5 Best Flutter Animation Packages to Elevate Your UI in 2025

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Creating beautiful, smooth, and meaningful animations is easier than ever in Flutter — especially with the help of animation libraries…

Creating beautiful, smooth, and meaningful animations is easier than ever in Flutter — especially with the help of animation libraries. Whether you're building onboarding flows, micro-interactions, or full-screen transitions, the right animation package can save time and take your UI to the next level.

Here are the 10 best Flutter animation packages in 2025 you should definitely know about.

1. flutter_animate – Powerful, Chainable Animations

📦 Install:

flutter_animate: ^4.2.0

Text('Hello')
  .animate()
  .fadeIn()
  .slide()
  .scale()
  .then(delay: 500.ms)
  .shake();

Output :

2. animations – Official Flutter Animated Transitions

A Flutter team package that provides ready-to-use animated widgets like fade, scale, and container transitions.

📦 Install:

animations: ^2.0.8

🔧 Example:

FadeThroughTransition(
  animation: animation,
  secondaryAnimation: secondaryAnimation,
  child: YourWidget(),
)

Output :

3. animated_text_kit – Text Animations Made Simple

📦 Install:

animated_text_kit: ^4.2.2

🔧 Example:

TyperAnimatedTextKit(
  text: ['Design', 'Code'],
)

Output :

3. animated_toggle_switch –Beautiful Animated Switches

Adds fully customizable, animated toggle switches with smooth transitions.

📦 Install:

animated_toggle_switch: ^0.5.2

🔧 Example:

AnimatedToggleSwitch<bool>.dual(
  current: isDark,
  first: false,
  second: true,
  onChanged: (val) => setState(() => isDark = val),
)

Output :

4.smooth_page_indicator – Animated Page Indicators

A slick and customizable page indicator widget for PageView.

smooth_page_indicator: ^1.1.0

🔧 Example:

SmoothPageIndicator(
  controller: pageController,
  count: 4,
  effect: ExpandingDotsEffect(),
)

Output :

5. flutter_spinkit– Prebuilt Loading Animations

Quickly add loading spinners, dots, waves, and other loader animations.

📦 Install:

flutter_spinkit: ^5.2.0

🔧 Example:

SpinKitWave(
  color: Colors.blue,
  size: 50.0,
)

Output :

What animation packages do you use most in Flutter? Got a favorite? Drop a comment below!

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