🆚 PhotoSwipe vs. Shadowbox

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *
PhotoSwipe
Shadowbox

Type

JavaScript library
JavaScript library

About

PhotoSwipe is a modular JavaScript image gallery and lightbox.

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

Website

photoswipe.com #2,004,772
shadowbox-js.com

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

JavaScript Libraries › Rank #44
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #158
Legacy › Rank #31

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The PhotoSwipe JavaScript library is 12 times more popular than Shadowbox.
Total websites

Market share

JavaScript Libraries

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

PhotoSwipe is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Shadowbox is more popular in Luxembourg.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Spain
France
Japan
Italy
India
Australia
Netherlands

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

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

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#350
#572
hdp**ncomics.com
#857
hkjc.com
#1,987
#2,091
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Name
Rank
#5,597
#6,987
#9,513
#10,236
#13,515
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