Particlesjs NPM

particles.js

particles.js is a lightweight, dependency-free and responsive javascript plugin for particle backgrounds.

Installation

There are several ways to install particles.js:

Download the latest version
Install with npm: npm install particlesjs --save
Use the CDN: https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/particlesjs/2.2.3/particles.min.js

Usage

Include the minified JS in your HTML (right before the closing body tag).

<body>
  …
  <script src="path/to/particles.min.js"></script>
</body>

Add a canvas element to your markup (it should be the last element)

<body>
  …
  <canvas class="background"></canvas>
  <script src="path/to/particles.min.js"></script>
</body>

Add a few styles to your css.

html,
body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

.background {
  position: absolute;
  display: block;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  z-index: 0;
}

Initialize the plugin on the window.onload event.

window.onload = function() {
  Particles.init({
    selector: '.background'
  });
};

Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
`selector`	string	-	Required: The CSS selector of your canvas element
`maxParticles`	integer	`100`	Optional: Maximum amount of particles
`sizeVariations`	integer	`3`	Optional: Amount of size variations
`speed`	integer	`0.5`	Optional: Movement speed of the particles
`color`	string or string[]	`#000000`	Optional: Color(s) of the particles and connecting lines
`minDistance`	integer	`120`	Optional: Distance in `px` for connecting lines
`connectParticles`	boolean	`false`	Optional: `true`/`false` if connecting lines should be drawn or not
`responsive`	array	`null`	Optional: Array of objects containing breakpoints and options

Example how to use the responsive option.

Methods

Method	Description
`pauseAnimation`	Pauses/stops the particle animation
`resumeAnimation`	Continues the particle animation
`destroy`	Destroys the plugin

Example how to use the public methods.

Browser Support

IE9+ and all modern browsers.

Examples

See various examples how you can use particles.js.

Build

To compile the distribution files by yourself, make sure that you have node.js and gulp installed, then:

Clone the repository: https://github.com/marcbruederlin/particles.js.git
Change in the project directory: cd particles.js
Install the dependencies: npm install
Run the gulp build task gulp build to regenerate the dist folder. You can also run gulp build --watch to watch for file changes and automatically rebuild the files.

Using particles.js?

If you’re using particles.js in some interesting way or on a cool site, I’d be very grateful if you shoot me a link to it. For any problems or questions don't hesitate to open an issue.