🆚 Lightbox vs. Shadowbox
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 Lightbox is much more popular than Shadowbox.
- 🌍 Lightbox is more popular in all countries.
LightboxType
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
Pricing
Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source
Categories
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
- 🥈 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.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Luxembourg in the Legacy category.
- 🔥 17th most popular in Russia in the Legacy category.
- ⬆️ 21st most popular in Japan in the Legacy category.
- ⬆️ 21st most popular in Slovakia in the Legacy category.
- ⬆️ 22nd most popular in Switzerland in the Legacy category.
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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