React Carousel Libraries

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A Carousel is a very popular React Library used to display collections of items. It is an interactive slideshow component. We may include items like text, graphics, images, and videos. Here are the best libraries for making our app more interactive and flexible. A detailed review of each library follows.  


It is a more powerful, lightweight, and customized component. It is useful to animate slides. It executes with a group of items. It also contains support for the previous and next buttons.  


Carousels components:  

  • Container: This is pretty self-forward. It is simply the space in an app.  
  • Slide: Using many slides, we can create a carousel. It has content like visuals, photos, text, videos, links, or calls to action.  
  • Navigation: We can move from one slide to another using Navigation. It includes arrows, dots, text, or other symbols.  
  • Animated transitions: It has many effects or animations on the webpage. The user can communicate with applications.  


We have identified based on popularity, flexibility, quality, support, and reuse factor. We may have libraries like react-slick, react-native-snap-carousel, and react-native-looped-carousel. We also have libraries like react-responsive-carousel, react-image-gallery, react-carousel, react-native-sideswipe, etc. Let’s look at each library in detail. The link lets you access package commands, installation notes, and code snippets.  

react-slick:

  • It helps provide styling for the component.  
  • React icons helps add icons for the app.  
  • It has default control buttons to switch to the next page.  
  • Using the Responsive property has more control over responsiveness.  

react-slickby akiran

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React carousel component

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            react-slickby akiran

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                      react-native-snap-carousel:

                      • We can display a preview of the page.  
                      • We can perform many layouts.  
                      • Helps to achieve parallax images.  
                      • We can handle a huge number of items.  
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                      Swiper/carousel component for React Native featuring previews, multiple layouts, parallax images, performant handling of huge numbers of items, and more. Compatible with Android & iOS.

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                                react-native-snap-carouselby meliorence

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                                Swiper/carousel component for React Native featuring previews, multiple layouts, parallax images, performant handling of huge numbers of items, and more. Compatible with Android & iOS.
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                                          react-native-looped-carousel:

                                          • We can use it in User Interface.  
                                          • react-native-looped carousel has no bugs.  
                                          • It has no vulnerabilities.  
                                          • It has more properties like autoplay, onAnimateNextPage, onPageBeingChanged, isLooped, Pagination, bullets, etc.  
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                                          :carousel_horse: Looped carousel for React Native

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                                                    react-native-looped-carouselby phil-r

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                                                    :carousel_horse: Looped carousel for React Native
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                                                              react-native-sideswipe:

                                                              • It is simple and cross-platform with sensible defaults.  
                                                              • It adopts a paging pattern without limits.  
                                                              • It is a flexible API.  
                                                              • It handles all the screens.  
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                                                              Simple React Native carousel with sensible defaults

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                                                                        react-native-sideswipeby kkemple

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                                                                        Simple React Native carousel with sensible defaults
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                                                                                  material-auto-rotating-carousel:

                                                                                  • It has a containerStyle object.  
                                                                                  • We can apply properties to the Button element using the ButtonProps object.  
                                                                                  • It has boolean type autoplay.  
                                                                                  • It is a more flexible carousel for Material-UI.  
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                                                                                  Introduce users to your app with this Material-style carousel.

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                                                                                            material-auto-rotating-carouselby TeamWertarbyte

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                                                                                            Introduce users to your app with this Material-style carousel.
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                                                                                                      react-native-carousel:

                                                                                                      • It helps add horizontal and vertical slides.  
                                                                                                      • Helps to perform Native Elastic Carousel.  
                                                                                                      • We can also add images to Native Carousel.  
                                                                                                      • It supports full-screen mode, captions, and headings.  
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                                                                                                      Carousel component for react-native

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                                                                                                                react-native-carouselby nick

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                                                                                                                Carousel component for react-native
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                                                                                                                          react-elastic-carousel:

                                                                                                                          • It is a very flexible and responsive carousel component for React.  
                                                                                                                          • It gives true responsive support, no matter what screen size we use.  
                                                                                                                          • It has RTL (right-to-left) support.  
                                                                                                                          • Almost every element has a CSS class with the rec- prefix in react-elastic-carousel.  
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                                                                                                                          A flexible and responsive carousel component for react https://sag1v.github.io/react-elastic-carousel

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                                                                                                                                    react-elastic-carouselby sag1v

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                                                                                                                                    A flexible and responsive carousel component for react https://sag1v.github.io/react-elastic-carousel
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                                                                                                                                              react-touch-carousel:

                                                                                                                                              • It is an Ultra-customizable carousel framework.  
                                                                                                                                              • It is more convenient for customized fancy UX.  
                                                                                                                                              • It provides control to the user to decide what to render.  
                                                                                                                                              • A cursor indicates the transition position of the carousel.  

                                                                                                                                              react-animated-sliderby erichbehrens

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                                                                                                                                              Animated slider/carousel component for react

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                                                                                                                                                        react-animated-sliderby erichbehrens

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                                                                                                                                                        Animated slider/carousel component for react
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                                                                                                                                                                  react-animated-slider:

                                                                                                                                                                  • It has an Infinite slider and autoplay.  
                                                                                                                                                                  • It provides Easy customization.  
                                                                                                                                                                  • Helps to use the slider component with animations.  
                                                                                                                                                                  • It supports CSS modules.  
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                                                                                                                                                                  Ultra-customizable carousel framework for React.JS

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                                                                                                                                                                            react-touch-carouselby xiaody

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                                                                                                                                                                            Ultra-customizable carousel framework for React.JS
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                                                                                                                                                                                      re-carousel:

                                                                                                                                                                                      • It has a Minimal carousel component.  
                                                                                                                                                                                      • All the attributes in the re-carousel are optional.  
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Interval {Number} (4000ms by default) interval for auto sliding.  
                                                                                                                                                                                      • Widgets {Array of ReactClass} Indicator and switcher could be various.
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                                                                                                                                                                                      Minimal carousel component for React.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                re-carouselby amio

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                                                                                                                                                                                                Minimal carousel component for React.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                          react-items-carousel:

                                                                                                                                                                                                          • We can build this carousel with react-motion and styled-components.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • It has a boolean-type infinite loop.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • It has the slidesToScroll property.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                          • It has requestToChangeActive functions.  
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                                                                                                                                                                                                          Items Carousel Built with react-motion and styled-components

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    react-items-carouselby kareemaly

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Items Carousel Built with react-motion and styled-components
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              react-owl-carousel:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • It is fully customized.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • It has a touch and drags support.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • It is fully responsive.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              • Owl Carousel supports a modular plugin structure.  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              react-owl-carouselby laurenchen0631

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              React + Owl Carousel

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  FAQ:  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  1. What is the carousel component, and why is it used in React?  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Carousel component displays a selection of rotating items. We may create built-in features for our react applications. React has a dynamic way of creating a carousel by using components. We can also use a hook for controlling the carousel.  


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2. How flexible and responsive is the carousel component?  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The carousel components are more flexible and responsive. It does not support automatic cycling through content. But full support on TL (right to left) rendering and animations.  


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  3. What are some features of a React image gallery?  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Easy to use from any device and accessible.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • It handles swiping left/right and taps to close on Mobile Devices.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • It Shows Overlay with large Images for Thumbnails.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • We can optimize Image loading.  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • It Works with all Browsers.  


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  4. Is there a modern mobile touch slider available in React libraries?  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Swiper is the modern free mobile touch slider. It is a touch slider accessed only on modern applications. It helps bring the best experience and simplicity. It has hardware-accelerated transitions and stunning native behavior. We can use it in mobile websites, mobile web apps, and mobile native/hybrid apps. It has a two-way control, a flexbox layout, and 3D effects.  


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  5. Which popular JavaScript library supports the implementation of a React Carousel Library?  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • React Responsive Carousel  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Pure React Carousel  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • React Id Swiper  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • React Image Gallery  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • React Slick  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • React Owl Carousel 2  


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  6. Are vertical and horizontal slides available within the Carousel Library packages?  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Yes, vertical and horizontal slides are available within the Carousel Library package. Depending on the situation, we can move from up to down, left to right, and vice versa.  


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  7. Does React support custom CSS animations for the Carousel library components?  

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  React-Responsive-Carousel supports custom CSS animations for the Carousel library components. It Utilizes unique custom animation.