CSShake

Overview

CSShake is a CSS library that provides ready-made classes to apply shake animations to DOM elements. Instead of writing custom keyframes, developers simply add a CSS class like shake or shake-hard to any element.

It solves the problem of creating consistent shake effects without custom animation code. The library is built with Sass and is aimed at front-end developers who want quick, configurable shake animations for UI interactions or visual effects.

Key Benefits

• Apply ten distinct shake animations (basic, slow, little, hard, horizontal, vertical, rotate, opacity, crazy, chunk) with a single CSS class.
• Trigger animations from a parent element using the shake-trigger class.
• Freeze the animation at the current position on :hover using the shake-freeze variant.
• Make animations constant and stop them only on :hover with the shake-constant--hover variant.
• Create fully custom shake animations via the do-shake Sass mixin, controlling axes, rotation, duration, precision, opacity, and iteration count.
• Load only the specific shake animation files needed by linking individual CSS files such as csshake-slow.min.css.

How It Works

You include the CSS file via a <link> tag from the local install, npm, bower, or the Surge CDN. Then you add a class such as shake, shake-slow, shake-hard, shake-horizontal, shake-vertical, shake-rotate, shake-opacity, shake-crazy, or shake-chunk to any DOM element. For custom animations, you use the do-shake Sass mixin with parameters for x-axis range, y-axis range, rotation, duration, precision, opacity, and chunk percentage, then compile the Sass into CSS.

Use Cases

• Front-end developers creating UI feedback effects for error states or form validation.
• Game developers adding visual impact on hits, collisions, or power-ups in web-based games.
• Design prototyping teams who need to quickly test shake animations without writing custom CSS keyframes.
• Interactive presentation builders adding emphasis animations to slides or elements.
• Hobbyist web designers adding playful or Easter-egg effects to personal sites.
• React developers using the CSShake component wrapper to apply shake animations declaratively.

Why Choose This Product

CSShake is best suited for front-end developers who want zero-JavaScript, CSS-only shake animations with minimal setup. It offers ten pre-built variations and a flexible Sass mixin for custom animations. The library has no documented limitations, but as a pure CSS solution it cannot respond dynamically to runtime data without JavaScript class toggling.