littlombie/particles.js

A lightweight JavaScript library for creating particles

particles.js

A lightweight JavaScript library for creating particles.

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Demo / Generator

Configure, export, and share your particles.js configuration on CodePen:
http://vincentgarreau.com/particles.js/

CodePen demo:
http://codepen.io/VincentGarreau/pen/pnlso

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Usage

Load particles.js and configure the particles:

index.html

<div id="particles-js"></div>

<script src="particles.js"></script>

app.js

/* particlesJS.load(@dom-id, @path-json, @callback (optional)); */
particlesJS.load('particles-js', 'assets/particles.json', function() {
  console.log('callback - particles.js config loaded');
});

particles.json

{
  "particles": {
    "number": {
      "value": 80,
      "density": {
        "enable": true,
        "value_area": 800
      }
    },
    "color": {
      "value": "#ffffff"
    },
    "shape": {
      "type": "circle",
      "stroke": {
        "width": 0,
        "color": "#000000"
      },
      "polygon": {
        "nb_sides": 5
      },
      "image": {
        "src": "img/github.svg",
        "width": 100,
        "height": 100
      }
    },
    "opacity": {
      "value": 0.5,
      "random": false,
      "anim": {
        "enable": false,
        "speed": 1,
        "opacity_min": 0.1,
        "sync": false
      }
    },
    "size": {
      "value": 10,
      "random": true,
      "anim": {
        "enable": false,
        "speed": 80,
        "size_min": 0.1,
        "sync": false
      }
    },
    "line_linked": {
      "enable": true,
      "distance": 300,
      "color": "#ffffff",
      "opacity": 0.4,
      "width": 2
    },
    "move": {
      "enable": true,
      "speed": 12,
      "direction": "none",
      "random": false,
      "straight": false,
      "out_mode": "out",
      "bounce": false,
      "attract": {
        "enable": false,
        "rotateX": 600,
        "rotateY": 1200
      }
    }
  },
  "interactivity": {
    "detect_on": "canvas",
    "events": {
      "onhover": {
        "enable": false,
        "mode": "repulse"
      },
      "onclick": {
        "enable": true,
        "mode": "push"
      },
      "resize": true
    },
    "modes": {
      "grab": {
        "distance": 800,
        "line_linked": {
          "opacity": 1
        }
      },
      "bubble": {
        "distance": 800,
        "size": 80,
        "duration": 2,
        "opacity": 0.8,
        "speed": 3
      },
      "repulse": {
        "distance": 400,
        "duration": 0.4
      },
      "push": {
        "particles_nb": 4
      },
      "remove": {
        "particles_nb": 2
      }
    }
  },
  "retina_detect": true
}

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Options

key | option type / notes | example ----|---------|------|------ particles.number.value | number | 40 particles.number.density.enable | boolean | true / false particles.number.density.value_area | number | 800 particles.color.value | HEX (string)
RGB (object)
HSL (object)
array selection (HEX)
random (string) | "#b61924"
{r:182, g:25, b:36}
{h:356, s:76, l:41}
["#b61924", "#333333", "999999"]
"random" particles.shape.type | string
array selection | "circle"
"edge"
"triangle"
"polygon"
"star"
"image"
["circle", "triangle", "image"] particles.shape.stroke.width | number | 2 particles.shape.stroke.color | HEX (string) | "#222222" particles.shape.polygon.nb_slides | number | 5 particles.shape.image.src | path link
svg / png / gif / jpg | "assets/img/yop.svg"
"http://mywebsite.com/assets/img/yop.png" particles.shape.image.width | number
(for aspect ratio) | 100 particles.shape.image.height | number
(for aspect ratio) | 100 particles.opacity.value | number (0 to 1) | 0.75 particles.opacity.random | boolean | true / false particles.opacity.anim.enable | boolean | true / false particles.opacity.anim.speed | number | 3 particles.opacity.anim.opacity_min | number (0 to 1) | 0.25 particles.opacity.anim.sync | boolean | true / false particles.size.value | number | 20 particles.size.random | boolean | true / false particles.size.anim.enable | boolean | true / false particles.size.anim.speed | number | 3 particles.size.anim.size_min | number | 0.25 particles.size.anim.sync | boolean | true / false particles.line_linked.enable | boolean | true / false particles.line_linked.distance | number | 150 particles.line_linked.color | HEX (string) | #ffffff particles.line_linked.opacity | number (0 to 1) | 0.5 particles.line_linked.width | number | 1.5 particles.move.enable | boolean | true / false particles.move.speed | number | 4 particles.move.direction | string | "none"
"top"
"top-right"
"right"
"bottom-right"
"bottom"
"bottom-left"
"left"
"top-left" particles.move.random | boolean | true / false particles.move.straight | boolean | true / false particles.move.out_mode | string
(out of canvas) | "out"
"bounce" particles.move.bounce | boolean
(between particles) | true / false particles.move.attract.enable | boolean | true / false particles.move.attract.rotateX | number | 3000 particles.move.attract.rotateY | number | 1500 interactivity.detect_on | string | "canvas", "window" interactivity.events.onhover.enable | boolean | true / false interactivity.events.onhover.mode | string
array selection | "grab"
"bubble"
"repulse"
["grab", "bubble"] interactivity.events.onclick.enable | boolean | true / false interactivity.events.onclick.mode | string
array selection | "push"
"remove"
"bubble"
"repulse"
["push", "repulse"] interactivity.events.resize | boolean | true / false interactivity.events.modes.grab.distance | number | 100 interactivity.events.modes.grab.line_linked.opacity | number (0 to 1) | 0.75 interactivity.events.modes.bubble.distance | number | 100 interactivity.events.modes.bubble.size | number | 40 interactivity.events.modes.bubble.duration | number
(second) | 0.4 interactivity.events.modes.repulse.distance | number | 200 interactivity.events.modes.repulse.duration | number
(second) | 1.2 interactivity.events.modes.push.particles_nb | number | 4 interactivity.events.modes.push.particles_nb | number | 4 retina_detect | boolean | true / false

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Packages install

npm

https://www.npmjs.com/package/particles.js

npm install particles.js

Bower

bower install particles.js --save

Rails Assets

gem 'rails-assets-particles.js'

Meteor

https://atmospherejs.com/newswim/particles

meteor add newswim:particles

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Hosting / CDN

Please use this host or your own to load particles.js on your projects

http://www.jsdelivr.com/#!particles.js