Learn to animate your logo

Animate your GitHub README logo

READMEs render animated SVGs inline — no GIF compression, crisp at any size. Here's how to get your own logo playing at the top of your repo.

1. 01

   Upload your logo

   Open the editor and drop in a PNG or SVG — it's sampled into a dot-matrix model right in the browser.

2. 02

   Pick a sweeping reveal

   A left-to-right scan reads well at README width. Tune density and speed until it feels like your brand.

3. 03

   Copy the markdown

   Hit Share in the editor — you get a hosted animated SVG and ready-to-paste README markdown, free with a small watermark.

Turn your logo into a loading spinner

Every app has a loading moment. Replace the generic spinner with a small, seamless-loop animation of your own mark instead.

1. 01

   Upload your logo

   Same first step as any LogoAnimator project: drop in a PNG or SVG.

2. 02

   Pick a ring or pulse motion

   Looping ring and pulse animations make the best loaders — they read clearly at small sizes.

3. 03

   Export the spinner preset

   Use the “Loading spinner” preset in the export panel: a small seamless-loop SVG, ready to drop into any app or site loader.

Export a logo GIF for social

SVG is the sharpest option, but some placements — social posts, Slack, Discord — need a GIF instead. Here's how to export one sized for the feed.

1. 01

   Upload your logo

   Drop in a PNG or SVG, then pick an animation that reads well as a short, punchy loop.

2. 02

   Pick a bold entrance

   Pop and drop animations grab attention in a feed better than a slow ambient loop.

3. 03

   Export as GIF

   The export panel's GIF format is a Pro feature — it renders your animation as a compressed, feed-ready loop instead of an SVG.

GIF export requires a Pro plan; the animation preview itself is free.

Add an animated logo to your site header

A subtle motion in the navbar makes a site feel alive without a video file or a build step. The export is a live SVG, so it stays crisp at any header height.

1. 01

   Upload your logo

   Drop in a PNG or SVG — it's sampled into a dot-matrix model right in the browser.

2. 02

   Pick a calm entrance

   A gentle fade-and-slide reads better in a header than a busy loop — enough motion to catch the eye, not enough to distract from the page.

3. 03

   Embed the SVG

   Hit Share to get a hosted animated SVG — drop it straight into your header markup as an image, no build step, free with a small watermark.

Make an animated favicon from your logo

A moving tab icon makes a page stand out when a visitor has twenty tabs open. Here's how to turn your logo into a favicon that plays a subtle loop in the browser tab.

1. 01

   Upload your logo

   Drop in a PNG or SVG — it's sampled into a dot-matrix model right in the browser, which reads as a recognizable shape even at the ~16-pixel size a favicon renders at.

2. 02

   Pick a gentle loop

   Subtle motions like a breathe or pulse stay legible at favicon size, where a busy animation would turn to noise. Tune the density until the tiny preview still reads as your mark.

3. 03

   Copy the favicon snippet

   Use the “Copy animated favicon” export: a small JavaScript snippet that redraws your tab icon frame by frame. Paste it into your page's head — no icon files to host, and it degrades to a static first frame where a browser ignores it.