10 Best Lightbox Gallery Plugins In JavaScript & CSS (2024 Update)

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What Is A Lightbox Gallery?

A Lightbox Gallery (also called Gallery Lightbox) is an essential UI component that provides users with an excellent image viewing experience.

It groups all images into a gallery and displays them in a fullscreen modal popup just as an inline slider/slideshow. From within your users can navigate between those images without having to open them one by one.

The Best Lightbox Gallery Plugin

Here is an up-to-date list of 10 best JavaScript and CSS powered lightbox gallery plugins that give you a responsive, impressive experience to view images on the website.

Don't forget to check the demo of each plugin before downloading to determine which plugin is right for you. Have fun.

Originally Published May 10 2021, updated Jan 12 2024

Table Of Contents:

jQuery Lightbox Gallery Plugins

Image Lightbox & Gallery For jQuery - Lightbox2

Lightbox2 is a simple and useful script which can be used to overlay your images or photos on top of the current web page.

Image Lightbox & Gallery For jQuery - Lightbox2

[Demo] [Download]


Responsive Touch-enabled Image Lightbox Plugin

Just another jQuery plugin helps you create image lightbox and gallery lightbox on your desktop and mobile websites.

Responsive Touch-enabled Image Lightbox Plugin

[Demo] [Download]


Responsive Image/Video Lightbox Gallery - jQuery LBT-Lightbox

A responsive and easy-to-use jQuery gallery lightbox plugin that provides a user-friendly way to showcase images and videos on your website or web application.

Responsive Image/Video Lightbox Gallery - jQuery LBT-Lightbox

[Demo] [Download]


Display Image Galleries In A Fullscreen Lightbox - cwa_lightbox

A simple, lightweight lightbox plugin that provides an elegant way to showcase portfolios, products, and any image content with a stylish fullscreen gallery lightbox.

Display Image Galleries In A Fullscreen Lightbox - cwa_lightbox

[Demo] [Download]


Fullscreen Lightbox Gallery With Thumbnail Navigation - jQuery lightboxed

A jQuery plugin for displaying any content (images, videos, text, galleries) in a fullscreen lightbox.

Fullscreen Lightbox Gallery With Thumbnail Navigation - jQuery lightboxed

[Demo] [Download]


Vanilla JS Lightbox Gallery Plugins

Responsive Image/Video Lightbox Gallery - jQuery LBT-Lightbox

A responsive and easy-to-use jQuery gallery lightbox plugin that provides a user-friendly way to showcase images and videos on your website or web application.

Responsive Image/Video Lightbox Gallery - jQuery LBT-Lightbox

[Demo] [Download]


Full-featured Responsive Lightbox Plugin - VenoBox

A responsive & mobile-friendly JavaScript lightbox plugin used to overlay any html elements (like images, iframes, videos, etc...) on your current page.

Full-featured Responsive Lightbox Plugin - VenoBox

[Demo] [Download]


Responsive Lightbox Gallery With Pure JavaScript And CSS3 – lightGallery

A responsive, touch-enabled, dependency-free JavaScript lightbox gallery library that enables you to present various types of media (images, videos, etc) in a fullscreen, scalable, navigatable, shareable, downloadable and CSS3 animated gallery popup.

Responsive Lightbox Gallery With Pure JavaScript And CSS3 – lightGallery

[Demo] [Download]


Feature-rich Lightbox Gallery Based On Bootstrap 5 – bs5-lightbox.js

A JavaScript lightbox gallery plugin for showcasing images, videos, Instagram posts, iframes in Bootstrap 5 modal & carousel components.

Feature-rich Lightbox Gallery Based On Bootstrap 5 – bs5-lightbox.js

[Demo] [Download]


Elegant Any Content Gallery Lightbox In Pure JavaScript – GLightbox

A simple yet powerful, mobile-friendly gallery lightbox plugin written in pure JavaScript and CSS/CSS3.

Elegant Any Content Gallery Lightbox In Pure JavaScript – GLightbox

[Demo] [Download]


Bonus: Pure CSS Lightbox Gallery Libraries

CSS Only Minimal Responsive Image Gallery lightbox – CSSBox

A minimal, responsive image gallery lightbox where the user is able to navigate between full sized images in a fullscreen lightbox popup. Built using CSS / CSS3 and plain html markup.

CSS Only Minimal Responsive Image Gallery lightbox – CSSBox

[Demo] [Download]


Conclusion:

Looking for more JavaScript and CSS solutions to create Lightbox Galleries on the web & mobile? See jQuery Lightbox Gallery and JavaScript Lightbox Gallery sections for more details.

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