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Two slim pendulums swing from a white bar, one ending in a white sphere and the other in a curling lavender ribbon.
Tool review6 min

Rive or Lottie: choosing an animation tool for React Native and web

How the two formats, editors and runtimes differ in 2026, where each one struggles, and the simple test we use to pick one per animation.

Sana · 2 September 2026
A neat grid of small cubes shading from white to graphite, with a single lavender cube near the top.
Tool review6 min

Style Dictionary 5 for React Native and web teams: our review

What Style Dictionary does well, where it still lags the 2025.10 token spec, a working config for CSS variables plus a React Native module, and when we would pick something else.

Jonas · 18 August 2026

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