⚡ Rune Scroller

Lightweight scroll animations for Svelte 5 — Built with Svelte 5 Runes and IntersectionObserver API.

🚀 Open Source by ludoloops at LeLab.dev 📜 Licensed under MIT

✨ Features

• 5.7KB gzipped (JS+CSS) - Minimal overhead
• Zero dependencies - Pure Svelte 5 + IntersectionObserver
• 14 animations - Fade, Zoom, Flip, Slide, Bounce
• TypeScript support - Full type definitions
• SSR-ready - SvelteKit compatible
• GPU-accelerated - Pure CSS transforms
• Accessible - Respects prefers-reduced-motion

📦 Installation

npm install rune-scroller

🚀 Quick Start

<script>
	import runeScroller from 'rune-scroller';
</script>

<!-- Simple animation -->
<div use:runeScroller={{ animation: 'fade-in' }}>
	<h2>Animated Heading</h2>
</div>

<!-- With custom duration -->
<div use:runeScroller={{ animation: 'fade-in-up', duration: 1500 }}>
	<div class="card">Smooth fade and slide</div>
</div>

<!-- Repeat on every scroll -->
<div use:runeScroller={{ animation: 'bounce-in', repeat: true }}>
	<button>Bounces on every scroll</button>
</div>

🎨 Available Animations

Fade (5)

• fade-in - Simple opacity fade
• fade-in-up - Fade + move up 300px
• fade-in-down - Fade + move down 300px
• fade-in-left - Fade + move from right 300px
• fade-in-right - Fade + move from left 300px

Zoom (5)

• zoom-in - Scale from 0.3 to 1
• zoom-out - Scale from 2 to 1
• zoom-in-up - Zoom (0.5→1) + move up 300px
• zoom-in-left - Zoom (0.5→1) + move from right 300px
• zoom-in-right - Zoom (0.5→1) + move from left 300px

Others (4)

• flip - 3D flip on Y-axis
• flip-x - 3D flip on X-axis
• slide-rotate - Slide + rotate 10°
• bounce-in - Bouncy entrance (spring effect)

⚙️ Options

interface RuneScrollerOptions {
  animation?: AnimationType // Animation name (default: 'fade-in')
  duration?: number // Duration in ms (default: 800)
  repeat?: boolean // Repeat on scroll (default: false)
  debug?: boolean // Show sentinel as visible line (default: false)
  offset?: number // Sentinel offset in px (default: 0, negative = earlier)
  onVisible?: (element: HTMLElement) => void // Callback when visible
  sentinelColor?: string // Debug sentinel color (e.g. '#ff6b6b')
  sentinelId?: string // Custom sentinel ID
}

Examples

<!-- Basic -->
<div use:runeScroller={{ animation: 'zoom-in' }}>Content</div>

<!-- Custom duration -->
<div use:runeScroller={{ animation: 'fade-in-up', duration: 1000 }}>Fast</div>

<!-- Repeat mode -->
<div use:runeScroller={{ animation: 'bounce-in', repeat: true }}>Repeats</div>

<!-- Debug mode -->
<div use:runeScroller={{ animation: 'fade-in', debug: true }}>Debug</div>

<!-- Trigger earlier with negative offset -->
<div use:runeScroller={{ animation: 'fade-in-up', offset: -200 }}>
	Triggers 200px before element bottom
</div>

<!-- onVisible callback for analytics -->
<div use:runeScroller={{
	animation: 'fade-in-up',
	onVisible: (el) => {
		window.gtag?.('event', 'section_viewed', { id: el.id });
	}
}}>
	Tracked section
</div>

🎯 How It Works

Sentinel-based triggering:

1. Invisible 1px sentinel created below your element
2. When sentinel enters viewport, animation triggers
3. Uses native IntersectionObserver for performance
4. Pure CSS animations (GPU-accelerated)
5. ResizeObserver auto-repositions sentinel

Why sentinels?

• Accurate timing across all screen sizes
• No complex offset calculations
• Works with animated elements (transforms don't affect observer)

🌐 SSR Compatibility

Works seamlessly with SvelteKit:

<!-- src/routes/+layout.svelte -->
<script>
	import runeScroller from 'rune-scroller';
	let { children } = $props();
</script>

{@render children()}

♿ Accessibility

Respects prefers-reduced-motion:

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .scroll-animate {
    animation: none !important;
    opacity: 1 !important;
    transform: none !important;
  }
}

📚 API Reference

// Default export
import runeScroller from "rune-scroller"

// Named exports
import {
  useIntersection, // Composable
  useIntersectionOnce, // Composable
  calculateRootMargin, // Utility
} from "rune-scroller"

// Types
import type { AnimationType, RuneScrollerOptions } from "rune-scroller"

📖 Examples

Staggered Animations

<script>
	import runeScroller from 'rune-scroller';
	const items = ['Item 1', 'Item 2', 'Item 3'];
</script>

{#each items as item, i}
	<div use:runeScroller={{
		animation: 'fade-in-up',
		duration: 800,
		style: `--delay: ${i * 100}ms`
	}}>
		{item}
	</div>
{/each}

Hero Section

<h1 use:runeScroller={{ animation: 'fade-in-down', duration: 1000 }}>Welcome</h1>
<p use:runeScroller={{ animation: 'fade-in-up', duration: 1200 }}>Subtitle</p>
<button use:runeScroller={{ animation: 'zoom-in', duration: 800 }}>Get Started</button>

🔗 Links

• npm: rune-scroller
• GitHub: lelabdev/rune-scroller
• Changelog: CHANGELOG.md

📄 License

MIT © ludoloops

Made with ❤️ by LeLab.dev