# FormidableLabs/nuka-carousel

Small, fast, and accessibility-first React carousel library with an easily customizable UI and behavior to fit your brand and site.

Repository: https://github.com/FormidableLabs/nuka-carousel
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/nuka-carousel
Homepage: https://commerce.nearform.com/open-source/nuka-carousel
Language: TypeScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: carousel, slide, javascript, react, reactjs, nuka-carousel
Last push: 2026-04-07T23:05:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 76, release rhythm 28, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4153, "days_push": 148, "days_rel": 583, "gap_med": 55.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3097, forks 588 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:43.430176+00:00)

## What it is
Nuka Carousel is a small, fast, accessibility-first React carousel library with a customizable UI and behavior. It supports responsive layouts, native touch gestures, and flexible controls via a straightforward API.

## Use cases
- add an image carousel to a react site
- build a responsive product card slider
- accessible slideshow component for react
- mobile-friendly swipeable carousel
- customizable carousel controls for e-commerce
- react slider with touch support

## When to choose
- you need an accessible, lightweight React carousel
- you want customizable carousel behavior and controls
- you need built-in mobile touch support
- your site is responsive and needs a carousel that scales

## When to avoid
- you are not using React
- you need a full-featured slider with complex animations beyond carousels
- you need a framework-agnostic web component

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, frontend-framework, animation, accessibility
- domain: frontend, web-development, web-design, accessibility
- platform: browser, cross-platform
- tags: react, carousel, slider, typescript, touch-support, responsive-design, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- FormidableLabs/nuka-carousel (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:43.430176+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:27:16.673725+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/FormidableLabs/nuka-carousel (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:43.430176+00:00, sha 58144fd8d8ff)
  - homepage: https://commerce.nearform.com/open-source/nuka-carousel (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:37.435579+00:00, sha 46ee88718915)
  - site_page: https://nearform.com/open-source/nuka-carousel/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:42:37.444694+00:00, sha 7c6ccf73c6dc)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.