Magnific Popup Alternatives

Apps similar to Magnific Popup include Lightbox 2, which is free and open source. Other options are PhotoSwipe, Shadowbox, Fancybox and frescoJS. In total there are eight Image Viewers like Magnific Popup for the web, self-hosting, Chrome OS, Mac and Windows.

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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.

    9 Lightbox 2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
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  2. PhotoSwipe icon
     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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  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
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  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
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  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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  6. 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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  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
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  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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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