The Power of Pure CSS - No JavaScript Needed

<h1>CSS-only Carousel</h1>

<p>This carousel is created with HTML and CSS only.</p>

<section class="carousel" aria-label="Gallery">
  <ol class="carousel__viewport">
    <li id="carousel__slide1"
        tabindex="0"
        class="carousel__slide">
      <div class="carousel__snapper">
        <a href="#carousel__slide4"
           class="carousel__prev">Go to last slide</a>
        <a href="#carousel__slide2"
           class="carousel__next">Go to next slide</a>
      </div>
    </li>
    <li id="carousel__slide2"
        tabindex="0"
        class="carousel__slide">
      <div class="carousel__snapper"></div>
      <a href="#carousel__slide1"
         class="carousel__prev">Go to previous slide</a>
      <a href="#carousel__slide3"
         class="carousel__next">Go to next slide</a>
    </li>
    <li id="carousel__slide3"
        tabindex="0"
        class="carousel__slide">
      <div class="carousel__snapper"></div>
      <a href="#carousel__slide2"
         class="carousel__prev">Go to previous slide</a>
      <a href="#carousel__slide4"
         class="carousel__next">Go to next slide</a>
    </li>
    <li id="carousel__slide4"
        tabindex="0"
        class="carousel__slide">
      <div class="carousel__snapper"></div>
      <a href="#carousel__slide3"
         class="carousel__prev">Go to previous slide</a>
      <a href="#carousel__slide1"
         class="carousel__next">Go to first slide</a>
    </li>
  </ol>
  <aside class="carousel__navigation">
    <ol class="carousel__navigation-list">
      <li class="carousel__navigation-item">
        <a href="#carousel__slide1"
           class="carousel__navigation-button">Go to slide 1</a>
      </li>
      <li class="carousel__navigation-item">
        <a href="#carousel__slide2"
           class="carousel__navigation-button">Go to slide 2</a>
      </li>
      <li class="carousel__navigation-item">
        <a href="#carousel__slide3"
           class="carousel__navigation-button">Go to slide 3</a>
      </li>
      <li class="carousel__navigation-item">
        <a href="#carousel__slide4"
           class="carousel__navigation-button">Go to slide 4</a>
      </li>
    </ol>
  </aside>
</section>

@keyframes tonext {
  75% {
    left: 0;
  }
  95% {
    left: 100%;
  }
  98% {
    left: 100%;
  }
  99% {
    left: 0;
  }
}

@keyframes tostart {
  75% {
    left: 0;
  }
  95% {
    left: -300%;
  }
  98% {
    left: -300%;
  }
  99% {
    left: 0;
  }
}

@keyframes snap {
  96% {
    scroll-snap-align: center;
  }
  97% {
    scroll-snap-align: none;
  }
  99% {
    scroll-snap-align: none;
  }
  100% {
    scroll-snap-align: center;
  }
}

body {
  max-width: 37.5rem;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 1.25rem;
  font-family: 'Lato', sans-serif;
}

* {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  scrollbar-color: transparent transparent; /* thumb and track color */
  scrollbar-width: 0px;
}

*::-webkit-scrollbar {
  width: 0;
}

*::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
  background: transparent;
}

*::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
  background: transparent;
  border: none;
}

* {
  -ms-overflow-style: none;
}

ol, li {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

.carousel {
  position: relative;
  padding-top: 75%;
  filter: drop-shadow(0 0 10px #0003);
  perspective: 100px;
}

.carousel__viewport {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  display: flex;
  overflow-x: scroll;
  counter-reset: item;
  scroll-behavior: smooth;
  scroll-snap-type: x mandatory;
}

.carousel__slide {
  position: relative;
  flex: 0 0 100%;
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #f99;
  counter-increment: item;
}

.carousel__slide:nth-child(even) {
  background-color: #99f;
}

.carousel__slide:before {
  content: counter(item);
  position: absolute;
  top: 50%;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translate3d(-50%,-40%,70px);
  color: #fff;
  font-size: 2em;
}

.carousel__snapper {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  scroll-snap-align: center;
}

@media (hover: hover) {
  .carousel__snapper {
    animation-name: tonext, snap;
    animation-timing-function: ease;
    animation-duration: 4s;
    animation-iteration-count: infinite;
  }

.carousel__slide:last-child .carousel__snapper {
    animation-name: tostart, snap;
  }
}

@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
  .carousel__snapper {
    animation-name: none;
  }
}

.carousel:hover .carousel__snapper,
.carousel:focus-within .carousel__snapper {
  animation-name: none;
}

.carousel__navigation {
  position: absolute;
  right: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  left: 0;
  text-align: center;
}

.carousel__navigation-list,
.carousel__navigation-item {
  display: inline-block;
}

.carousel__navigation-button {
  display: inline-block;
  width: 1.5rem;
  height: 1.5rem;
  background-color: #333;
  background-clip: content-box;
  border: 0.25rem solid transparent;
  border-radius: 50%;
  font-size: 0;
  transition: transform 0.1s;
}

.carousel::before,
.carousel::after,
.carousel__prev,
.carousel__next {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  margin-top: 37.5%;
  width: 4rem;
  height: 4rem;
  transform: translateY(-50%);
  border-radius: 50%;
  font-size: 0;
  outline: 0;
}

.carousel::before,
.carousel__prev {
  left: -1rem;
}

.carousel::after,
.carousel__next {
  right: -1rem;
}

.carousel::before,
.carousel::after {
  content: '';
  z-index: 1;
  background-color: #333;
  background-size: 1.5rem 1.5rem;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: center center;
  color: #fff;
  font-size: 2.5rem;
  line-height: 4rem;
  text-align: center;
  pointer-events: none;
}

.carousel::before {
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg viewBox='0 0 100 100' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%3E%3Cpolygon points='0,50 80,100 80,0' fill='%23fff'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
}

.carousel::after {
  background-image: url("data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg viewBox='0 0 100 100' xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2000/svg'%3E%3Cpolygon points='100,50 20,100 20,0' fill='%23fff'/%3E%3C/svg%3E");
}

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Pure CSS Automatic Slide Carousel

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<div class="container">
  <div class="carousel">
  <div id="party" class="item">
    <div>
      <i class="fa fa-glass"></i>
    </div>
    <h1>Party</h1>
  </div>
  <div id="mood" class="item">
    <div>
      <i class="fa fa-cube"></i>
    </div>
    <h1>Mood</h1>
  </div>
  <div id="ambient" class="item">
    <div>
      <i class="fa fa-leaf"></i>
    </div>
    <h1>Ambient</h1></div>
  <div id="work" class="item">
    <div>
      <i class="fa fa-coffee"></i>
    </div>
    <h1>Work</h1>
  </div>
  <div id="world" class="item">
  <div>
      <i class="fa fa-globe"></i>
    </div>
    <h1>World</h1>
  </div>
  <div id="party" class="item">
    <div>
      <i class="fa fa-glass"></i>
    </div>
    <h1>Party</h1>
  </div>
  <div id="mood" class="item">
    <div>
      <i class="fa fa-cube"></i>
    </div>
    <h1>Mood</h1>
  </div>
  <div id="ambient" class="item">
    <div>
      <i class="fa fa-leaf"></i>
    </div>
    <h1>Ambient</h1>
  </div>
  <div id="work" class="item">
    <div>
      <i class="fa fa-coffee"></i>
    </div>
    <h1>Work</h1>
  </div>
  <div id="world" class="item">
  <div>
      <i class="fa fa-globe"></i>
    </div>
    <h1>World</h1>
  </div>
</div>
<h1>This is a continue scroll carousel</h1>
</div>

body{
  font-family: sans-serif;
}
h1{
  font-weight: 100;
}
.container{
  width: 100%;
  display:block;
  overflow:hidden;
}
.carousel{
  display:block;
  width: 100%;
  height: 400px;
  background: white;
  overflow-x: scroll;
  padding: 10px;
  margin: 0;
  white-space: nowrap; 
  border-top: 2px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
  border-bottom: 2px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);
}
.item {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 380px;
    margin: 0 10px;
    height: 380px;
    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05) no-repeat center center;
    background-size: cover;
    position:relative;
    border-radius: 20px;
    box-shadow: 0 0 10px #dfdfdf;
}
.item div{
  width: 100%;
  top:10%;
  position:absolute;
  text-align:center;
  font-size: 9em;
  color: white;
}
.item h1{
  top: 50%;
  position: absolute;
  color: white;
  text-align: center;
  width: 100%;
  font-size: 4em;
}
#party{
  background-image: url(https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1575426158929-59962325660a?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&auto=format&fit=crop&w=500&q=60);
}
#mood{
  background-image:url(https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1535295972055-1c762f4483e5?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&auto=format&fit=crop&w=934&q=80);
}
#world{
   background-image: url(https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1535402803947-a950d5f7ae4b?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&auto=format&fit=crop&w=1427&q=80);
}
#ambient{
  background-image:url(https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1513836279014-a89f7a76ae86?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&auto=format&fit=crop&w=500&q=60)
}
#work{
  background-image:url(https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1535957998253-26ae1ef29506?ixlib=rb-1.2.1&ixid=eyJhcHBfaWQiOjEyMDd9&auto=format&fit=crop&w=500&q=60)
}

37

Pure CSS Horizontal Scroll Carousel

By: pixeldev

body{    
    perspective: 1000px;
}
div{
    height:600px;
    width:800px;
    position: absolute;
}
main{
    box-sizing:border-box;
    height:600x;
    width:800px;
    border:1px solid black;
    overflow: hidden;
    margin:auto;
    padding:0;
    background: #EEE;
}
.box{
    position:relative;
    transform-style: preserve-3d;
    margin:50px auto;
    line-height: 600px;
    text-align: center;
    font-size: 600px;
    animation: carousel 15s ease-in-out infinite;
}
.box:hover{
    animation-play-state: paused;
}

.front{
    background: #088;
}
.back{
    background: #0FF;
    transform: translateZ(-600px) rotateX(180deg) rotateZ(180deg);
}
.right{
    width:600px;
    background:#880;
    transform-origin: right;
    transform:translateX(200px) translateZ(-600px) rotateY(90deg) ;
}
.left{
    background: #FF0;
    transform-origin: left;
    width:600px;
    transform: translateZ(-600px) rotateY(-90deg);
}

.top{
    background: #808;
    transform-origin: top;
    transform: rotateX(90deg) translateY(-600px);
}

.bottom{
    background: #F0F;
    transform-origin: bottom;
    transform:rotateX(90deg) rotateY(180deg) rotateZ(180deg) translateY(600px);
}

@-webkit-keyframes carousel {
    0%, 100%{ 
        transform:none;
    }
/*    pic 1*/
    17%{
        -webkit-transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateX(-400px) translateZ(300px);
        -ms-transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateX(-400px) translateZ(300px);
        -o-transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateX(-400px) translateZ(300px);
        transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateX(-400px) translateZ(300px);
    }
/*    pic 2*/
    33%{
        -webkit-transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(300px) translateY(300px);
        -ms-transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(300px) translateY(300px);
        -o-transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(300px) translateY(300px);
        transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(300px) translateY(300px);
    }
/*    pic 5*/
    50%{
        -webkit-transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(600px);
        -ms-transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(600px);
        -o-transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(600px);
        transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(600px);
    }
/*    pic 3*/
    67%{
        -webkit-transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(300px) translateX(400px);
        -ms-transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(300px) translateX(400px);
        -o-transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(300px) translateX(400px);
    transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(300px) translateX(400px);
    }
/*    pic 4*/
    84%{
        -webkit-transform: rotateX(90deg) translateY(-300px) translateZ(300px);
        -ms-transform: rotateX(90deg) translateY(-300px) translateZ(300px);
        -o-transform: rotateX(90deg) translateY(-300px) translateZ(300px);
        transform: rotateX(90deg) translateY(-300px) translateZ(300px);
    }
/*    pic 6*/
}
@-o-keyframes carousel {
    0%, 100%{ 
        transform:none;
    }
/*    pic 1*/
    17%{
        -webkit-transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateX(-400px) translateZ(300px);
        -ms-transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateX(-400px) translateZ(300px);
        -o-transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateX(-400px) translateZ(300px);
        transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateX(-400px) translateZ(300px);
    }
/*    pic 2*/
    33%{
        -webkit-transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(300px) translateY(300px);
        -ms-transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(300px) translateY(300px);
        -o-transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(300px) translateY(300px);
        transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(300px) translateY(300px);
    }
/*    pic 5*/
    50%{
        -webkit-transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(600px);
        -ms-transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(600px);
        -o-transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(600px);
        transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(600px);
    }
/*    pic 3*/
    67%{
        -webkit-transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(300px) translateX(400px);
        -ms-transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(300px) translateX(400px);
        -o-transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(300px) translateX(400px);
    transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(300px) translateX(400px);
    }
/*    pic 4*/
    84%{
        -webkit-transform: rotateX(90deg) translateY(-300px) translateZ(300px);
        -ms-transform: rotateX(90deg) translateY(-300px) translateZ(300px);
        -o-transform: rotateX(90deg) translateY(-300px) translateZ(300px);
        transform: rotateX(90deg) translateY(-300px) translateZ(300px);
    }
/*    pic 6*/
}
@-moz-keyframes carousel {
    0%, 100%{ 
        transform:none;
    }
/*    pic 1*/
    17%{
        -webkit-transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateX(-400px) translateZ(300px);
        -ms-transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateX(-400px) translateZ(300px);
        -o-transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateX(-400px) translateZ(300px);
        transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateX(-400px) translateZ(300px);
    }
/*    pic 2*/
    33%{
        -webkit-transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(300px) translateY(300px);
        -ms-transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(300px) translateY(300px);
        -o-transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(300px) translateY(300px);
        transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(300px) translateY(300px);
    }
/*    pic 5*/
    50%{
        -webkit-transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(600px);
        -ms-transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(600px);
        -o-transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(600px);
        transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(600px);
    }
/*    pic 3*/
    67%{
        -webkit-transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(300px) translateX(400px);
        -ms-transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(300px) translateX(400px);
        -o-transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(300px) translateX(400px);
    transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(300px) translateX(400px);
    }
/*    pic 4*/
    84%{
        -webkit-transform: rotateX(90deg) translateY(-300px) translateZ(300px);
        -ms-transform: rotateX(90deg) translateY(-300px) translateZ(300px);
        -o-transform: rotateX(90deg) translateY(-300px) translateZ(300px);
        transform: rotateX(90deg) translateY(-300px) translateZ(300px);
    }
/*    pic 6*/
}
@keyframes carousel {
    0%, 100%{ 
        transform:none;
    }
/*    pic 1*/
    17%{
        -webkit-transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateX(-400px) translateZ(300px);
        -ms-transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateX(-400px) translateZ(300px);
        -o-transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateX(-400px) translateZ(300px);
        transform: rotateY(-90deg) translateX(-400px) translateZ(300px);
    }
/*    pic 2*/
    33%{
        -webkit-transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(300px) translateY(300px);
        -ms-transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(300px) translateY(300px);
        -o-transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(300px) translateY(300px);
        transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateZ(300px) translateY(300px);
    }
/*    pic 5*/
    50%{
        -webkit-transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(600px);
        -ms-transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(600px);
        -o-transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(600px);
        transform: rotateY(180deg) translateZ(600px);
    }
/*    pic 3*/
    67%{
        -webkit-transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(300px) translateX(400px);
        -ms-transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(300px) translateX(400px);
        -o-transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(300px) translateX(400px);
    transform: rotateY(90deg) translateZ(300px) translateX(400px);
    }
/*    pic 4*/
    84%{
        -webkit-transform: rotateX(90deg) translateY(-300px) translateZ(300px);
        -ms-transform: rotateX(90deg) translateY(-300px) translateZ(300px);
        -o-transform: rotateX(90deg) translateY(-300px) translateZ(300px);
        transform: rotateX(90deg) translateY(-300px) translateZ(300px);
    }
/*    pic 6*/
}

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By: pixeldev

<title>Tarot Carousel</title>
    
<div class="banner">
        <div class="slider" style="--quantity: 10">
            <div class="item" style="--position: 1"><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8f/ee/4a/8fee4a980d3b928d4cfd037efc1be2f2.jpg" alt="Image1"></div>
            <div class="item" style="--position: 2"><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/aa/1a/7d/aa1a7d017683fb8182a440e5fba78533.jpg" alt="Image2"></div>
            <div class="item" style="--position: 3"><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/e6/63/a4/e663a494527494f46c35f606adab0a86.jpg" alt="Image3"></div>
            <div class="item" style="--position: 4"><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8b/05/13/8b0513271fd36fceaf372d025ccfd3fc.jpg" alt="Image4"></div>
            <div class="item" style="--position: 5"><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/4c/21/be/4c21be899477633bdde244a432c7ae6d.jpg" alt="Image5"></div>
            <div class="item" style="--position: 6"><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/2d/1a/b3/2d1ab30355f384718d7598e8c2099719.jpg" alt="Image6"></div>
            <div class="item" style="--position: 7"><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/a6/7c/f2/a67cf21fb9aca5080ac79c87cc782072.jpg" alt="Image7"></div>
            <div class="item" style="--position: 8"><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/1d/ae/d8/1daed8c5da2dbb1cb2508856731bcb1c.jpg" alt="Image8"></div>
            <div class="item" style="--position: 9"><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/76/12/72/761272bf45fba778dcc4f5080336c6b9.jpg" alt="Image9"></div>
            <div class="item" style="--position: 10"><img src="https://i.pinimg.com/564x/f4/eb/39/f4eb399ebc688229b66c49bead172012.jpg" alt="Image10"></div>
        </div>
</div>

body{
  background-color: black;
}
.banner{
    width: 100%;
    height: 140vh;
    text-align: center;
    overflow: hidden;
    position: relative;
}
.banner .slider{
    position: absolute;
    width: 200px;
    height: 340px;
    top: 10%;
    left: calc(50% - 100px);
    transform-style: preserve-3d;
    transform: perspective(1000px);
    animation: autoRun 20s linear infinite;
    z-index: 2;
}
@keyframes autoRun{
    from{
        transform: perspective(1000px) rotateX(-16deg) rotateY(360deg);
    }to{
        transform: perspective(1000px) rotateX(-16deg) rotateY(0deg);
    }
}

.banner .slider .item{
    position: absolute;
    inset: 0 0 0 0;
    transform: 
        rotateY(calc( (var(--position) - 1) * (360 / var(--quantity)) * 1deg))
        translateZ(550px);
}
.banner .slider .item img{
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
}

@media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {
    .banner .slider{
        width: 160px;
        height: 200px;
        left: calc(50% - 80px);
    }
    .banner .slider .item{
        transform: 
            rotateY(calc( (var(--position) - 1) * (360 / var(--quantity)) * 1deg))
            translateZ(300px);
    }

}
@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {
    .banner .slider{
        width: 100px;
        height: 150px;
        left: calc(50% - 50px);
    }
    .banner .slider .item{
        transform: 
            rotateY(calc( (var(--position) - 1) * (360 / var(--quantity)) * 1deg))
            translateZ(180px);
    }
}

35

3D Card Carousel Pure CSS

By: pixeldev

<div class="container">
  <h1>Text</h1>
  <div class="block">
    <div class="p-container">
      <p class="img-p">
        Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Non fuga, vero ea enim. Nemo voluptas culpa temporibus eius quae sunt.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>

<div class="block">
    <div class="p-container">
      <p class="img-p">
        Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Non fuga, vero ea enim. Nemo voluptas culpa temporibus eius quae sunt.
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>

</div>

<div class="container">
  <h1>Images</h1>
  <div class="block image">
    <div class="layer"></div>
    <div class="p-container">