ColorBox AlternativesImage Viewers and other similar apps like ColorBox

ColorBox has been discontinued. Similar sites and apps include Lightbox 2, which is free and open source. Other options are Simple lightbox, PhotoSwipe, Shadowbox and Magnific Popup. In total there are eight Image Viewers like ColorBox for self-hosting, Chrome OS, Mac and Windows.

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ColorBox alternatives page was last updated Feb 9, 2023

Lightbox 2
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Lightbox is a simple, unobtrusive script used to overlay images on the current page. Its a snap to setup and works on all modern browsers.
9 Lightbox 2 alternatives
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Origin
United States
Platforms
Online
Good alternative?Is Lightbox 2 a good alternative to ColorBox?
Simple lightbox
1 like
Lightweight and responsive lightbox library with no dependencies.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Origin
Germany
EU
Platforms
Self-Hosted
Good alternative?Is Simple lightbox a good alternative to ColorBox?
PhotoSwipe
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Touch-friendly JavaScript image gallery for mobile and desktop, without dependencies. Responsive layout. Swipe and zoom gestures.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Platforms
Online
Self-Hosted
Good alternative?Is PhotoSwipe a good alternative to ColorBox?
Shadowbox
7 likes
Shadowbox is a web-based media viewer application that supports all of the webs most popular media publishing formats. Shadowbox is written entirely in JavaScript and CSS and is highly customizable. Using Shadowbox, website authors can showcase a wide assortment of media in all...
Cost / License
Free Personal
Proprietary
Application type
Image Viewer
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Online
Good alternative?Is Shadowbox a good alternative to ColorBox?
Magnific Popup
4 likes
Magnific Popup is a responsive lightbox & dialog script with focus on performance and providing best experience for user with any device (for jQuery or Zepto.js).
Cost / License
Free
Open Source (MIT)
Origin
Russia
Platforms
Online
Self-Hosted
JavaScript
Russia
Good alternative?Is Magnific Popup a good alternative to ColorBox?
Fancybox
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FancyBox is a tool for displaying images, html content and multi-media in a Mac-style "lightbox" that floats overtop of web page. It was built using the jQuery library.
9 Fancybox alternatives
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application type
Image Viewer
Origin
Türkiye
Platforms
Online
Türkiye
Good alternative?Is Fancybox a good alternative to ColorBox?
frescoJS
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Create stunning overlays that work great at any screensize, in all browsers on every device. Fresco is a beautiful responsive lightbox. It can be used to create stunning overlays that work great at any screen size, in all browsers on every device.
Cost / License
Freemium
Proprietary
Application type
Image Viewer
Origin
Netherlands
EU
Platforms
Online
Good alternative?Is frescoJS a good alternative to ColorBox?
Featherlight.js
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Featherlight is a very lightweight jQuery lightbox plugin. It's simple yet flexible and easy to use. Featherlight has minimal css and uses no inline styles, it offers image, ajax and iframe support out of the box.
Cost / License
Free
Open Source
Alerts
Discontinued
Platforms
Mac
Windows
Chrome OS
Self-Hosted
Wordpress
Node.JS
jQuery
+1
Good alternative?Is Featherlight.js a good alternative to ColorBox?