🆚 Lightbox vs. PhotoSwipe
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 Lightbox is three times more popular than PhotoSwipe.
- 🌎 Lightbox is more popular in the United States, Germany, and Japan.
- 🌍 PhotoSwipe is more popular in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Saint Lucia.
LightboxType
JavaScript library
JavaScript library
About
The original lightbox library used to overlay images on top of the current page.
PhotoSwipe is a modular JavaScript image gallery and lightbox.
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Pricing
Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source
Categories
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #20
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #44
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The Lightbox JavaScript library is 3 times more popular than PhotoSwipe.
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 PhotoSwipe is more popular in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Saint Lucia.
United States
Germany
Japan
United Kingdom
Italy
France
Spain
India
Netherlands
Poland
Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in the Faroe Islands in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in the Czech Republic in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Austria in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⭐ 6th most popular in Germany in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⭐ 9th most popular in Poland in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 22nd most popular in Israel in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 23rd most popular in Uzbekistan in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 28th most popular in Tajikistan in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 32nd most popular in Egypt in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 33rd most popular in Pakistan in the JavaScript Libraries category.
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 blogs and wiki, while PhotoSwipe is more commonly used on online shopping, fashion and beauty, and real estate sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Travel
Internet Services
Sports
Health
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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