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react-responsive-carousel vs keen-slider

UI component librariesPackage data 25 Sept 2026
react-responsive-carouselv3.2.23, 3 Mar 2022

React Responsive Carousel

$ npm install react-responsive-carousel
keen-sliderv6.8.6, 5 Jul 2023

The HTML touch slider carousel with the most native feeling you will get.

$ npm install keen-slider
Metricreact-responsive-carouselkeen-sliderDifference
Weekly downloads560,711171,306react-responsive-carousel 3.3x higher
12-month download growth+36%-11%react-responsive-carousel +46 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies30react-responsive-carousel 3 more
Unpacked size183 kB166 kBkeen-slider 11% smaller
Latest release3.2.23, 3 Mar 20226.8.6, 5 Jul 2023keen-slider 16 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months0--
First published9 Feb 2015--
GitHub stars2,6755,021keen-slider 1.9x higher
Open issues0130keen-slider 130 more
Open pull requests419keen-slider 15 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks42react-responsive-carousel 2.0x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatCommonJSESM + CommonJSDiffers
Runtimes---
LicenseMITMITSame

Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.

react-responsive-carousel565.8k latest weekkeen-slider173.3k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

react-responsive-carousel

Major versions
  1. 0.0.19 Feb 2015
  2. 2.0.021 Nov 2015
  3. 3.0.07 Jan 2016
Last 5 releases
  1. 3.2.233 Mar 2022
  2. 3.2.2221 Oct 2021
  3. 3.2.2118 Aug 2021
  4. 3.2.2019 Jul 2021
  5. 3.2.192 Jul 2021
119 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months

keen-slider

Major versions
  1. -
Last 5 releases
  1. -
Release count not fetched
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keen-slider

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keen-slider

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  • Need no runtime dependencieskeen-slider (react-responsive-carousel has 3, keen-slider has 0)
  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointskeen-slider (react-responsive-carousel: CommonJS; keen-slider: ESM + CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()Both
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Need the more recent releasekeen-slider (6.8.6 on 5 Jul 2023 vs 3.2.23 on 3 Mar 2022)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsreact-responsive-carousel (560.7k vs 171.3k)

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