⚡ 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.

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⭐ 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 5.3%.

Fancyapps 6.8%
Magnific Popup 6.6%
Lightbox 5.3%
PhotoSwipe 2%
jQuery Colorbox 1.1%
LightGallery 0.9%
iLightBox 0.8%
Lity 0.7%
Featherlight 0.6%
GLightbox 0.4%
VenoBox 0.2%
BaguetteBox.js 0.2%
Shadowbox 0.1%
Lightbox for Bootstrap 0.1%
Fullscreen Lightbox 0.1%

✨ Best JavaScript Lightbox Libraries

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

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Rank	Name	Market share
1	Fancyapps Ogre, Latvia A commercial JavaScript UI component library for creating lightboxes, carousels, and interactive image viewers. €29+	6.8%
2	Magnific Popup Kyiv, Ukraine 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	5.3%
4	PhotoSwipe Kyiv, Ukraine A modular JavaScript image gallery and lightbox library for displaying responsive image collections with interactive viewing features. FreeOpen source	2%
5	jQuery Colorbox Florida, United States A lightweight, customizable lightbox plugin for jQuery. FreeOpen source	1.1%
6	LightGallery A customizable, modular, responsive lightbox gallery plugin with no dependencies. FreeOpen source	0.9%
7	iLightBox A commercial jQuery lightbox plugin. $16+Legacy	0.8%
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	0.4%
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%

🗃️ 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 3,817,728 websites.
We currently track the presence of 312 JavaScript libraries across the web.
Statistics were last calculated on September 14, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.