Free, open-source character and prop rigging toolkit for After Effects, with built-in wiggle, bounce and walk-cycle automation.
Duik Ángela is a free, open-source character, prop and camera rigging toolkit for After Effects, widely used as a reference rigging tool in motion design. It automates common animation tasks such as wiggle, random motion, spring, bounce, swing, blink and walk or run cycles, alongside keyframe and interpolation management.
It costs nothing to use under the GNU GPL-v3 license; an official user guide (39 EUR) and name-your-own-price video courses are optional for learning the rigging-specific workflow. It works only inside After Effects, so it fits a freelance motion designer or small studio already working there.
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Free and open-source with no feature restrictions, described by its own publisher as the industry-standard After Effects rigging tool; that framing comes from the vendor's own page rather than an independent source.
The official page itself sells a paid user guide and video courses because the rigging-specific workflow has a real learning curve, so a first useful result is not immediate.
Delivers character, prop and camera rigging plus automated wiggle, bounce, spring and walk-cycle tools as described, without needing a separate rigging tool.
Covers rigging, automation presets and keyframe/interpolation management in one toolkit, though the dossier does not benchmark its ceiling directly against Rubberhose or Overlord.
Neutral score: exporting or reusing rigs outside After Effects is not covered by the collected sources.
