# kenwheeler/slick

the last carousel you'll ever need

Repository: https://github.com/kenwheeler/slick
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/slick
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-01T15:56:54+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 96/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 95, release rhythm 95, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4546, "days_push": 32, "days_rel": 34, "gap_med": 6, "n_releases_24m": 2}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 28555, forks 5739 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:52.694095+00:00)

## What it is
Slick is a jQuery-based carousel/slider library for building responsive, touch-enabled image and content carousels on the web. It offers extensive configuration options including autoplay, lazy loading, data-attribute settings, and accessibility features.

## Use cases
- add an image carousel to a website
- responsive slider with touch swipe support
- jQuery carousel plugin with autoplay
- lazy-loaded image slideshow
- accessible carousel with keyboard navigation
- multi-slide carousel showing several items at once

## When to choose
- you're already using jQuery and need a battle-tested carousel
- you need fine-grained carousel configuration via settings or data attributes
- you want a widely used slider with CDN availability

## When to avoid
- you're building a modern framework app (React/Vue) with a native component ecosystem
- you want a dependency-free vanilla JS carousel
- you need active development and frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation
- domain: frontend, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: carousel, slider, jquery-plugin, responsive-slides, javascript

## Member repositories
- kenwheeler/slick (main) score 96

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:52.694095+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 2026-08-29T16:54:21.953161+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kenwheeler/slick (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:52.694095+00:00, sha 91388b785807)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.