLI: URL → single HTML5 file with assets as data URLs

Executes NO JavaScript — pipe through Chromium first for dynamic sites

Free

CC0

websitedownloader.orgCloning tools

ZIP of HTML + CSS + JS + images + fonts via real headless Chrome

Free, no signup — 2 pages per download

Strongest free JS-capable ripper verified

screenshot-to-codeCloning tools

Screenshot, Figma or SCREEN RECORDING → HTML/React/Vue + Tailwind

Free self-host; you pay model costs

MIT

10WebCloning tools

URL → editable WordPress site (a reinterpretation, not a copy)

AI Starter $10/mo · Premium $15/mo · Ultimate $23/mo

Builder.io Visual CopilotCloning tools

URL → editable Figma with auto-layout; can round-trip back out to HTML

Website conversion is free, no card

Self-reports ~80–90% accuracy — the only honest vendor number found

ui.ripCloning tools

URL → Next.js project with Tailwind and typed components

UNVERIFIED — site 403s all non-browser access. Best-sounding proposition in the category; check it yourself

3 free downloads

PeekDesign extractors

Extracts colors, fonts, shadows, radii and assets — exports CSS vars, TAILWIND CLASSES, JSON tokens

Chromium extension

Free forever, no account

Also detects the tech stack (React, Next, Tailwind, Shopify, Framer)

CSS PeeperDesign extractors

Colors, typography, assets and CSS properties with one-click palette export

Chrome extension

Free

500k+ users · 4.6★

Project WallaceDesign extractors

Full CSS analysis from a live URL — design-token audit, custom-property tracing, complexity scores

Standalone tools free, no signup

FWA of the DayDiscovery feeds

The most experimental end — WebGL, real-time 3D, campaign work. RSS verified working

Free

Verified 2026-07-31 · ~7/wk

Minimal GalleryDiscovery feeds

Clean, typographic, editorial — the counterweight so your references are not all 3D

Free

Verified 2026-07-31 · 1/weekday

Recent (ex-Godly)Discovery feeds

Tightest curation of the lot, with Motion / 3D / Typography tags. Weekly digest

Free

Updated 3h before check · godly.website now 301s here

CodropsDiscovery feeds

Studios writing up HOW the award-winning site was built — turns reference into technique

Free

Verified 2026-07-30 · 4–5/wk

HOVERSTAT.ESDiscovery feeds

The alternative web — weird and experimental. The only source selecting for strange over polished

Free

Verified 2026-07-21 · ~3–5/month

Awwwards — Three.js tagDiscovery feeds

Searchable back-catalogue of WebGL/Three.js sites (also /gsap-animation/ and /webgl/)

Free

Verified 2026-07-30 · 150+ archived

SidebarDiscovery feeds

5 design links a day, weekdays

Free

Verified 2026-07-31

Design SpellsDiscovery feeds

Micro-interactions, easter eggs and delight details. Biweekly

Free

Issue #72 · 2026-06-20

Three.js forum — ShowcaseDiscovery feeds

Raw, unfiltered WebGL work straight from the people building it

Free

Verified 2026-07-24 · 8–10/wk

CodropsPlaygrounds

Full engineered demos with downloadable source — WebGL scroll galleries, transitions, real-time 3D

GSAP · Three.js · WebGL · vanilla

Individual demo repos often ship no LICENSE file — the grant lives on the site licensing page. Mine recent articles, not the star-sorted repo list

Free

MIT (stated on the site licensing page)

345 repos · still shipping July 2026

GSAPPlaygrounds

The whole library incl. ScrollTrigger, SplitText, MorphSVG — now free after the Webflow acquisition

Vanilla + React/Vue/Svelte

FREE (was $99/yr for Club plugins)

Maintained by the original team at Webflow

GSAP Demo HubPlaygrounds

Categorised demos — scroll, text, SVG, sliders, magnetic buttons, cursor trails, macOS dock

GSAP

Free

ScrollTrigger Showcase (CodePen)Playgrounds

Curated forkable pens maintained by GSAP itself

GSAP · HTML/CSS

Free

three.js examplesPlaygrounds

Hundreds of examples with source viewable per example

Three.js · WebGL

Free

MIT

114,136★ · pushed 2026-07-31

React Three FiberPlaygrounds

React renderer for Three.js, with examples

React · Three.js

Free

MIT

31,588★ · pushed 2026-07-31

dreiPlaygrounds

Prebuilt R3F helpers — the fastest path to a 3D hero

React · Three.js

Free

MIT

9,779★ · pushed 2026-03-23

LenisPlaygrounds

Smooth scroll that shares one RAF loop with GSAP instead of fighting it

Vanilla · React

Free

MIT

15,165★ · pushed 2026-07-23

ShadertoyPlaygrounds

Raw GLSL fragment shaders with source visible — the deep well for genuinely novel effects

GLSL · WebGL

Licensing is PER-SHADER and author-chosen, frequently CC BY-NC-SA. Never assume commercial use

Free

Motion examplesPlaygrounds

410+ animation snippets, filterable by framework and difficulty

React · JS · Vue

Free tier copyable