Bolt animation templates for AI websites and apps
Real animation designs you can copy into Bolt. Bolt turns a pasted template into a full JavaScript app, usually React with Vite, running in the browser. Below: the designs, how to set Bolt up so it keeps the design, and what makes a good animation section.
Bolt animation templates
179 animation design templates for Bolt. Browse the full BrowserMoon library for every template category.
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How to use animation templates with Bolt
Pick a design
Choose a animation design above and open it to see it live.
Copy the template
Copy the template from its page. It is one HTML file with no dependencies.
Set up Bolt
Paste the template into your first Bolt prompt as the design to build from, and describe the product in a sentence or two.
Prompt, then refine
Paste it and describe your product. Then follow up with: "Use the pasted template as the exact design for this section. Do not change the layout or spacing."
What makes a good animation section
Common types: scroll reveals, animated backgrounds, text animations, hover effects and loading states.
Motion with a job
Show what changed, what is clickable or how something works.
Short and smooth
Most interface motion feels right well under half a second.
Respect reduced motion
Turn motion off for people who ask for less.
Common mistake: Animating everything on scroll so the page feels slow.
Keeping the design in Bolt
Bolt builds and runs a full app in the browser, so it suits fast prototypes and launch pages you want to see working within minutes.
What Bolt builds
A full JavaScript app, usually React with Vite, running in the browser.
Where the design goes
Paste the template into your first Bolt prompt as the design to build from, and describe the product in a sentence or two.
Bolt and animation sections
It usually rebuilds pages in React, so ask it to keep the template's CSS animations as they are instead of switching to an animation library, and to respect reduced motion.
What to tell it
Keep the animation timing and easing from the template, and switch it off when the visitor prefers reduced motion.
Not sure which animation design fits?
Ask Mon, the AI design assistant, describe your product and Mon suggests the animation design and how to prompt Bolt with it.
Frequently asked questions
How do I use a animation template in Bolt?
Paste the template code into your Bolt prompt at bolt.new and describe what your product does. Paste the template into your first Bolt prompt as the design to build from, and describe the product in a sentence or two.
What does Bolt turn the template into?
A full JavaScript app, usually React with Vite, running in the browser.
How do I stop Bolt changing the design?
Very long prompts get summarised, so details of a big template can be lost. A follow-up prompt that helps: "Use the pasted template as the exact design for this section. Do not change the layout or spacing."
What makes a good animation section?
Motion with a job: show what changed, what is clickable or how something works. Short and smooth: most interface motion feels right well under half a second. Respect reduced motion: turn motion off for people who ask for less.
Any Bolt tips for animation sections?
It usually rebuilds pages in React, so ask it to keep the template's CSS animations as they are instead of switching to an animation library, and to respect reduced motion.
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