A Notion cover is usually a still image. Animated covers move and change with the time: the sky shifts from morning to night, a holiday counts down, the year progress moves forward each day.
Copy the image link, then in Notion click Change cover → Link. Backgrounds like the README banner and tech stack also work in a GitHub README.
Animated covers (24)
Hot Air Balloons — Colorful balloons drift up over rolling fields. The balloons change daily and the sky follows Beijing time
Firefly Forest — Layered pines under a changing sky: fireflies and moonrise at night, sunbeams through the mist by day
Star Trails — Star trails circle Polaris above the Milky Way and a glowing tent, with today's date and moon phase
Window Seat — A lo-fi desk by the window. The view goes from morning to dusk to city lights on Beijing time, with steaming coffee and a ticking clock
Ink Landscape — Mist drifts through layered ink-wash mountains as cranes fly and a boat rocks, with lines of poetry for each solar term
Seasonal Hills — Layered hills change with the seasons: spring petals, summer fireflies, falling autumn leaves and soft winter snow
Pixel City — A pixel-art skyline that moves from day to dusk to night on Beijing time. Windows light up differently each night as clouds and planes drift by
Sky Cycle — The sky changes color through the day: pink dawn, blue noon, golden dusk and starry night, as the sun and moon arc overhead
Rainy Window — City lights blur behind a rainy window as drops slide down, with a gentle new message every day
Ocean Waves — Layers of waves roll in while the sky and sea change color from morning to night
Aurora Night — Northern lights drift over snowy peaks and stars, with today's date and moon phase, updated daily
Bauhaus Shapes — Red, yellow and blue Bauhaus shapes slowly turn and slide, with a bold title and today's date. The layout changes daily
Cyber Sunset — Retro synthwave: a striped sun sinks below the horizon as a neon grid rolls toward you past glowing wireframe peaks
Paper Planes — Paper planes glide and loop through a pastel sky, with a new note of encouragement every day
Flowing Gradient — Soft blobs of color flow together into an elegant mesh gradient. The palette can change daily, with today's date
This Week — A clean weekly calendar cover with the month, week number and progress. Today's card glows softly
Year Progress — How much of this year, month or week has passed? A liquid bar fills up on Beijing time with a gently rippling surface
Countdown Banner — Pick an important day and the cover shows how many days are left, with floating confetti. Afterwards it counts the days since
Tech Stack — List your skills and get rows of gently floating, brand-colored tags for your GitHub README or Notion page
Typewriter Headline — Lines type out, pause, delete and loop with a blinking cursor. Perfect for an intro or tagline at the top of your README
README Banner — An animated header for your GitHub README or Notion page: a shimmering gradient title, a tagline and flowing waves. Looks great in light and dark
Quote of the Day — A quote types itself out each day with its author on soft paper. About 60 Chinese and 60 English quotes rotate by date
Halloween Night — A full moon, bats, a haunted castle and jack-o'-lanterns. The cover counts down the days to Halloween and wishes you Happy Halloween on the day
Christmas Snow Night — Warm string lights, snowy pines, a glowing cabin and falling snow. The cover counts down to Christmas, with greetings on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
Add it to Notion in 3 steps
Pick an animated background：Choose one from the animated background library, click Create and sign in.
Set it up：Set the title, date, colors and other options.
Use it as your Notion cover：Copy the image link, then in Notion click Change cover → Link and paste it. The cover changes with the time by itself.
