Hi Webflow Community,
I’m working on a project that involves some complex animations, and I’m concerned about how these might affect the page load speed. Are there any best practices or specific Webflow features you recommend for optimizing animations to ensure they don’t slow down the site?
Any tips on balancing visual appeal with performance would be greatly appreciated!
Animations using GSAP/JS (which is what Webflow uses) usually have very little impact in loading speeds.
The important thing to be mindful is this: Easy Tips to Avoid Large Layout Shifts [No Dev Required] (cloudways.com). Avoid the page jumping around too much.
If your animations are simple enough, go with Webflow animations so you don’t need to load any extra libraries. If they are a bit more complex, I suggest the JavaScript route with a proper animation lib such as GSAP so things become more maintainable.