Lottiefiles

LottieFiles is the official global community, asset library, and tool platform for Lottie animations. It was co-founded by one of the creators of the Lottie format and serves as the central hub for all Lottie-related activities.

Core Features & Positioning

1. The World's Largest Lottie Animation Marketplace

• Positioning: This is the primary destination for designers and developers to discover and download Lottie animations.
• Content:
  • Massive Free Library: Home to hundreds of thousands of free animations uploaded by designers worldwide, covering various types like icons, loading spinners, illustrations, and characters.
  • High-Quality Premium Assets: Offers premium animation assets created by professional animators and studios, featuring higher quality and more unique styles.
• Features: All animations are reviewed to ensure performance and compatibility.

2. A Powerful Suite of Online Tools

• Positioning: Provides a complete set of tools covering the entire workflow from testing and conversion to optimization.
• Core Tools:
  • Preview & Test: You can upload or paste a Lottie JSON URL to instantly preview animations in the browser and check their performance (e.g., file size, frame rate) across different platforms (Web, iOS, Android).
  • Online Editor: Allows you to make simple modifications to existing Lottie animations, such as adjusting colors, speed, dimensions, and even layer properties.
  • Format Converters: Offers various converters, including SVG to Lottie and GIF to Lottie, which dramatically simplifies the creation process.
  • Optimizer: Helps you compress and optimize Lottie JSON files to reduce file size and improve loading speed.

3. Seamless Plugins & Integrations

• Positioning: Injects the power of Lottie directly into the design and development tools you use every day.
• Key Plugins:
  • Figma Plugin: Allows you to search, preview, and insert Lottie animations directly within Figma, or export your designs as Lottie.
  • Adobe After Effects Plugin: The officially recommended plugin for exporting your animations from AE as Lottie JSON files with a single click.
  • Other Plugins: Also includes plugins for Adobe XD, Canva, VS Code, WordPress, Webflow, and more, covering the entire design-to-development pipeline.

Summary

LottieFiles is not just a "download site"; it is a complete Lottie ecosystem. It successfully connects animators, designers, and developers on a single platform, providing an end-to-end solution from discovery and creation to testing and final implementation.

If you work with Lottie, LottieFiles is the official, indispensable core platform that you absolutely must use.