Are you looking to create animated background effects to elevate the aesthetics and functionality of websites with the help of JavaScript? There is no need to look elsewhere!
In this guide, we are showcasing a comprehensive collection of free JavaScript background effects, sourced from trustworthy websites like GitHub and CodePen. These sites creatively created these dynamic background effects to add a touch of elegance, creativity, and vibrancy to your website or web application, catering to a wide range of website themes and design needs.
JavaScript Background Effects offers immense potential to revolutionize the visual landscape of web design, offering seamless opportunities for creativity and engagement. Our collection of background effects ranges from simple background effects to animated backgrounds to advanced JavaScript particle backgrounds and full-screen gradient backgrounds.
Whether you’re a UI designer or a web developer, integrating these innovative background effects elevates user experiences and ensures the transformation of static web pages into immersive, dynamic environments that captivate users and offer a memorable user experience.
Each example is carefully curated and promises to infuse technology and creativity at the same time, offering an extensive toolkit for web developers to create innovative, interactive, and visually striking websites, fostering longer stays and encouraging return visits.
Let’s explore our JavaScript background effects collection and give websites a modern and polished appearance.
1. Fireflies
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Fireflies by Michal (@Mertl)
on CodePen.
Author: Michal @Mertl
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: February 16, 2019
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
2. SVG Cosmos Pattern
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SVG Cosmos Pattern by agathaco (@agathaco)
on CodePen.
Author: agathaco @agathaco
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: October 6, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS(SCSS), JS(Babel)
3. Calm Breeze Login Screen
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Calm breeze login screen by Lewi Hussey (@Lewitje)
on CodePen.
Author: Lewi Hussey @Lewitje
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: May 1, 2015
Made with: HTML, CSS(Less), JS
4. Color Changin
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Color Changin’ by Alex Zaworski (@alexzaworski)
on CodePen.
Author: Alex Zaworski @alexzaworski
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: August 26, 2016
Made with: HTML, CSS(SCSS), JS
5. Hello Light
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hello light by ycw (@ycw)
on CodePen.
Author: ycw @ycw
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: March 25, 2020
Made with: HTML(Pug), CSS(Less), JS
6. Colorful Squares
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Colorful Squares | codepenchallenge by Johan Karlsson (@DonKarlssonSan)
on CodePen.
Author: Johan Karlsson @DonKarlssonSan
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: February 25, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS(Babel)
7. BVAmbient – VanillaJS Background Particles
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BVAmbient – VanillaJS Background Particles by Bruno Vieira (@BMSVieira)
on CodePen.
Author: Bruno Vieira @BMSVieira
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: December 2, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
8. Background Rotating Squares
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Background Rotating Squares by AzazelN28 (@AzazelN28)
on CodePen.
Author: AzazelN28 @AzazelN28
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: November 14, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS(Stylus), JS(Babel)
9. Obligatory Falling Snow … but with Sparticles.js
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Obligatory Falling Snow … but with Sparticles.js by Simon Goellner (@simeydotme)
on CodePen.
Author: Simon Goellner @simeydotme
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: December 8, 2019
Made with: HTML, CSS(SCSS), JS
10. Random Chevron Pattern
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Random Chevron Pattern by Johan Karlsson (@DonKarlssonSan)
on CodePen.
Author: Johan Karlsson @DonKarlssonSan
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: March 19, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS(Babel)
11. Tetris Background
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Tetris background by Loktar (@loktar00)
on CodePen.
Author: Loktar @loktar00
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: September 22, 2014
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
12. Sparse Triangle Background
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Sparse Triangle Background by MGA (@galeano)
on CodePen.
Author: Mac Galeano @galeano
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: February 26, 2017
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
13. Spipa Circle
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Spipa circle by Alex Andrix (@alexandrix)
on CodePen.
Author: Alex Andrix @alexandrix
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: December 3, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
14. A week in motion
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A week in motion #8.1 by Tadas Karpavičius (@trajektorijus)
on CodePen.
Author: Tadas Karpavičius @trajektorijus
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: May 2, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS(SCSS), JS
15. Change background colour with GSAP ScrollTrigger
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Change background colour with GSAP ScrollTrigger by Cameron Knight (@cameronknight)
on CodePen.
Author: Cameron Knight @cameronknight
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: November 8, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS(SCSS), JS
16. JavaScript Canvas
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#98 in 2020 / JavaScript Canvas by Toshiya Marukubo (@toshiya-marukubo)
on CodePen.
Author: Toshiya Marukubo @toshiya-marukubo
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: July 11, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
17. Grayscale Ambient Background
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Grayscale Ambient Background by jen (@jencrosby)
on CodePen.
Author: Jen @jencrosby
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: July 30, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
18. Fill Backgrounds With Animation
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Fill Backgrounds with Animation by Chris Smith (@chris22smith)
on CodePen.
Author: Chris Smith @chris22smith
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: October 17, 2019
Made with: HTML, CSS(SCSS), JS
19. Personal Website
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Personal Website by Jonas Badalic (@JonasBadalic)
on CodePen.
Author: Jonas Badalic @JonasBadalic
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: November 2, 2014
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
20. Random Responsive Balls In The Background
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Random Responsive balls in the background by Nash Vail (@nashvail)
on CodePen.
Author: Nash Vail @nashvail
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: December 19, 2017
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
21. Move background perspective on mouse move effect
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Move background perspective on mouse move effect by Kriszta (@vajkri)
on CodePen.
Author: Kriszta @vajkri
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: March 18, 2016
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
22. Truchet Lattice
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Truchet Lattice by Ben Matthews (@tsuhre)
on CodePen.
Author: Ben Matthews @tsuhre
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: February 8, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
23. Triple “A” Wallpapers
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Triple “A” Wallpapers (BW&A Challenge, click for new pattern) by Scott Weaver (@sweaver2112)
on CodePen.
Author: Scott Weaver @sweaver2112
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: September 22, 2019
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
24. Space Elevator
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Space Elevator by Eslam Yahya (@Eslam-Yahya)
on CodePen.
Author: Eslam Yahya @Eslam-Yahya
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: July 31, 2017
Made with: HTML(Pug), CSS(SCSS), JS(Babel)
25. 1337 Matrix
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1337 Matrix by Pavitra Golchha (@pavi2410)
on CodePen.
Author: Pavitra Golchha @pavi2410
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: May 2, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
26. Background Texture Across Several Divs
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Background texture across several divs by Michael Burridge (@mburridge)
on CodePen.
Author: Michael Burridge @mburridge
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: February 19, 2019
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
27. Background shape change
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Background shape change #codePenChallenge by Strahinja Babić (@SBDesign)
on CodePen.
Author: Strahinja Babić @SBDesign
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: February 19, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
28. Sea Waves
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Sea Waves by Stefan Weck (@stefanweck)
on CodePen.
Author: Stefan Weck @stefanweck
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: January 6, 2017
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS(Babel)
29. Orange Squares
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Orange Squares by Johan Karlsson (@DonKarlssonSan)
on CodePen.
Author: Johan Karlsson @DonKarlssonSan
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: February 21, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS(Babel)
30. Grid Worms
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Grid Worms by Red (@redutron)
on CodePen.
Author: Red @redutron
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: April 20, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
31. Random, Cos and Sin
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Random, Cos and Sin by Kevin Levron (@soju22)
on CodePen.
Author: Kevin Levron @soju22
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: February 26, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS(Babel)
32. JavaScript Canvas
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#44 in 2020 / JavaScript Canvas by Toshiya Marukubo (@toshiya-marukubo)
on CodePen.
Author: Toshiya Marukubo @toshiya-marukubo
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: May 18, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
33. Fancy Background Shapes
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Fancy Background shapes by Godje (@Godje)
on CodePen.
Author: Godje @Godje
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: March 10, 2017
Made with: HTML, CSS
34. Crystal Parallax
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???? Crystal Parallax ???? by Tibix (@Tibixx)
on CodePen.
Author: Tibix @Tibixx
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: December 17, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
35. Flow Field
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Flow field n.2 by Fabio Ottaviani (@supah)
on CodePen.
Author: Fabio Ottaviani @supah
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: January 4, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS(SCSS), JS(Babel)
36. Antigravity FLOW
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Antigravity FLOW by Marco Dell’Anna (@plasm)
on CodePen.
Author: Marco Dell’Anna @plasm
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: March 16, 2017
Made with: HTML, CSSCSS(Sass), JS(Babel)
37. Rymd
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rymd by Hakim El Hattab (@hakimel)
on CodePen.
Author: Hakim El Hattab @hakimel
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: February 5, 2019
Made with: HTML, CSS(SCSS), JS(Babel)
38. Ashfall
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Ashfall by Liam Egan (@shubniggurath)
on CodePen.
Author: Liam Egan @shubniggurath
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: September 7, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS(SCSS), JS(Babel)
39. Animated CSS Mask-image Gradient
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Animated CSS mask-image gradient by Chris Neale (@onion2k)
on CodePen.
Author: Chris Neale @onion2k
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: December 9, 2018
Made with: HTML, CSS(SCSS), JS(Babel)
40. Hello Matrix
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Hello Matrix by Manan Tank (@MananTank)
on CodePen.
Author: Manan Tank @MananTank
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: March 26, 2020
Made with: HTML(Pug), CSS(Stylus), JS
41. Colorful Circles
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Colorful Circles | codepenchallenge by Johan Karlsson (@DonKarlssonSan)
on CodePen.
Author: Johan Karlsson @DonKarlssonSan
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: February 26, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS(Babel)
42. Unicode Patterns
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Unicode Patterns by F.ala O.viara (@ljnest)
on CodePen.
Author: F.ala O.viara @ljnest
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: July 26, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
43. Wobble
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Wobble by Paul Neave (@neave)
on CodePen.
Author: Paul Neave @neave
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: February 19, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
44. Æther
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æther by Sean Free (@seanfree)
on CodePen.
Author: Sean Free @seanfree
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: November 19, 2018
Made with: HTML(Pug), CSS(SCSS), JS(Babel)
45. Metaballs
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Metaballs – WebGL by Alfons Nilsson (@TC5550)
on CodePen.
Author: Alfons Nilsson @TC5550
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: November 22, 2019
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
46. JavaScript Canvas
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#157 in 2020 / JavaScript Canvas by Toshiya Marukubo (@toshiya-marukubo)
on CodePen.
Author: Toshiya Marukubo @toshiya-marukubo
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: August 14, 2020
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
47. JavaScript Background
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Untitled by Anand Davaasuren (@at80)
on CodePen.
Author: Anand Davaasuren @at80
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: March 20, 2013
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
48. Landscape animation experiment
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Landscape animation experiment by Louis Coyle (@dropside)
on CodePen.
Author: Louis Coyle @dropside
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: February 22, 2015
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
49. CSS Rain Effect
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CSS Rain Effect by Aaron Rickle (@arickle)
on CodePen.
Author: Aaron Rickle @arickle
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: January 6, 2017
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS
50. Jquery & CSS3 background
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Jquery & CSS3 background by enrico toniato (@enricotoniato)
on CodePen.
Author: enrico toniato @enricotoniato
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: August 29, 2013
Made with: HTML,CSS(SCSS), JS
51. Crystal Caves
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Crystal Caves by Huw Llewellyn (@nosurprisethere)
on CodePen.
Author: Huw Llewellyn @nosurprisethere
Links: Source Code / Demo
Created on: August 24, 2017
Made with: HTML, CSS, JS