10 Best Carousel Plugins In jQuery/JavaScript/CSS (2024 Update)

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What is Carousel?

The carousel is one of the most popular UI components in modern web design. A carousel allows you to present your favorite images, products, blog posts, or any other contents in an infinitely rotating interface.

What's the difference between Carousel And Slider?

In general, a carousel allows the visitor to infinitely loop through carousel items by clicking/tapping the navigation controls or by swiping the screen (mobile). It means that the carousel will automatically back to the first item when you reach the last one and continue to navigate. And the slider usually stops running when you reach the last slide.

The best Carousel plugin

In this blog post you will find the 10 best, responsive, and easy-to-use Carousel plugins implemented in jQuery, Vanilla JavaScript, or pure CSS/CSS3. Feel free to download and use them in your next web or mobile design project. Have fun!

Table of contents:

Originally Published Nov 08 2017, updated Jan 02 2024

jQuery Carousel Plugins:

1. Fully Responsive & Flexible jQuery Carousel Plugin - slick

Slick is a fresh new jQuery plugin for creating fully customizable, responsive and mobile friendly carousels/sliders that work with any html elements.

Fully Responsive & Flexible jQuery Carousel Plugin - slick

[Demo] [Download]


2. Responsive Bootstrap Carousel With Multiple Items Per Slide

A lightweight extension to the Bootstrap 4 carousel component that allows for multiple items per slide and advances one slide at a time.

Responsive Bootstrap Carousel With Multiple Items Per Slide

[Demo] [Download]


3. Multi Item Carousel With Bootstrap 5 And jQuery

A jQuery script to extend the Bootstrap 5 carousel component that allows multiple items per view.

Multi Item Carousel With Bootstrap 5 And jQuery

[Demo] [Download]


4. Responsive Image/Video Carousel Plugin - jQuery QCSlider

A jQuery script to extend the Bootstrap 5 carousel component that allows multiple items per view.

Responsive Image/Video Carousel Plugin - jQuery QCSlider

[Demo] [Download]


5. Google Style Overflow Scrolling Carousel - g-scrolling-carousel

A jQuery plugin that displays a large group of items in a horizontal scrolling carousel/swiper just like Google's rich results.

Google Style Overflow Scrolling Carousel - g-scrolling-carousel

[Demo] [Download]


6. Mobile-first Automatic Swiper/Carousel Plugin - jQuery stonehenge.js

A lightweight jQuery plugin for creating automatic, horizontal, draggable, and swipeable carousels/scrollers to showcase your content smoothly and interactively.

Mobile-first Automatic Swiper/Carousel Plugin - jQuery stonehenge.js

[Demo] [Download]


7. Responsive Smooth Card Carousel With jQuery And CSS3

A simple, responsive card slider/carousel component written in JavaScript (jQuery) and CSS/CSS3. It enables the user to slide through a group of cards by clicking slides or pressing left & right arrow keys.

Responsive Smooth Card Carousel With jQuery And CSS3

[Demo] [Download]


8. jQurty HTML Content Carousel Plugin - jcarousel

A simple and fast jQuery carousel slideshow plugin for controlling a list of items in horizontal or vertical order.

jQurty HTML Content Carousel Plugin - jcarousel

[Demo] [Download]


9. Easy & Responsive jQuery Carousel Slider Plugin - FilmRoll

A jQuery slider plugin for creating a responsive carousel that has the ability to center the selected item on the page, especially when all of the items had varying widths.

Easy & Responsive jQuery Carousel Slider Plugin - FilmRoll

[Demo] [Download]

10. jQuery Waterwheel Carousel Plugin

A simple and easy-to-use jQuery plugin that helps you create a slider widget on your web page for showcasing your photos in a touch-enabled Waterwheel Carousel interface.

jQuery Waterwheel Carousel Plugin

[Demo] [Download]


Vanilla JS Carousel Plugins:

1. Multi-item Carousel For Bootstrap 5

Just another JavaScript & CSS extension to create a responsive and multi-item carousel using Bootstrap 5’s carousel component.

Multi-item Carousel For Bootstrap 5

[Demo] [Download]


2. Flip Through Elements In A 3D Space – Carousel.js

A vanilla JavaScript carousel plugin to flip through elements in a 3D space just like the Cover Flow.

Flip Through Elements In A 3D Space – Carousel.js

[Demo] [Download]


3. Infinite Carousel Slider With Autoplay

A tiny, flexible, infinite-looping, auto-rotating carousel slider written in pure JS without jQuery.

Infinite Carousel Slider With Autoplay

[Demo] [Download]


4. Basic 3D Carousel In Pure JavaScript

This is a very basic 3D coverflow style carousel/rotator implemented in pure JavaScript and CSS/CSS3.

Basic 3D Carousel In Pure JavaScript

[Demo] [Download]


5. Cool Image Slider Carousel With JavaScript And Tailwind CSS

A pretty cool image slider carousel written in vanilla JavaScript and styled with Tailwind.css.

Cool Image Slider Carousel With JavaScript And Tailwind CSS

[Demo] [Download]


Pure CSS/CSS3 Carousels:

1. Netflix-style Image Carousel With Pure CSS

A pure CSS implementation of the Netflix-style carousel slider with infinite scroll support – there is no JavaScript and super fast loading.

Netflix-style Image Carousel With Pure CSS

[Demo] [Download]


2. CSS Only Infinite Carousel

A simple infinitely looping carousel built on top of plain HTML and CSS/CSS3.

CSS Only Infinite Carousel

[Demo] [Download]


3. Cover Flow Style Card Carousel In Pure CSS

A stylish, responsive, cover flow style card carousel implemented in pure CSS and lable+radio tricks.

Cover Flow Style Card Carousel In Pure CSS

[Demo] [Download]


4. Responsive Carousel Slider With No JS – Carousel.CSS

A pure CSS slider library to display HTML content in a responsive horizontal carousel format without the overhead of a JS plugin.

Responsive Carousel Slider With No JS – Carousel.CSS

[Demo] [Download]


5. Infinite Marquee Carousel With Pure CSS

A lightweight project that allows you to build automatic, infinitely scrolling carousels using only CSS.

Infinite Marquee Carousel With Pure CSS

[Demo] [Download]


More Resources:

Looking for more jQuery plugins or JavaScript libraries to create awesome Carousels on the web & mobile? See jQuery Carousel and JavaScript/CSS Carousel sections for more details.

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