⚡ JavaScript Lightbox Libraries

JavaScript lightbox libraries enable the display of images, videos, and other media in a dimmed modal overlay that appears above the main page content, in a UI element commonly known as a lightbox.

They typically support responsive layouts, touch and swipe navigation, keyboard controls, animations, media galleries, and accessibility features for viewing media in an enlarged format without leaving the page.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the leading JavaScript lightbox libraries in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Fancyapps with a share of 6.8%, followed by Magnific Popup with 6.6% and Lightbox with 5.4%.

Fancyapps 6.8%
Magnific Popup 6.6%
Lightbox 5.4%
PhotoSwipe 1.7%
jQuery Colorbox 1.3%
iLightBox 0.9%
LightGallery 0.9%
Lity 0.7%
Featherlight 0.6%
GLightbox 0.3%
VenoBox 0.2%
BaguetteBox.js 0.2%
Shadowbox 0.1%
Lightbox for Bootstrap 0.1%
Fullscreen Lightbox 0.1%

🚀 Country Highlights

Here is a list of lightbox libraries that are especially popular in certain countries.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

Fancyapps is #3 in Russia ^(-10)
Lightbox is #5 in the Czech Republic ^(-15)
Magnific Popup is #6 in Turkey ^(-8)

✨ Best JavaScript Lightbox Libraries

Below is a more detailed list of 16 JavaScript lightbox libraries we detect, ranked by their market share.

Available filters: 2D-Graphics 3D-Graphics Animation Carousel CSS Data Grids DOM Editors Lightbox Scroll SPA State Utility UI

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Fancyapps A commercial library of JavaScript UI components that includes lightbox, carousel, and pan/zoom components. €29+	6.8%
2	Magnific Popup A responsive lightbox and dialog plugin for jQuery and Zepto.js. FreeOpen sourceLegacy	6.6%
3	Lightbox San Francisco, California, United States The original lightbox library used to overlay images on top of the current page. FreeOpen source	5.4%
4	PhotoSwipe A modular JavaScript image gallery and lightbox. FreeOpen source	1.7%
5	jQuery Colorbox A lightweight, customizable lightbox plugin for jQuery. FreeOpen source	1.3%
6	iLightBox A commercial jQuery lightbox plugin. $16+Legacy	0.9%
7	LightGallery A customizable, modular, responsive lightbox gallery plugin with no dependencies. FreeOpen source	0.9%
8	Lity An ultra-lightweight, accessible and responsive lightbox plugin that supports images, iframes and inline content out of the box. FreeOpen source	0.7%
9	Featherlight A lightweight jQuery lightbox plugin. FreeOpen source	0.6%
10	GLightbox A pure JavaScript lightbox that can display images, iframes, inline content and videos. FreeOpen source	0.3%
11	VenoBox Responsive vanilla JS lightbox plugin, suitable for images, videos, and iframes. FreeOpen source	0.2%
12	BaguetteBox.js Simple and easy to use lightbox script written in pure JavaScript. FreeOpen source	0.2%
13	Shadowbox A lightbox library for photos and videos, last released in 2014. FreeOpen sourceLegacy	0.1%
14	Lightbox for Bootstrap A lightbox module for Bootstrap that supports images, YouTube videos and galleries - built around Bootstrap's Modal plugin. FreeOpen sourceLegacy	0.1%
15	Fullscreen Lightbox A vanilla JavaScript plugin with no dependencies for displaying images and videos in a clean overlay box. FreeOpen source$19.90+	0.1%
16	Chocolat.js A responsive and customizable lightbox library. FreeOpen source	0.03%

Data is based on the analysis of 3,319,477 websites.
Statistics were last calculated on March 16, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.