Show HN: React-Kino – Cinematic scroll storytelling for React (1KB core)

19 points by bilater a month ago · 2 comments · 1 min read

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