jaysalvat/vegas

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1787 stars · 439 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Vegas is a JavaScript library that adds beautiful animated fullscreen backgrounds and slideshows to any DOM element, with CSS3 transitions and a jQuery/Zepto wrapper for backward compatibility. It is distributed via NPM and supports bundlers, CDN usage, and a vanilla JS API.

Use cases

• add a fullscreen background slideshow to a landing page
• create animated image slideshows on any DOM element
• apply Ken Burns-style transitions between background images
• replace an old jQuery Vegas v2 setup with a vanilla JS version
• add video backgrounds with preloading and autoplay controls
• build custom slide transitions with CSS classes

When to choose

• you need polished fullscreen background slideshows with minimal setup
• you want a lightweight vanilla JS library with an optional jQuery wrapper
• you need many built-in CSS3 transitions and custom transition support
• you want programmatic control (play, pause, jump, shuffle) over slideshows

When to avoid

• you need a full-featured carousel with touch/swipe support for content slides
• your project requires a maintained license file or formal support guarantees
• you need a React/Vue component-based slideshow rather than a DOM plugin

Facets

plugin · maturity stable

animation ui-components web-development frontend web-design browser background-slideshow jquery-plugin zepto vanilla-js fullscreen-backgrounds css-transitions nodejs

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