All Lightbox clones I could find

Today I spiced up the Stencil Street Art site with a nice little JavaScript effect. It allows you to view larger versions of 30 images displayed without leaving the site and without any reload. It's pretty slick.

I did not write this script but instead used a clone of the original invented by Lokesh Dhakar called Lightbox. The Lightbox effect got pretty popular since it was released and today probably a dozen clones exist.

Here follows a list of scripts I found while searching for the one fitting my needs for the Stencil Street Art site.

Lightbox JS

The original code nothing fancy but small and self contained.

Images only
No image sets
No effects

Lightbox JS v2.0

A complete rewrite by the same author as Lightbox v1 using the script.aculo.us and prototype libraries.

Images only
Image sets
“fancy pants” transition effects

Lightbox+

Implements some of Lightbox v2's feature atop of the original Lightbox script without adding a library dependency. Downsizes too large images to the available screen space and adds an optional “effect image”.

Images only
Image sets
no effects

GreyBox

Adds iframe support to the Lightbox idea.

Images only
Image sets
Fading effects

Thickbox

A simple implementation using JQuery supporting iframe and AJAX atop of images.

Images, iframe, AJAX
Image sets
No effects

Greybox Redux

A reimplentation of GreyBox using the JQuery library. The examples only show the iframe support, so I'm not sure if images and sets are really supported.

Images?, iframe
Image sets?
No effects?

Slimbox

A lightweight clone of the Lightbox v2 script using the mootools framework.

Images only
Image sets
“fancy pants” transition effects

ModalBox

An implentation to use the lightbox effect for modal dialogs. Build on prototype and script.aculo.us.

AJAX only
No image sets
“fancy pants” transition effects

ClearBox

Another Lightbox v2 clone, adding a slide show auto timer. The homepage is in Hungarian only.

Images only
Image sets
Zoom transition effects

Suckerfish HoverLightbox Redux

This library combines the Lightbox image set feature with the well known “Suckerfish” menus to create full fledged image galleries.

Images only
Image sets
“fancy pants” transition effects

You see there is a lot of choice and there are probably a lot more scripts I didn't see today. Which script you should use depends on which JavaScript library you might use already, if you need to display non-image content and if you need any effects. For the street art sit I choose Slimbox and modified it to my needs. In DokuWiki's gallery plugin a modified version of Lightbox+ is included.

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Posted on Saturday, March the 31st 2007 (3 years ago).

Here are a couple of YUI (Yahoo) versions:

Awesome Box:
http://paularmstrongdesigns.co … wesomebox/

2007-04-10 01:39:03

Shane

hi there:

i just found an image host who hosts the light box script and your image light box'd for free...

http://www.inselpix.com

i just thought i'd share the site with you all! :)

j

2007-04-22 21:19:56

jenn

Good info.
If you want to include HTML contents, here's a fairly good one (YUI based): http://thecodecentral.com/2007 … ce-library

2007-08-24 17:15:24

Maven

Lightbox ist einfach traumhaft.

sieht alles viel besser aus

2007-11-16 14:34:03

djmarten

How do you get the gallery plugin to use Slimbox or Lytebox? The GUI of the gallery plugin is horrible on large screen (tiny arrows and x).

Also Lytebox have a slideshow function.

2008-01-03 03:17:19

OTU

Can't find what you're looking for? Check out http://planetozh.com/projects/ … ox-clones/ for a Lightbox Clones Matrix.

2008-05-05 21:34:28

Andi

I'd recommend to have a look at EnlargeIt!, because it's smaller than the others, it doesn't need any framework and it's absolutely free. http://enlargeit.timos-welt.de

Best regards
Timo

2008-05-26 22:23:14

Timo

Is it ok if I post my own scripts? :D I've found them pretty darn helpful on my own sites, maybe someone else would enjoy them as well...

Mediabox (http://iaian7.com/webcode/Mediabox) has been out for over a year, and supports non-image formats such as flash movies, inline content, frames, and automatic retrieval of social video site links.

mediaboxAdvanced (http://iaian7.com/webcode/medi … oxAdvanced) adds image support, gallery sets, and many other advancements, along with updating to the latest Mootools 1.2 library.

2008-10-01 00:07:00

Iaian7

Thanks a million..I found Clearbox following your link here (Now that Lightview is not free..)Thanks again.

2008-12-02 06:04:23

Arun

hi,thanks for knowledge sharing.thanks for useful post.Here i alos found a good collection of lighbox windows.http://planetozh.com/projects/ … ox-clones/

2009-09-22 07:34:22

Jignesh