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53 points shantingHou | 3 comments | | HN request time: 0.001s | source

Hey HN

I built svggles (npm: interactive-illustrations), a React utility that makes it easy to add playful, interactive SVGs to your frontend.

It supports mouse-tracking, scroll, hover, and other common interactions, and it's designed to be lightweight and intuitive for React devs.

The inspiration came from my time playing with p5.js — I loved how expressive and fun it was to create interactive visuals. But I also wanted to bring that kind of creative freedom to everyday frontend work, in a way that fits naturally into the React ecosystem.

My goal is to help frontend developers make their UIs feel more alive — not just functional, but fun. I also know creativity thrives in community, so it's open source and I’d love to see contributions from artists, developers, or anyone interested in visual interaction.

Links: Website + Docs: svggles.vercel.app

GitHub: github.com/shantinghou/interactive-illustrations

NPM: interactive-illustrations

Let me know what you think — ideas, feedback, and contributions are all welcome

1. 1ilit ◴[] No.43551665[source]
looks cool, you should probably gitignore some of the dirs there though
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2. ge96 ◴[] No.43551714[source]
Reminds me when I was new to dev, I committed and pushed node_modules up ahh good times
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3. 1ilit ◴[] No.43551737[source]
been there, done that