MotionRail

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Introduction ​

MotionRail is a lightweight, smooth carousel library with momentum-based scrolling, snap alignment, and responsive breakpoints. It works seamlessly with vanilla JavaScript or your favorite framework.

Features ​

  • 🎯󠅅󠅞󠅢󠅙󠅦󠅑󠅜󠅕󠅔󠄐󠅣󠅝󠅟󠅟󠅤󠅘󠅞󠅕󠅣󠅣󠄐󠅑󠅞󠅔󠄐󠅓󠅟󠅞󠅤󠅢󠅟󠅜 Momentum-based scrolling - Natural drag physics with smooth animations
  • 📱󠄵󠅖󠅖󠅟󠅢󠅤󠅜󠅕󠅣󠅣󠄐󠅢󠅕󠅣󠅠󠅟󠅞󠅣󠅙󠅦󠅕󠄐󠅜󠅑󠅩󠅟󠅥󠅤󠅣 Responsive breakpoints - Configure columns and gaps for different screen sizes
  • ♿󠅀󠅢󠅕󠅓󠅙󠅣󠅙󠅟󠅞󠄐󠅣󠅞󠅑󠅠󠄐󠅑󠅜󠅙󠅗󠅞󠅝󠅕󠅞󠅤󠄜󠄐󠅑󠅜󠅧󠅑󠅩󠅣󠄐󠅠󠅕󠅢󠅖󠅕󠅓󠅤 Snap alignment - Automatic snap-to-item positioning
  • 🔄󠄱󠅥󠅤󠅟󠅠󠅜󠅑󠅩󠄐󠅤󠅘󠅑󠅤󠄐󠅖󠅕󠅕󠅜󠅣󠄐󠅞󠅑󠅤󠅥󠅢󠅑󠅜 Autoplay support - Optional auto-scrolling with pause on interaction
  • ↔️󠅂󠅄󠄼󠄐󠅣󠅥󠅠󠅠󠅟󠅢󠅤󠄜󠄐󠅞󠅟󠄐󠅓󠅟󠅝󠅠󠅢󠅟󠅝󠅙󠅣󠅕󠅣 RTL support - Built-in right-to-left layout support
  • 🎨󠄽󠅟󠅔󠅕󠅢󠅞󠄐󠄳󠅃󠅃󠄐󠄷󠅢󠅙󠅔󠄐󠅝󠅑󠅣󠅤󠅕󠅢󠅩 CSS Grid based - Modern layout with customizable styling
  • 🪶󠄽󠅙󠅞󠅙󠅝󠅑󠅜󠄜󠄐󠅥󠅜󠅤󠅢󠅑󠄝󠅜󠅙󠅗󠅘󠅤󠅧󠅕󠅙󠅗󠅘󠅤 Lightweight - Zero dependencies, minimal bundle size
  • 🎮󠅄󠅟󠅤󠅑󠅜󠄐󠄱󠅀󠄹󠄐󠅓󠅟󠅞󠅤󠅢󠅟󠅜󠄜󠄐󠅞󠅟󠄐󠅜󠅙󠅝󠅙󠅤󠅣 Full control API - Programmatic navigation and playback control
  • 🧩󠄵󠅨󠅤󠅕󠅞󠅣󠅙󠅟󠅞󠅣󠄐󠅖󠅟󠅢󠄐󠅕󠅞󠅔󠅜󠅕󠅣󠅣󠄐󠅠󠅟󠅣󠅣󠅙󠅒󠅙󠅜󠅙󠅤󠅙󠅕󠅣 Extension system - Modular architecture with built-in extensions
  • ⚡󠅃󠅕󠅑󠅝󠅜󠅕󠅣󠅣󠄐󠅖󠅢󠅑󠅝󠅕󠅧󠅟󠅢󠅛󠄐󠅙󠅞󠅤󠅕󠅗󠅢󠅑󠅤󠅙󠅟󠅞 Framework integrations - React, Preact, Qwik, Solid, Vue, Svelte components

Why MotionRail? ​

MotionRail was built to provide a modern, performant carousel experience without the bloat. It uses native CSS Grid for layout, modern JavaScript APIs, and provides first-class framework integrations.

Key Differences ​

  • Lightweight: No dependencies, minimal bundle size
  • Modern: Built with modern web standards (CSS Grid, Intersection Observer, etc.)
  • Framework-first: Not just wrappers - true framework integrations
  • Extensible: Modular extension system for adding features
  • Accessible: Keyboard navigation and semantic HTML

Browser Support ​

MotionRail works in all modern browsers:

  • Chrome (142+)
  • Edge (142+)
  • Firefox (145+)
  • Safari (18.6+)
  • Samsung Internet (28+)
  • Opera (124+)
  • Modern mobile browsers

Requires support for:

  • CSS Grid
  • Pointer Events API
  • Container Queries
  • Scroll Snap
  • IntersectionObserver API
  • ResizeObserver API

Next Steps ​