Magnific Popup Alternatives

Magnific Popup is described as 'Responsive lightbox & dialog script with focus on performance and providing best experience for user with any device (for jQuery or Zepto.js)' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are eight alternatives to Magnific Popup for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Self-Hosted, Wordpress, Node.JS and jQuery apps. The best Magnific Popup alternative is Lightbox 2, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Magnific Popup are PhotoSwipe, Shadowbox, Fancybox and frescoJS.

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  1. Lightbox 2 icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Lightbox 2 is the most popular Web-based alternative to Magnific Popup.

    • Lightbox 2 is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Magnific Popup.

    • Lightbox 2 is Free and Open SourceMagnific Popup is also Free and Open Source
  2. PhotoSwipe icon
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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
     
    • PhotoSwipe is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Magnific Popup.

    • PhotoSwipe is Free and Open SourceMagnific Popup is also Free and Open Source
  3. Shadowbox icon
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    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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  4. Fancybox icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. frescoJS icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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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
     
    • Featherlight.js is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Magnific Popup.

    • Featherlight.js is Free and Open SourceMagnific Popup is also Free and Open Source
  7. ColorBox icon
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    ColorBox: light-weight, customizable lightbox plugin for jQuery 1.3 & 1.4.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  8. Popper.js icon
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    Popper.js is a JavaScript library used to create poppers in web applications. A popper is an element on the screen which "pops out" from the natural flow of your application. Common examples of poppers are tooltips and popovers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
     
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