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shadcn-carousel

carouselunclassifiedmotion on file

A client-side React carousel shipped as copy-in registry source rather than a packaged widget. It wraps Embla in a local context and provides content, slide, and previous/next controls. The source expects Tailwind utilities, a shared shadcn Button, the cn class helper, and Lucide icons.

Specimen
Motion capture of the mounted demo, recorded by the harness. No audio track.
Harness screenshot of shadcn-carousel at 375 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 375 pixels wide. This viewport scrolled sideways.
Harness screenshot of shadcn-carousel at 768 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 768 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.
Harness screenshot of shadcn-carousel at 1440 pixels wide
Harness screenshot at 1440 pixels wide. No horizontal overflow recorded.

Measured

Every value below was written by the harness on the run that produced the frames above. None of it is derived from the prose.

Harness measurements recorded for shadcn-carousel
BuildOK
MountOK
Console errors0
Uncaught page errors0
Horizontal overflowflagged at 375
Axe critical0
Axe serious0
Axe moderate0
Axe minor0
Gzip marginal40.7 KB (106.2 KB build, 65.5 KB baseline)
Bare modeFAIL
Provider requiredNO
Demo usedwritten from the component source API

What the harness recorded

BARE BUILD

✗ Build failed in 1.73s
error during build:
[vite]: Rollup failed to resolve import "lucide-react" from "<sandbox>re-2c3796973c63/src/cut/components/ui/carousel.tsx".

Verdict

A sound choice for teams already comfortable with shadcn's copy-in model and Embla. It built and mounted cleanly, and the tested semantics raised no accessibility findings. The default external arrow placement needs responsive adjustment before use in narrow containers.

Use it if

  • You already use shadcn conventions and want carousel markup that remains editable in your codebase.
  • You need horizontal or vertical slides with keyboard and button navigation.
  • You want direct access to the Embla API or its plugin ecosystem.

Skip it if

  • Your narrow layouts cannot tolerate controls positioned outside the carousel frame, since the verified demo overflowed there.
  • You want a dependency-light static scroller and do not need Embla behavior.
  • You need pagination, autoplay, or richer slide announcements without adding and maintaining those features yourself.

Install

Installation record for shadcn-carousel
Declared dependenciesembla-carousel-react, radix-ui, clsx, tailwind-merge
Missing on installnone
Bare installfails once the shadcn-style helpers are removed, so it needs that setup
Providerno provider required in the harness

Install Embla and Lucide React, bring in a compatible Button component and cn helper, configure the import aliases, and ensure Tailwind recognizes the utility classes. Non-shadcn projects must also recreate the expected button variants and focus styles.

Source and credit

This page is a review, not a copy. The component source lives with its author and this site does not republish it. Read the license before you use anything.

Author repository

github.com/shadcn-ui/ui
License
MIT
Record published
2026-08-16

Alternatives

Other published entries for the carousel pattern, ordered by what they measured: mounts first, then clean axe scans, then bare-mode passes, then the smaller bundle.