How to use the Slider & Carousel Generator
- Pick a library — Swiper, Splide, Glide.js or Slick and the slide content: demo panels, your own image URLs or cards.
- Set slides per view for desktop, tablet and mobile, the gap, effect, loop, autoplay, arrows and pagination.
- Check the live preview at desktop, tablet and mobile widths.
- Copy the HTML, CSS and JavaScript (CDN or npm), or download a complete HTML page.
Generate sliders without memorising options
Every carousel library has dozens of options with different names: Swiper’s slidesPerView is Splide’s perPage, Glide’s perView and Slick’s slidesToShow. This generator gives you one set of controls and writes the correct configuration for the library you choose — including responsive breakpoints, which each library defines differently (Swiper uses mobile-first min-width, Splide and Glide desktop-first max-width, Slick a responsive array).
Which slider library should you use?
| Swiper | Splide | Glide.js | Slick | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size (min + gzip, JS) | ~40 KB (bundle) | ~12 KB | ~7 KB | ~12 KB + jQuery ~30 KB |
| Dependencies | None | None | None | jQuery |
| Effects | Slide, fade, cube, coverflow, flip, cards, creative | Slide, fade | Slide | Slide, fade |
| Vertical | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Accessibility | Good (a11y module) | Excellent (ARIA by default) | Basic | Basic |
| Maintained | Yes | Yes | Slowly | No (last release 2017) |
| Licence | MIT for all four | |||
Swiper is the most popular and most capable choice — use it unless you need something tiny. Splide is lighter and has the best accessibility out of the box. Glide.js is the smallest for simple carousels. Slick is still common on older sites and WordPress themes, but it depends on jQuery and is no longer maintained, so choose it only to match an existing project.
Performance and accessibility tips
- Lazy-load images below the first slide (
loading="lazy"is added for you) and size them for the slide width — the image resizer and compressor help. - Avoid autoplay for important content; if you use it, keep pause on hover on and a delay of at least 4 seconds.
- Keep arrows and pagination enabled so keyboard and screen-reader users can navigate.
- Carousels in the first screen can hurt Largest Contentful Paint — make sure the first image is not lazy-loaded if it is your LCP element.
Library-specific guides: Swiper, Splide, Glide.js and Slick. For Webflow, paste the HTML into an Embed element and the script before </body>.
Tools that pair well with the Slider & Carousel Generator
- Online HTML Editor — A lightweight code playground: edit HTML, CSS and JavaScript side by side, see the result instantly, read console output and download your page as one HTML file.
- CSS Gradient Generator — Design a gradient visually — drag colour stops, change the angle or type, start from a preset — and copy production-ready CSS with a solid fallback colour.
- CSS Animation Generator — Design CSS animations on a real keyframe timeline.
- CSS Keyframes Generator — A visual editor for @keyframes.
Frequently asked questions
Which slider library is best?
Can I use the code in WordPress or Webflow?
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