tsParticles - TypeScript Particles

A lightweight TypeScript library for creating particles. Dependency free (*), browser ready and compatible with React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, jQuery, Preact, Inferno

Do you want to use it on your website?

This library is available on the two most popular CDNs and it's easy and ready to use, if you were using particles.js it's even easier.

You'll find the instructions below, with all the links you need, and don't be scared by TypeScript, it's just the source language.

The output files are just JavaScript. 🤩

CDNs and npm have all the sources you need in Javascript, a bundle browser ready (tsparticles.min.js) and all files splitted for import syntax.

If you are still interested some lines below there are some instructions for migrating from the old particles.js library.

Library installation

Hosting / CDN

Please use this hosts or your own to load tsParticles on your projects

jsDelivr

cdnjs

unpkg

https://unpkg.com/tsparticles/

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npm

npm install tsparticles

yarn

yarn add tsparticles

Import and require

Starting from version 1.12.11 import and require can be used to import tsParticles .

Now you can write something like this

const tsParticles = require("tsparticles");

// or

import { tsParticles } from "tsparticles";

The imported tsParticles is the same instance you have when including the script.

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NuGet

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Usage

Load tsParticles and configure the particles:

index.html

<div id="tsparticles"></div>

<script src="tsparticles.min.js"></script>

app.js

// @path-json can be an object or an array, the first will be loaded directly, the object from the array will be random selected
/* tsParticles.loadJSON(@dom-id, @path-json, @callback (optional)); */

tsParticles
  .loadJSON("tsparticles", "presets/default.json")
  .then((container) => {
    console.log("callback - tsparticles config loaded");
  })
  .catch((error) => {
    console.error(error);
  });

//or

/* tsParticles.load(@dom-id, @options); */

tsParticles.load("tsparticles", {
  /* options here */
});

//or

/* tsParticles.loadFromArray(@dom-id, @options, @index (optional)); */

tsParticles.loadFromArray("tsparticles", [
  {
    /* options here */
  },
  {
    /* other options here */
  },
]);
//random object

tsParticles.loadFromArray(
  "tsparticles",
  [
    {
      /* options here */
    },
    {
      /* other options here */
    },
  ],
  1
); //the second one
// Important! If the index is not in range 0...<array.length, the index will be ignored.

// after initialization this can be used.

/* tsParticles.setOnClickHandler(@callback); */

/* this will be fired from all particles loaded */

tsParticles.setOnClickHandler((event, particles) => {
  /* custom on click handler */
});

// now you can control the animations too, it's possible to pause and resume the animations
// these methods don't change the config so you're safe with all your configurations
// domItem(0) returns the first tsParticles instance loaded in the dom
const particles = tsParticles.domItem(0);

// play will start the animations, if the move is not enabled it won't enable it, it just updates the frame
particles.play();

// pause will stop the animations
particles.pause();

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Official components for some of the most used frameworks

Angular

ng-particles

You can find the instructions here

Inferno

inferno-particles

You can find the instructions here

jQuery

jquery-particles

You can find the instructions here

Preact

preact-particles

You can find the instructions here

ReactJS

react-tsparticles

You can find the instructions here

Svelte

svelte-particles

You can find the instructions here

VueJS 2.x

particles.vue

You can find the instructions here

VueJS 3.x

particles.vue3

You can find the instructions here

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Demo / Generator

https://particles.matteobruni.it/

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Characters as particles

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Mouse hover connections

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Polygon mask

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Animated stars

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Nyan cat flying on scrolling stars

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Snow particles

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Background Mask particles

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COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 particles

Don't click! DON'T CLICK! OH NO IT'S SPREADING!!!!

COVID-19 is a serious disease. Please stay at home, wear a mask and stay safe!

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particles.json

You can find a sample config here 📖

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Options

You can find all options available here 📖

Want to see it in action and try it?

I've created a tsParticles collection on CodePen 😮 or you can checkout my profile

Otherwise there's the demo page link below. Just click/tap the Coronavirus below, don't be scared. It's safe 😷.

Want to see ever more demos? Clone the repository on your computer and follow these instructions

yarn install && yarn start

Boom! 💥 http://localhost:3000 and you can checkout other demos.

If you are brave enough you can switch to the dev branch for trying the features under development.

Dependencies

You may have notices the * near dependency free. Well almost all features works without any dependency, but... Well there's a little but. The Polygon Mask feature requires [pathseg](https://github.com/progers/pathseg) for some browsers to work fine, and obviously the Icon Fonts (like FontAwesome ) must be included in your page.

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Migrating from Particles.js

tsParticles library is fully compatible with the particles.js configuration.

Seriously, you just need to change the script source et-voilà, you're ready 🧙!

You can read more here

Want to know 5 reasons to do the switch? Read here

Below you can find all the information you need to install tsParticles and its new syntax.

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Plugins/Customizations

tsParticles now supports some customizations 🥳.

You can create your own plugins

Read more here...

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API Docs

Documentation and Development references here 📖

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