🆚 jQuery Colorbox vs. Lightbox

Type

JavaScript library
JavaScript library

About

A lightweight, customizable lightbox plugin for jQuery.

The original lightbox library used to overlay images on top of the current page.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

JavaScript Libraries › Rank #48
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #20

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Lightbox JavaScript library is 4 times more popular than jQuery Colorbox.
Total websites

Market share

JavaScript Libraries

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Lightbox is more popular in the United States, Germany, and Japan, while jQuery Colorbox is more popular in Malawi, Guam, and Mauritania.
United States
Germany
Japan
United Kingdom
Italy
France
Spain
Russia
Poland
Netherlands

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Lightbox is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference, while jQuery Colorbox is more commonly used on real estate sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Blogs/Wiki
Online Shopping
Entertainment
Travel
Internet Services
Sports
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
netkeiba.com
#249
#1,014
#1,281
#1,299
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See also

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