Its Hover
Open-source animated React icon library distributed as editable shadcn registry items.
Its Hover is a motion-first icon library: icons are React components animated with motion/react, designed to be copied into a project through the shadcn CLI or manually from source. The durable signal is the distribution shape: one icon can be installed as owned source with npx shadcn@latest add https://itshover.com/r/<icon-name>.json, then tuned with the local Tailwind/design-token system. Source: Its Hover site, 2026-06-30 Source: GitHub itshover/itshover, 2026-06-30
As of 2026-07-04, the GitHub repo is Apache-2.0, has latest release 0.2.0 (published 2026-02-13), uses master as the default branch, and has 2,532 stars / 164 forks. The README and launch surfaces disagree on exact icon count, so route by capability rather than number. Source: GitHub API and releases API, 2026-07-04
Routing Summary
Use Its Hover when the task needs animated icon affordances that can be installed as owned shadcn source. Start with Lucide/static icons for ordinary controls; reach for Its Hover only when the icon motion clarifies state, intent, or a focused micro-interaction.
Routing Summary
Use Its Hover when an interface needs shadcn-installable animated React icons whose motion communicates state, intent, or affordance. Start from static Lucide or existing icon sets for ordinary controls; reach for Its Hover only when the animation earns its maintenance and accessibility cost.
Fit
- Use for interface moments where an icon's transition clarifies action, status, or affordance.
- Prefer it over a static Lucide icon only when the motion communicates something useful.
- Keep the installed component as source so stroke width, timing, color, and reduced-motion behavior can match the product.
- Pair with lucide-animated/lucide-animated when deciding between icon coverage, license, visual style, and agent-readable docs.
X Artifact
The older @UiSavior "263+ open source animated icons" row is Its Hover evidence, not lucide-animated evidence. The reviewed local video thumbnail/contact sheet shows the itshover header, "static icons feel dead now" hero copy, icon grid, search, and the shadcn CLI command https://itshover.com/r/plug-connected-icon.json. Source: X/@UiSavior and local video review, 2026-07-04
- Local demo media: UiSavior thumbnail; the video remains available in the enriched source record.
- Secondary source media: Abhijit thumbnail; the video remains available in the enriched source record.
Timeline
- 2026-07-04 | Corrected the @UiSavior 263+ animated-icons bookmark into this page after local media review showed the Its Hover interface and shadcn install URL. Refreshed the source snapshot to release
0.2.0, Apache-2.0, 2,532 stars, and 164 forks. Source: X/@UiSavior, 2026-05-15; Source: GitHubitshover/itshover, 2026-07-04 - 2026-06-27 | Captured from Kevin's X bookmarks and promoted to a focused tool page after artifact/source review. Source: X/@abhijitwt, 2026-06-27