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swiper vs keen-slider

UI component librariesPackage data 25 Sept 2026
swiperv14.2.0, 26 Aug 2026

Most modern mobile touch slider and framework with hardware accelerated transitions

$ npm install swiper
keen-sliderv6.8.6, 5 Jul 2023

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

$ npm install keen-slider
Metricswiperkeen-sliderDifference
Weekly downloads3,033,061171,306swiper 17.7x higher
12-month download growth+23%-11%swiper +34 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies00Same
Unpacked size3.6 MB166 kBkeen-slider 22.0x smaller
Latest release14.2.0, 26 Aug 20266.8.6, 5 Jul 2023swiper 3.1 years more recent
Releases, last 12 months15--
First published10 Dec 2014--
GitHub stars41,9025,021swiper 8.3x higher
Open issues230130swiper 100 more
Open pull requests1519keen-slider 4 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks1502swiper 75.0x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM onlyESM + 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.

swiper3m 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.

swiper

Major versions
  1. 2.7.010 Dec 2014
  2. 3.0.011 Feb 2015
  3. 4.0.04 Oct 2017
  4. 5.0.017 Sept 2019
  5. 6.0.03 Jul 2020
  6. 7.0.025 Aug 2021
  7. 8.0.01 Feb 2022
  8. 9.0.01 Feb 2023
  9. 10.0.03 Jul 2023
  10. 11.0.024 Oct 2023
  11. 12.0.011 Sept 2025
  12. 14.0.026 Jun 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 14.2.026 Aug 2026
  2. 14.1.06 Aug 2026
  3. 14.0.728 Jul 2026
  4. 14.0.620 Jul 2026
  5. 14.0.59 Jul 2026
253 releases in total, 15 in the last 12 months

keen-slider

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

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keen-slider

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swiper

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keen-slider

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  • Need no runtime dependenciesBoth
  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointskeen-slider (swiper: ESM only; keen-slider: ESM + CommonJS)
  • Need to load it with require()keen-slider
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementswiper: >= 4.7.0; keen-slider: none declared (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releaseswiper (14.2.0 on 26 Aug 2026 vs 6.8.6 on 5 Jul 2023)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsswiper (3m vs 171.3k)

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