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    darkroomengineering/lenis

    Smooth scroll as it should be

    frontend
    darkroom-engineering
    performance
    react
    scroll
    smooth
    TypeScript
    MIT
    17.1K stars
    779 forks
    64 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 7, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 22 days ago, with 33 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Provides a lightweight, performant smooth scrolling library for web applications with native scroll integration and multi-axis support.
    • Offers seamless smooth scrolling that preserves native browser behaviors like sticky positioning and anchor links without dependencies.
    • Use for enhancing user experience with smooth vertical or horizontal scrolling in React, Vue, or vanilla JavaScript projects.
    • Use for synchronizing scroll-driven animations and effects with WebGL, GSAP ScrollTrigger, or parallax scenes.
    • Use for implementing scroll snapping and nested scroll handling in complex layouts requiring precise scroll control.

    Should you depend on it?

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

    Community files

    • README: present
    • Contributing guide: present

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    From the README

    Lenis ("smooth" in latin) is a lightweight, robust, and performant smooth scroll library. It's designed by @darkroom.engineering to be simple to use and easy to integrate into your projects. It's built with performance in mind and is optimized for modern browsers. It's perfect for creating smooth scrolling experiences on your website such as WebGL scroll syncing, parallax effects, and much more, see Demo and Showcase.

    Read our Manifesto to learn more about the inspiration behind Lenis.

    Excerpt from the darkroomengineering/lenis README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

    Daily snapshots

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    Forks

    779+122

    Open issues

    38+15

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