swiperv14.2.0, 26 Aug 2026
Most modern mobile touch slider and framework with hardware accelerated transitions
$ npm install swiperkeen-sliderv6.8.6, 5 Jul 2023
The HTML touch slider carousel with the most native feeling you will get.
$ npm install keen-slider| Metric | swiper | keen-slider | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 3,033,061 | 171,306 | swiper 17.7x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +23% | -11% | swiper +34 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 | Same |
| Unpacked size | 3.6 MB | 166 kB | keen-slider 22.0x smaller |
| Latest release | 14.2.0, 26 Aug 2026 | 6.8.6, 5 Jul 2023 | swiper 3.1 years more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 15 | - | - |
| First published | 10 Dec 2014 | - | - |
| GitHub stars | 41,902 | 5,021 | swiper 8.3x higher |
| Open issues | 230 | 130 | swiper 100 more |
| Open pull requests | 15 | 19 | keen-slider 4 more |
| Contributors | - | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 150 | 2 | swiper 75.0x higher |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | ESM only | ESM + CommonJS | Differs |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | MIT | MIT | Same |
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
swiper
Major versions
- 2.7.010 Dec 2014
- 3.0.011 Feb 2015
- 4.0.04 Oct 2017
- 5.0.017 Sept 2019
- 6.0.03 Jul 2020
- 7.0.025 Aug 2021
- 8.0.01 Feb 2022
- 9.0.01 Feb 2023
- 10.0.03 Jul 2023
- 11.0.024 Oct 2023
- 12.0.011 Sept 2025
- 14.0.026 Jun 2026
Last 5 releases
- 14.2.026 Aug 2026
- 14.1.06 Aug 2026
- 14.0.728 Jul 2026
- 14.0.620 Jul 2026
- 14.0.59 Jul 2026
253 releases in total, 15 in the last 12 months
keen-slider
Major versions
- -
Last 5 releases
- -
Release count not fetched
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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)
Each line is generated from the data above.
- embla-carousel vs swiperNo search data
- react-responsive-carousel vs keen-sliderNo search data
- embla-carousel vs keen-sliderNo search data
swiper: swiper npm registry, swiper npm downloads, swiper GitHub, swiper jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
keen-slider: keen-slider npm registry, keen-slider npm downloads, keen-slider GitHub, keen-slider jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Indexability: Indexed.