Parallax Mouse
Layered parallax for React
A side project I built in 2016 for the fun of it. Stack a few layers, give each one a factor, and they drift with the cursor on spring physics - the easiest way I know to make a hero section feel alive.
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Downloads, last 30 days
43★
GitHub stars
7
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2016
First built
It started as something to play with.
I built this in 2016 because I liked how parallax felt and wanted to see if I could pull it off. There was no plan beyond that, just a weekend of nudging layers around until the motion felt right.
The useful part turned out to be hero sections. A flat header gets some depth, and the whole thing is a wrapper plus a couple of layers with different factors. Not much code for a first impression that lands.
Still installed every week, years later.
The throwaway project is the one that stuck. People still pull it down every week, which is why I gave it a v2: hooks, TypeScript, and a rewrite of the motion internals. Maintaining something strangers actually depend on has taught me more about API design than anything I've built just for myself.
