Creator Plugins

Build powerful plugins for Lottie Creator

The Creator Plugins system lets you extend Lottie Creator with custom tools, panels, and workflows. Use the Creator API to scaffold, build, and ship plugins that read and manipulate scenes, layers, keyframes, shapes, and more.

Key Features

  • Easy plugin creation - Run npm create @lottiefiles/creator-plugin to scaffold new plugins in seconds with TypeScript templates

  • TypeScript-first - Full TypeScript support with complete type definitions for the entire Creator API

  • Hot reload - Fast development workflow with Vite-powered hot module replacement
  • Rich node APIs - Access and manipulate scenes, layers, keyframes, shapes, and more

Explore the Docs

Guides

Step-by-step guides covering everything from your first plugin to deploying to Creator.

API Reference

Complete reference for globals, nodes, values, and types in the Creator API.

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