Julian Garnier

julian.gr

03 July 2026 16:06

10 years ago I open sourced a little JS animation library that I'd been using in some of my client work and personal projects. Anime.js received more than 6000 stars in its first week and ended up among the top open source launches on GitHub in 2016, github.blog/open-source/... 2/22

Julian Garnier

julian.gr

03 July 2026 16:06

Fast forward 10 years, and the project now has more than 70k stars and is downloaded 1M times per week on npm. 🤯 3/22

Julian Garnier

julian.gr

03 July 2026 16:06

In 2024 I started feeling burned out with client work, so I decided to pause freelancing and focus 100% on the upcoming V4 of Anime.js. 4/22

Julian Garnier

julian.gr

03 July 2026 16:06

I started a paid early access for V4, and it's been relatively successful as far as GitHub sponsors go. At some point I had around 150 monthly sponsors, mostly individuals but also a few companies. 5/22

Julian Garnier

julian.gr

03 July 2026 16:06

Enough to cover my rent and bills, but not much more. After the release of V4 I needed to find a way to bring in more money, and seeing how many people asked how I made the animejs.com landing page, I decided to make a course about that. 6/22