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Kite Compositor
Motion Design for Mac·kiteapp.co
Kite Compositor is a native UI animation and prototyping design application for Mac, built on Apple's Core Animation framework. It offers a WYSIWYG canvas, an integrated timeline for keyframe animation, a JavaScript scripting engine, and the ability to generate native Swift or Objective-C animation code. A companion iOS app lets users preview designs on an actual iOS device.
What it's for
Designing and prototyping UI animations for Mac and iOSGenerating native Swift or Objective-C animation codeBuilding interfaces visually with drag-and-drop layersFine-tuning animation timing with a curve editorPresenting designs in full-screen presentation modeScripting custom interaction logic with JavaScriptPreviewing designs on an iOS device via companion appExporting animations as video recordings
Features 20
- Animation curve editor
- Built-in templates and example documents
- Companion iOS app for previewing designs on device
- Component library for reusable layer hierarchies
- Export animations as video recordings
- Generate native Swift or Objective-C Core Animation code
- Integrated smart timeline for animation keyframes
- JavaScript scripting engine and live console
- KiteKit framework for embedding Kite documents in other apps
- Light/Dark appearance support (macOS Mojave)
- Multiple pages per document with independent timelines
- Object inspector for editing layer properties
- Open, flat-file document format (JSON hierarchy)
- Page-to-page transitions
- Path editing with pen tool for shapes and animation paths
- Presentation playback mode with customizable window
- Real-time rendering via Core Animation compositing
- Sketch and Adobe XD import
- Touch Bar support for scrubbing and tool control
- WYSIWYG canvas for drag-and-drop layer design
Pricing
Kite Compositor is sold as a one-time $99 purchase, not a subscription.
Kite Compositor LicenseQuote
$99.00 one-time purchase for a license; requires macOS 11+.