PhotoSwipe

Kyiv, Ukraine

PhotoSwipe is a modular JavaScript image gallery and lightbox library for displaying responsive image collections with interactive viewing features.

It supports responsive images, zooming, panning, touch gestures, keyboard navigation, fullscreen viewing, customizable UI controls, and galleries created from HTML elements, external data, or dynamically generated image collections.

According to our data, PhotoSwipe ranks 39th among the JavaScript libraries we track.
It has 2% of the JavaScript library market share and is detected on 1.5% of all websites.

πŸ’Έ Pricing

PhotoSwipe is available for free.

Free βœ”οΈ Open source

πŸ“Š Rankings and Market Share

πŸ† PhotoSwipe Awards

⚑ Sites Using PhotoSwipe

We have data on 55,813 websites that use the PhotoSwipe JavaScript library. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using PhotoSwipe is gamer.com.tw.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 gamer.com.tw #350 Taiwan Chinese
2 merkur.de #572 Germany German
3 hdp**ncomics.com #857 American English
4 fr.de #2,091 Germany German
5 home-assistant.io #2,326 Switzerland English
6 taz.de #2,481 Germany German
7 hna.de #3,309 Germany German
8 ruhr24.de #3,642 Germany German
9 boat-lifestyle.com #3,891 India English
10 author.today #4,330 Russia Russian
11 irecommend.ru #4,389 Russia Russian
12 discoverpilgrim.com #4,573 India English
13 kgirls.net #5,274 Argentina Korean
14 birgun.net #5,881 Turkey Turkish
15 rozhlas.cz #6,201 Czech Republic Czech
16 fritz.com #6,333 Germany English
17 donanimhaber.com #6,571 Turkey Turkish
18 meinbezirk.at #7,041 Austria German
19 kreiszeitung.de #7,785 Germany German
20 melonbooks.co.jp #8,008 Japan Japanese

πŸ“ˆ Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use PhotoSwipe:

Most of the sites using PhotoSwipe are from the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

  • United States 21.4%
  • Germany 7.2%
  • United Kingdom 6.4%
  • Spain 4.3%
  • Japan 4.2%
  • France 4.1%
  • Australia 3.7%
  • Italy 3.6%
  • India 3.3%
  • Other 41.8%

Most PhotoSwipe users speak English, German, or Spanish.

  • English 54.9%
  • German 7.4%
  • Spanish 6.4%
  • French 4.4%
  • Japanese 3.6%
  • Italian 2.7%
  • Portuguese 2.1%
  • Russian 2%
  • Dutch 1.9%
  • Other 14.6%

The PhotoSwipe JavaScript library is especially popular on .com top-level domains.

  • .com 48.8%
  • .de 4.8%
  • .org 3.1%
  • .co.uk 2.7%
  • .com.au 2.3%
  • .it 1.8%
  • .fr 1.7%
  • .net 1.5%
  • .jp 1.4%
  • Other 31.9%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing PhotoSwipe include online shopping, business, and marketing and merchandising.

  • Online Shopping 26.8%
  • Business 13%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 12.9%
  • Fashion/Beauty 8.8%
  • Education/Reference 3.4%
  • Blogs/Wiki 3.4%
  • Entertainment 2.8%
  • Travel 2.8%
  • Health 2.4%
  • Other 23.7%

πŸ”’ PhotoSwipe Versions

The most popular version of PhotoSwipe is 4.1, used by 61.3% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 18% of sites use PhotoSwipe 5.3, and 12.1% use PhotoSwipe 5.4.

  • 4.1 61.3%
  • 5.3 18%
  • 5.4 12.1%
  • 5 4%
  • 5.2 3%
  • 4.0 1.1%
  • 3.0 1%
  • 4 0.2%

πŸ•΅οΈ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best PhotoSwipe alternatives.

RankName
12
Fancyapps
Ogre, Latvia

A commercial JavaScript UI component library for creating lightboxes, carousels, and interactive image viewers.

€29+
19
Lightbox
San Francisco, California, United States

The original lightbox library used to overlay images on top of the current page.

FreeOpen source
48
jQuery Colorbox
Florida, United States

A lightweight, customizable lightbox plugin for jQuery.

FreeOpen source
55
LightGallery

A customizable, modular, responsive lightbox gallery plugin with no dependencies.

FreeOpen source
66
Lity

An ultra-lightweight, accessible and responsive lightbox plugin that supports images, iframes and inline content out of the box.

FreeOpen source

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πŸ’¬ Frequently Asked Questions

Where is PhotoSwipe from?

PhotoSwipe is from Kyiv, Ukraine.

Can I use PhotoSwipe for free?

Yes, it is a free JavaScript library.
It is also open source and its code can be found on GitHub.

Which country uses PhotoSwipe the most?

The majority of PhotoSwipe users are from the United States.

Who uses PhotoSwipe?

According to our data, PhotoSwipe is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as gamer.com.tw, merkur.de, and fr.de.

Is PhotoSwipe used on government websites?

In total, we found PhotoSwipe on 3 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use PhotoSwipe?

Yes. Overall, we know of 22 academic websites in the United States that use PhotoSwipe.

How does PhotoSwipe stack up against the competition?

PhotoSwipe is a fairly popular JavaScript library, ranking ahead of 273 other JavaScript libraries we track.

What are the alternatives to PhotoSwipe?

Alternatives and possible competitors to PhotoSwipe may include LightGallery, Fancyapps, and Lightbox.

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