Webflow makes GSAP 100% free – plus more updates
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Re: Webflow makes GSAP 100% free – plus more updates
#2not often you see an acquisition result in something good for existing users, and this is a surprisingly good outcome
Re: Webflow makes GSAP 100% free – plus more updates
#3The obvious question is, what does free mean? Here's the license:
https://gsap.com/community/standard-license/
Basically freeware with express prohibitions on competing with Webflow.
Re: Webflow makes GSAP 100% free – plus more updates
#4Always cool to see more free stuff, but about the only animations I want to see on the web are from https://ciechanow.ski/
Re: Webflow makes GSAP 100% free – plus more updates
#5The obvious question is, what does free mean? Here's the license: https://gsap.com/community/standard-license/ Basically freeware with express prohibitions on competing with Webflow.
Isn't that fair? What am I missing?
Re: Webflow makes GSAP 100% free – plus more updates
#6GSAP – A wildly robust JavaScript animation library built for professionals [https://gsap.com]
Re: Webflow makes GSAP 100% free – plus more updates
#7The obvious question is, what does free mean? Here's the license: https://gsap.com/community/standard-license/ Basically freeware with express prohibitions on competing with Webflow.
Isn't that fair? What am I missing?
It's a land grab that, if GSAP becomes a standard, makes it that much harder to compete with Webflow.
For example GSAP will now never make its way into Figma or Framer which is a staple of the design workflows of many teams. This move by Webflow makes GSAP a line of demarkation between Figma-based workflows, Framer-based workflows, and Webflow-based workflows.
Any momentum the library might have had is now skewered by these limitations which will surely create demand for more different animation libraries to exist within other walled gardens.
The same happened to Vercel & Next.js which now seems to be powering the return of Vite & CSR.
Now that said, I'd never heard of this library until this announcement, and I don't know much about its role in the javascript ecosystem, but I can't say that the trend towards M&A kingdoms in the open source community delights me.
Re: Webflow makes GSAP 100% free – plus more updates
#8Always cool to see more free stuff, but about the only animations I want to see on the web are from https://ciechanow.ski/
It's not just for Web though, but a really nice approach to authoring motion graphics in general. Motioncanvas is also worth a mention in this space[0].
Re: Webflow makes GSAP 100% free – plus more updates
#9GSAP – A wildly robust JavaScript animation library built for professionals [ https://gsap.com ]
I keep hearing about it, but I've never used it. Why would I use it over https://animejs.com ?
Re: Webflow makes GSAP 100% free – plus more updates
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Isn't that fair? What am I missing?
It's a land grab that, if GSAP becomes a standard, makes it that much harder to compete with Webflow. For example GSAP will now never make its way into Figma or Framer which is a staple of the design workflows of many teams. This move by Webflow makes GSAP a line of demarkation between Figma-based workflows, Framer-based workflows, and Webflow-based workflows. Any momentum the library might have had is now skewered b…
FWIW, sub-5kb banners were probably the only Flash projects that didn't include GSAP before we collectively jumped ships to JavaScript and CSS for animation on the web. It was everywhere.