🆚 Lightbox vs. Shadowbox

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

JavaScript library
JavaScript library

About

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

Shadowbox is a lightbox library for photos and videos, last released in 2014.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

JavaScript Libraries › Rank #20
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #158
Legacy › Rank #31

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Lightbox JavaScript library is 38 times more popular than Shadowbox.
Total websites

Market share

JavaScript Libraries

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Lightbox is more popular than Shadowbox in all countries.
United States
Germany
Japan
United Kingdom
Italy
France
Spain
Poland
Netherlands
Russia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Lightbox is more popular than Shadowbox in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Online Shopping
Entertainment
Travel
Internet Services
Sports
Health

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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Rank
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#5,597
#6,987
#9,513
#10,236
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See also

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