motion-migration-guide

name	motion-migration-guide
description	Guide for migrating from framer-motion to Motion (motion/react) v12.42+. Covers the new import paths, animateView API for View Transitions, and breaking changes.
author	Appie-1
tags	["motion","animation","framer-motion","react","vue","migration"]
related_skills	["motion-foundations","motion-patterns","motion-ui"]

Motion v12.42+ Migration Guide

Framer Motion has been spun out from Framer into an independent open-source project called Motion. The library is now at motion/react (was framer-motion).

Key Changes

New Import Paths

// OLD (framer-motion)
import { motion, AnimatePresence, useScroll } from "framer-motion";

// NEW (Motion)
import { motion, AnimatePresence, useScroll } from "motion/react";

animateView API (View Transitions)

Introduced in v12.41, moved to main library in v12.42:

import { animateView } from "motion/react";

// Basic page transition
animateView(() => {
  // DOM updates happen here
  updatePageContent();
}, {
  // Transition options
  duration: 0.5,
  easing: [0.16, 1, 0.3, 1],
});

Key features:

• .add(), .new(), .old(), .layout(), .class() — fine-grained control
• Auto-grouping — layers auto-group to match DOM hierarchy
• .group(false) to opt out of auto-grouping
• Auto-crop with border-radius animation (aspect-ratio aware)

Framework Support

• React: motion/react
• Vue 3: motion-v (new!)
• Vanilla JS: Works without any framework
• Solid: motion/solid (community)

Installation

npm install motion
# or
pnpm add motion
# or
yarn add motion

After installing, remove framer-motion from package.json.

Migration Steps

1. npm uninstall framer-motion && npm install motion
2. Replace all imports: from "framer-motion" → from "motion/react"
3. Update package.json references
4. Test AnimatePresence exit animations (bug fixed in v12.42.2)

Version History (Recent)

Version	Date	Key Change
v12.41.0	2026-06-23	animateView moves from Early Access to main library
v12.42.0	2026-06-24	animateView layers auto-group, aspect-ratio aware auto-crop
v12.42.2	2026-06-30	Bug fixes: AnimatePresence exit, drag constraints, scroll hydration

Pitfalls

• motion/react is the new canonical path, NOT motion (bare import)
• If you still see framer-motion in lockfile after migration, run npm dedupe
• AnimatePresence exit animation bugs were fixed in v12.42.2 — upgrade if you're on an older v12 release===ME:motion-migration-guide