Its Hover
An open-source library of 186+ animated icon components for React, with motion baked into every hover.
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Description
Icons on most websites either sit static or get animated with a bit of custom CSS someone has to write and maintain per icon. Its Hover packages that work for you: it's a free, open-source library of icons that already come with intentional hover motion built in, so you drop in a component instead of hand-tuning keyframes.
It ships as React components — 186+ icons at the time of writing — designed to work cleanly with Next.js and shadcn/ui, built on React 18+, the `motion/react` animation library and Tailwind CSS. Because it's fully open source, every icon's source code (animation timing, stroke width, color) is editable rather than locked behind a black-box export. It's aimed at developers building interfaces with design systems like shadcn who want icons that feel deliberately animated rather than static or randomly bouncy.
💬 Our review
The short version: for a shadcn/Next.js stack specifically, Its Hover is a genuinely convenient shortcut — you get motion-designed icons as editable source rather than a compiled black box, and it costs nothing.
The catch is that this niche is crowded: this same discovery pass turned up several other animated-icon libraries (AnimateIcons, LivelyIcons, Iconimate) with overlapping value propositions, so the real differentiator between them comes down to icon count, animation style, and how actively each is maintained rather than any one being categorically better. Its Hover's 186+ icons is a modest catalog next to Lineicons' tens of thousands, and it has no premium tier or roadmap commitment beyond community goodwill (it accepts donations, not subscriptions). Worth adopting if you're already on shadcn/Next.js and like its specific animation style; otherwise compare a couple of the alternatives' demo pages before committing, since swapping icon libraries later is real rework.
💰 Pricing
📊 Global score
🤖 AI-enriched data
Entièrement gratuit (licence Apache 2.0). Dons optionnels (Buy Me a Coffee, crypto).
Pros
186+ icônes animées prêtes à l'emploi, code source éditable
Intégration native shadcn/ui et Next.js
Entièrement gratuit et open source (2,6k étoiles GitHub)
Respecte les standards d'accessibilité de base
Cons
Catalogue modeste comparé à des bibliothèques comme Lineicons
Marché très concurrentiel — plusieurs alternatives quasi équivalentes
Pas de garantie de maintenance à long terme (projet communautaire)
Pas de version premium avec support dédié