MotionRail

A lightweight, smooth carousel library with momentum-based scrolling, snap alignment, and responsive breakpoints. Works 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

Installation

npm install motionrail

Quick Start

Vanilla JavaScript

<div data-motionrail id="carousel">
  <div data-motionrail-scrollable>
    <div data-motionrail-grid>
      <div>Item 1</div>
      <div>Item 2</div>
      <div>Item 3</div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

import { MotionRail } from "motionrail";
import "motionrail/style.css";

const carousel = new MotionRail(document.getElementById("carousel"), {
  breakpoints: [
    { columns: 1, gap: "16px" },
    { width: 768, columns: 2, gap: "16px" },
    { width: 1024, columns: 3, gap: "20px" },
  ],
});

React

import { MotionRail } from "motionrail/react";
import "motionrail/style.css";

function App() {
  return (
    <MotionRail options={{ breakpoints: [{ columns: 3, gap: "20px" }] }}>
      <div>Item 1</div>
      <div>Item 2</div>
      <div>Item 3</div>
    </MotionRail>
  );
}

With Extensions

import { MotionRail } from "motionrail";
import { Arrows } from "motionrail/extensions/arrows";
import { Dots } from "motionrail/extensions/dots";
import "motionrail/style.css";
import "motionrail/extensions/arrows/style.css";
import "motionrail/extensions/dots/style.css";

const carousel = new MotionRail(element, {
  breakpoints: [
    { columns: 1, gap: "16px" },
    { width: 768, columns: 2, gap: "16px" },
  ],
  extensions: [Arrows({ loop: true }), Dots({ showIndex: true })],
});

Autoplay Example

const carousel = new MotionRail(element, {
  autoplay: true,
  delay: 3000,
  resumeDelay: 4000,
  breakpoints: [
    { columns: 1, gap: "16px" },
    { width: 768, columns: 2, gap: "16px" },
  ],
});

Recent Updates

• Docs site AI readiness — llms.txt, llms-full.txt, MCP server, sitemap, robots.txt, .well-known discovery, Markdown-for-Agents middleware
• AI Integration docs — MCP Readiness and Markdown for Agents pages
• Search — VitePress local search enabled on docs site
• Qwik fix — pinned @eslint/js to resolve build incompatibility
• Homepage redesign — improved footer, agent discoverability links in hero

AI Discovery

• llms.txt — concise AI-friendly summary

• llms-full.txt — full documentation for AI consumption

• POST /mcp — MCP server endpoint

  Tool	Description
  get_package_info	Get package metadata and version
  get_build_status	Check CI build status
  search_docs	Search MotionRail documentation

Documentation

For complete documentation, API reference, and examples:

https://motionrail.jujiplay.com/

License

MIT

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