Rive

What Is Rive?

Rive is a design tool in the **design-tools** category that enables collaborative production and sharing of animations for platforms including websites, apps, and games. It operates on a freemium pricing model, allowing users to access core features at no cost while offering paid upgrades for advanced capabilities. Rive fits into design workflows by combining vector design, animation, and interactivity in a single editor, supporting transitions from static graphics to dynamic, state-driven content that integrates with development environments.

What Rive Does

• Provides a vector animation editor with keyframe animation, custom easing, layering, and skeletal rigging using bones and constraints.
• Supports state machines for logic-based transitions between animation states, enabling reactive animations based on user inputs or data triggers.
• Offers Design and Animate modes to separate graphic preparation from interactive animation setup.
• Includes layouts with alignment, wrapping, spacing, breakpoints, and multi-language text resizing for responsive UI elements.
• Generates lightweight .riv files with cross-platform runtimes compatible with web, mobile apps, Unity, Unreal, and other engines.
• Facilitates real-time cloud-based collaboration between designers and developers.

How Rive Can Be Used

• Design responsive UI components with layouts that adapt to screen sizes, aspect ratios, and breakpoints, triggering state changes via Rive's state machine.
• Create interactive elements like animated buttons, loading indicators, and HUDs for games or 3D applications, exporting directly to Unity or Unreal.
• Build dynamic product visualizations or marketing demos with state-driven animations and data connections for web-based showcases.
• Rig graphics with bones and constraints on a freeform canvas, then animate interactions in Animate mode for export to apps or websites.
• Collaborate in real-time to produce localized text and scalable design systems that maintain consistency across platforms.

Who Is Rive For?

Rive serves UI/UX designers, motion designers, and developers working on interactive graphics for products, games, or web applications. It suits teams needing to bridge design and code, particularly those handling responsive animations, stateful UI, or cross-platform runtimes without heavy coding. Experience levels range from designers familiar with vector tools like Figma to developers integrating with game engines. Product teams at companies like Segment use Rive for production-ready UI with dynamic elements.Visit Rive