Fancybox AlternativesImage Viewers and other similar apps like Fancybox

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1. 

   

   Lightbox 2

    5 likes

   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 Fancybox?

    
2. 

   

   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 Fancybox?

    
4. 

   

   PhotoSwipe

    2 likes

   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

   

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   PhotoSwipe vs Fancybox Comments

   Positive comment by jidoubravsk · Dec 28, 2018

   No dependencies (you dont need jQuery, etc.)

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   • PhotoSwipe is Free and Open SourceFancybox is Freemium and Proprietary
5. 

   

   lightgallery.js

    2 likes

   A customizable, modular, responsive, lightbox gallery. No dependencies. With tons of features such as thumbnails, youtube, vimeo and html5 videos, touch and drag suppot.. etc

   Cost / License

   • Paid
   • Proprietary

   Platforms

   • Online
   • Self-Hosted

   

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6. 

   

   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

   

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   Magnific Popup vs Fancybox Comments

   Negative comment by Guest · Jul 15, 2021

   Not similar enough and not supported now

   1 of 1 comments

   

   

   • Magnific Popup is Free and Open SourceFancybox is Freemium and Proprietary
8. 

   

   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

   

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9. 

   

   Featherlight.js

    1 like

   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

   

   

   

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10. 

    

    frescoJS

     2 likes

    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

    

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11. 

    

    ColorBox

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    ColorBox: light-weight, customizable lightbox plugin for jQuery 1.3 & 1.4.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Image Viewer

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online

    

    Good alternative?Is ColorBox a good alternative to Fancybox?