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React-Kino

Cinematic scroll storytelling for React (1KB core)

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I built react-kino because I wanted Apple-style scroll experiences in React without pulling in GSAP (33KB for ScrollTrigger alone).The core scroll engine is under 1KB gzipped. It uses CSS position: sticky with a spacer div for pinning — same technique as ScrollTrigger but with zero dependencies.12 declarative components: Scene, Reveal, Parallax, Counter, TextReveal, CompareSlider, VideoScroll, HorizontalScroll, Progress, Marquee, StickyHeader.SSR-safe, respects prefers-reduced-motion, works with Next.js App Router.Demo: https://react-kino.dev GitHub: https://github.com/btahir/react-kino npm: npm install react-kino

HN · launched Mar 1, 2026 · 19 upvotes (top 27%) · 0 views

Niche: ui component libraries · 312 launches, 18 in the last 7 days ▼ -38% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Horizontal
  • Dev tools
  • Developer
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project

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Could you build this?

Yes It is a lightweight React scroll-storytelling utility relying on standard CSS sticky positioning and DOM scroll event handlers.

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Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 183 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #80 of 184 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 100 days after the earliest competitor.

  • Made for Award · ph · 2026-10-08 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.50
  • Nexus UI Labs · ph · 2026-11-01 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.49
  • kavynUI · ph · 2026-09-26 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.47
  • React Three.js 3D Particle Engine · ph · 2026-09-11 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
  • Devsloka ui · ph · 2026-10-28 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.45
  • morph-ui · github · 2026-09-24 · 35 upvotes · similarity 0.44
  • NexoreUI · ph · 2026-10-25 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.44
  • ScrollCinema · ph · 2026-10-16 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.43

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