xiaolin/react-image-gallery

React carousel image gallery component with thumbnail support 🖼

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xiaolin/react-image-gallery has 3.5k+ stars and 700+ forks on GitHub, is written in TypeScript, and was last pushed on May 23, 2026. Data as of . Signed-in members get hourly updates — create a free account.

Summary Information

Updated 2 hours ago
Added to GitGenius on September 17th, 2026
Created on February 27th, 2015
Open Issues & Pull Requests: 14 (+0)
GitHub issues: Enabled
Number of forks: 714
Total Stargazers: 3,943 (+0)
Total Subscribers: 39 (+0)

Repository Insights (GitGenius)

Median issue/PR response: 4.2 days
Mean response time: 202.4 days
90th percentile: 522.9 days
Tracked items: 22

Maintainer activity

1 person did triage or write work on this repository in the last 12 months.

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Open issues: 1
New in 7 days: 0
Closed in 7 days: 0
Avg open age: 164 days
Stale 30+ days: 1
Stale 90+ days: 1

Recent activity

Opened in 7 days: 0
Closed in 7 days: 0
Comments in 7 days: 0
Events in 7 days: 0

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Detailed Description

React Image Gallery is a React carousel component that displays images with thumbnail support and responsive design.

The component solves the problem of building image galleries in React applications by providing a pre-built carousel with native touch gesture support for mobile devices, customizable thumbnail navigation that can be positioned in multiple ways, and both browser fullscreen and CSS-based fullscreen modes. The approach bundles these features into a single configurable component that developers can drop into their applications without building gallery functionality from scratch.

Developers should choose this tool if they need a gallery component that works across devices with minimal configuration. It suits projects requiring mobile-friendly image browsing, as it includes swipe gestures and touch navigation out of the box. The component also supports keyboard navigation through arrow keys and escape, RTL language layouts, vertical slide orientation as an alternative to horizontal scrolling, and the ability to render custom content like videos and iframes alongside images. Teams building responsive web applications where image presentation is a core requirement will find the theming system based on CSS custom properties useful for matching existing design systems.

The project maintains active development with regular updates addressing user-reported issues and feature requests. The codebase is written in TypeScript, providing type safety for developers integrating the component. The maintainer responds to community contributions and incorporates improvements that enhance the component's functionality and compatibility across different use cases.