5 Modern JS Sliders for 2022

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Chris Hayes

Posted on November 28, 2021

5 Modern JS Sliders for 2022

I find I'm always looking for a new JS slider library for one reason or another. Here's a roughly ordered list of the top libraries that I've come across going into 2022.

SwiperJS

GitHub logo nolimits4web / swiper

Most modern mobile touch slider with hardware accelerated transitions

StarsFeesLicense MinZip sizeCommits a month Latest ReleaseDownloads a month

πŸ‘ Very mature project with long-term backing.

πŸ‘ Mobile slider experience feels native.

πŸ’― Framework support for React, Vue, Angular, and Svelte.

πŸ‘Ž On the larger side at nearly 40KB.

πŸ˜• Browser support limited to latest browsers, exact support not documented.


SplideJS

GitHub logo Splidejs / splide

Splide is a lightweight, flexible and accessible slider/carousel written in TypeScript. No dependencies, no Lighthouse errors.

StarsFeesLicense MinZip sizeCommits a month Latest ReleaseDownloads a month

πŸ‘ Mobile slider experience feels native.

πŸ‘ About half the size of SwiperJS.

πŸ’― Framework support for React, Vue, and Svelte.


GlideJS

GitHub logo glidejs / glide

A dependency-free JavaScript ES6 slider and carousel. It’s lightweight, flexible and fast. Designed to slide. No less, no more

StarsFeesLicense MinZip sizeCommits a month Latest ReleaseDownloads a month

πŸ‘ Very mature slider library.

πŸ‘ Only 7KB

πŸ‘Ž Touch experience suffers. GlideJS ignores user input while mid-transition.


TinySlider

GitHub logo ganlanyuan / tiny-slider

Vanilla javascript slider for all purposes.

StarsFeesLicense MinZip sizeCommits a month Latest ReleaseDownloads a month

πŸ‘ Feature rich.

πŸ’― Very good browser support, includes IE 8+.

πŸ‘Ž Project hasn't received any commits in over a year. (As of Dec 2020, last commit was July 2020)

πŸ‘Ž Mobile user experience isn't as good as other libraries. Transitions don't feel as smooth and page vertically scrolls a lot.


Flickity

GitHub logo metafizzy / flickity

πŸƒ Touch, responsive, flickable carousels

StarsFeesLicense MinZip sizeCommits a month Latest ReleaseDownloads a month

πŸ‘ Good mobile experience.

πŸ‘Ž Project hasn't received any commits in nearly a year. (As of Dec 2020, last commit was Jan 2021)

πŸ‘Ž Commercial pricing at $25 per a dev.


FYI - I did not include sliders that require JQuery in my list since I rarely use JQuery and pulling in JQuery for a single component is a deal-breaker. Comment below with your own favorites.

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chris_hayes
Chris Hayes

Posted on November 28, 2021

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