Featherlight
Featherlight is a lightweight 
jQuery lightbox plugin.
According to our data, Featherlight ranks 73th among the JavaScript libraries we track.
It has 0.6% of the JavaScript library market share and is detected on 0.5% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
- </> Source code
💸 Pricing
Featherlight is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- JavaScript Libraries
- Rank: 73
- Market share: 0.6%
🏆 Featherlight Awards
- ⬆️ 47th most popular in Switzerland in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 52nd most popular in Austria in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 58th most popular in Germany in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 58th most popular in Canada in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 59th most popular in Slovenia in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 61st most popular in the United States in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 62nd most popular in the United Kingdom in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 63rd most popular in Spain in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 64th most popular in Finland in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 68th most popular in South Africa in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⚡ Sites Using Featherlight
We have data on 17,394 websites that use the Featherlight JavaScript library. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Featherlight is 
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | amazon.de |
#122 | United States | English |
| 2 | #4,716 | Mexico | Mexican Spanish | |
| 3 | #5,214 | Korea | American English | |
| 4 | #7,761 | American English | ||
| 5 | #9,300 | Canada | Spanish | |
| 6 | #9,919 | Singapore | English | |
| 7 | #11,663 | United Kingdom | American English | |
| 8 | #13,672 | English | ||
| 9 | #15,294 | Greece | Greek | |
| 10 | #15,607 | Argentina | Spanish | |
| 11 | #15,772 | United States | American English | |
| 12 | #16,848 | Croatia | Croatian | |
| 13 | #18,066 | United States | American English | |
| 14 | #18,642 | United States | English | |
| 15 | #21,033 | American English | ||
| 16 | #21,658 | Malaysia | American English | |
| 17 | #22,361 | United States | American English | |
| 18 | #22,458 | American English | ||
| 19 | #22,779 | Indonesia | Indonesian | |
| 20 | #23,133 | Albania | Albanian |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Featherlight:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Business category.
Most of the sites using Featherlight are from the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
- United States 27.3%
- Germany 9.3%
- United Kingdom 7.2%
- Spain 5.3%
- France 4.4%
- Italy 4.1%
- Canada 3.6%
- Netherlands 2.7%
- Switzerland 2.5%
- Other 33.6%
Most Featherlight users speak English, German, or Spanish.
- English 55.6%
- German 10.8%
- Spanish 6.3%
- French 4.9%
- Italian 3.4%
- Portuguese 2.3%
- Dutch 2.1%
- Japanese 2%
- Polish 1.6%
- Other 11%
The Featherlight JavaScript library is especially popular on .com, .org, and .de top-level domains.
- .com 34.9%
- .org 15.3%
- .de 6.7%
- .co.uk 2.5%
- .it 2.4%
- .fr 2.1%
- .net 1.9%
- .nl 1.7%
- .ca 1.7%
- Other 30.8%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Featherlight include business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference.
- Business 16.5%
- Marketing/Merchandising 10.5%
- Education/Reference 9.5%
- Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 7.1%
- Blogs/Wiki 5.4%
- Entertainment 4.8%
- Travel 4.8%
- Sports 4.6%
- Health 4.3%
- Other 32.5%
🔢 Featherlight Versions
The most common version of Featherlight is 1.7, used by 87.2% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 5.7% of sites use Featherlight 1.3, and 3% use Featherlight 1.5.
- 1.7 87.2%
- 1.3 5.7%
- 1.5 3%
- 1.4 2.3%
- 1.6 1.3%
- 1.2 0.8%
- 1.0 0.3%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Is Featherlight free?
Yes, it is a free JavaScript library.
It is also open source, and its code is available on 
GitHub.
Which country uses Featherlight the most?
The majority of Featherlight users are from the United States.
Who uses Featherlight?
Is Featherlight used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by lta.gov.sg. In total, we found Featherlight on 51 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Featherlight?
Yes. The most notable of these are unr.edu.ar,
williams.edu, and
umn.ac.id. Overall, we know of 64 academic websites in the United States that use Featherlight.
How does Featherlight stack up against its competitors?
Featherlight is a moderately popular JavaScript library, ranking ahead of 239 other JavaScript libraries we track.
What are the alternatives to Featherlight?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Featherlight may include 
Fancyapps, 
Lightbox, and 
PhotoSwipe.
👉 See Also
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🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,823,966 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.