How to add Image Carousel in Next.js ?

Last Updated : 26 Jul, 2024

In this article, we are going to learn how we can add an Image Carousel in NextJS. NextJS is a React-based framework. It has the power to Develop beautiful Web applications for different platforms like Windows, Linux, and mac.

Approach

To create image carousel in next.js we are going to use a react-responsive carousel package because it is powerful, lightweight, and fully customizable. Install the library, import the carousel component and then add the images as carousels on the homepage using the installed package.

Steps to Create Carousel in Next.js

Step 1: Create a React application using the following command.

npx create-next-app@latest gfg

Step 2: After creating your project folder i.e. gfg, move to it using the following command.

cd gfg

Step 3: Now we will install the react-responsive-carousel package using the below command

npm i react-responsive-carousel

Project Structure: It will look like this.

The updated dependencies in the package.json file are:

"dependencies": {
    "next": "14.2.4",
    "react": "^18",
    "react-dom": "^18",
    "react-responsive-carousel": "^3.2.23"
}

Creating Image Carousel: To create our image carousel we need some images. So for this example, we are going to use the below images.

Now add the images to the public folder. After the images are ready we just need to add these images to our carousel.

Example: For this example, we are creating the carousel on our homepage. So add the below code in the index.js file.

JavaScript

// pages/-app.js import "react-responsive-carousel/lib/styles/carousel.min.css"; import { Carousel } from "react-responsive-carousel";  const NextJsCarousel = () => {     return (         <div>             <h2>                 NextJs Carousel - GeeksforGeeks             </h2>             <Carousel>                 <div>                     <img                         src= "https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20211213172224/1.png"                         alt="image1"                     />                     <p className="legend">                         Image 1                     </p>                 </div>                 <div>                     <img                         src= "https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20211213172225/2.png"                         alt="image2"                     />                     <p className="legend">                         Image 2                     </p>                 </div>                 <div>                     <img                         src= "https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20211213172226/3.png"                         alt="image3"                     />                     <p className="legend">                         Image 3                     </p>                 </div>                 <div>                     <img                         src= "https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20211213172227/4.png"                         alt="image4"                     />                     <p className="legend">                         Image 4                     </p>                 </div>                 <div>                     <img                         src= "https://media.geeksforgeeks.org/wp-content/uploads/20211213172229/5.png"                         alt="image5"                     />                     <p className="legend">                         Image 5                     </p>                 </div>             </Carousel>         </div>     ); };  export default NextJsCarousel;

In the above example, we are first importing the carousel component from the installed package. Then we are using this component to create our carousel.

Steps to run the application: Run the below command in the terminal to run the app.