Rive is the interactive animation engine behind Spotify Wrapped, Duolingo's mascot, and products reaching over 2 billion users - which is a flex if there ever was one. It combines design, animation, and logic into a single tool where what you build in the editor is exactly what ships in production, no handoff translation errors. If After Effects and Figma had a hyper-efficient baby that ran at 120fps on any device, it would be named Rive.

Main Features

• Unified design and animation editor: Design vector graphics, animate them, and wire up interactivity all in one tool - no round-tripping between After Effects, Lottie, and your codebase.
• State Machine: A visual logic system that lets designers define complex interactive behaviors (hover states, transitions, game logic) without writing code.
• GPU-accelerated renderer: Proprietary vector graphics engine running at 120fps with perfect rendering quality across all platforms and screen sizes.
• Cross-platform runtimes: Ship natively to iOS, Android, Web, Unity, Unreal Engine, and Flutter - one file, every platform, identical behavior.
• Tiny file sizes: Animations that are up to 90% smaller than equivalent Lottie or video files - apps load faster and users burn less data.
• Rive AI agent: Free AI coding agent that helps generate Rive animations and interactive logic from natural language descriptions.
• Components and libraries: Reusable nested artboards (components) and shared libraries that let teams build design systems with interactive assets.
• Scripting support: Custom scripting layer for advanced interactivity that goes beyond the State Machine - write JavaScript logic that hooks directly into your animations.

Who Should Use It?

• Motion designers: Animators and motion graphics artists who need to ship interactive animations that actually run in production apps, not just video files.
• Mobile app teams: iOS and Android developers who want rich, performant animations without ballooning their app bundle size.
• Game developers: Unity and Unreal developers integrating interactive UI animations and character systems that respond to player input.
• Product designers: Designers building interactive prototypes that behave identically to the final shipped product - no more 'the animation looked different in the mockup.'
• Web developers: Frontend engineers who want to replace clunky CSS animations and heavy Lottie JSON files with a fast, lightweight runtime.
• Brand and marketing teams: Creative teams producing interactive brand experiences, animated ads, and engaging micro-interactions for websites and apps.
• Automotive UI teams: In-car interface designers creating fluid, real-time dashboard animations (Rive is actually used by Fortune 500 automakers).