pixture

pixture is an R package designed to create HTML image galleries. The galleries can be standalone, included in an Rmarkdown/Quarto document or incorporated into a Shiny app.

• Create image galleries with multiple layouts: grid, mosaic, masonry, justified, elastic, rhombus, scroll and hexagon
• Create image carousels with touch and drag support
• Lightbox support with captions and navigation
• Customizable captions, borders, gaps, and more

See the project website for more details.

Install from R Universe:

options(repos = c(getOption("repos"), royfrancis = "https://royfrancis.r-universe.dev"))
install.packages('pixture')

Install from GitHub:

install.packages(c("htmlwidgets","shiny","remotes"))
remotes::install_github('royfrancis/pixture')

Disclaimer

This R package is offered free and without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied. I will not be held liable to you for any damage arising out of the use, modification or inability to use this program. This R package can be used, redistributed and/or modified freely for non-commercial purposes subject to the original source being properly cited. Licensed under GPL-3.

Acknowledgements

• glider.js by Nick Piscitelli for carousel functionality
• glightbox by Biati Digital for lightbox functionality
• Rhombus and Hexagon gallery layout by Temani Afif
• Images from Pexels

Contact

If you have an comments, suggestions, corrections or enchancements, kindly submit an issue on the Github issues page.

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2026 • Roy Francis