---
title: "Folder open animated icon"
description: "Folder open animated icon (Files & folders). Closed → open: the front panel leans open, its top edge sliding right and up while the bottom stays hinged. Strong: a small inward pull, then the panel swings past open with a hit and settles. Reverse closes it."
canonical: https://generativeicons.lottiefiles.com/icons/folder-open/
---

# Folder open animated icon

Closed → open: the front panel leans open, its top edge sliding right and up while the bottom stays hinged. Strong: a small inward pull, then the panel swings past open with a hit and settles. Reverse closes it.

- Id: `folder-open`
- Category: Files & folders
- Search terms: open directory, opened folder, browse files, browse folder, file explorer, file browser, file manager, explore files, finder, view contents, expand folder, show files
- Two states: closed to open, played forward and back
- Styles: outline, solid, duotone; outline weights 1.5, 2, 2.5 (any from 1 to 3); motion light or strong
- File: https://generativeicons.lottiefiles.com/assets/folder-open.lottie (dotLottie, 35249 bytes, sha256 78f97ccd417cc8ff56c1823cb4e44f382a06859b44eff11e81ed1b6941a92a07)
- License: MIT

## Install

```sh
npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime
npx generative-icons init
npx generative-icons add folder-open
```

## React

```tsx
// npm install @lottiefiles/generative-icons-react
'use client';
import { AnimatedIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-react';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/folder-open.mjs';

export function FolderOpenIcon() {
  return <AnimatedIcon icon={icon} src={src} size={32}
    color="#ffffff" variant="outline" weight={2}
    motion="light" theme="dark" />;
}
```

## JavaScript

```js
import { createIcon } from '@lottiefiles/generative-icons-runtime';
import icon, { src } from './generative-icons/folder-open.mjs';

const handle = await createIcon(canvas, {
  icon, src,
  color: '#ffffff', style: 'outline', weight: 2,
  motion: 'light', theme: 'dark'
});
button.addEventListener('click', () => handle.play());
// On removal: handle.destroy();
```

More: https://generativeicons.lottiefiles.com/icons/folder-open/ · https://generativeicons.lottiefiles.com/api/icons/folder-open