🆚 Lightbox vs. Polyfill

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Polyfill is twice as popular as Lightbox.
🌎 Polyfill is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
🌍 Lightbox is more popular in the Czech Republic, the Faroe Islands, and Palestine.

Lightbox

Polyfill

Type

JavaScript library

About

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

Polyfill.io is an open-source JavaScript library that provides modern web API features to older browsers that do not natively support them.

After a supply chain attack in 2024 involving its cdn.polyfill.io domain, the service was discontinued and is now safely mirrored and maintained by Cloudflare under independent management.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

lokeshdhakar.com #2,339,774

cdnjs.cloudflare.com/polyfill

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Polyfill JavaScript library is 2.3 times more popular than Lightbox.

Total websites

Market share

JavaScript Libraries

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Polyfill is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Lightbox is more popular in the Czech Republic, the Faroe Islands, and Palestine.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

Japan

Russia

Spain

Italy

France

Australia

Netherlands

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.

🥈 Second most popular in Russia in the JavaScript Libraries category.
🥈 Second most popular in Belarus in the JavaScript Libraries category.
🥈 Second most popular in Jamaica in the JavaScript Libraries category.
🥈 Second most popular in Curacao in the JavaScript Libraries category.
🥈 Second most popular in the Turks and Caicos Islands in the JavaScript Libraries category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Polyfill is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while Lightbox is more commonly used on sports and games sites.

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Education/Reference

Blogs/Wiki

Internet Services

Travel

Entertainment

Health

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO