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

    Lightbox 2

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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 (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  2. PhotoSwipe icon

    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
     
  4. Shadowbox icon

    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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Fancybox icon

    Fancybox

     2 likes

    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
    Fancybox screenshot 1
     
  6. frescoJS icon

    frescoJS

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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.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
    Out of the boy lightbox with featherlight
     
  9. ColorBox icon

    ColorBox

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

    8 ColorBox alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. Popper.js icon

    Popper.js

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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
    Shifted popups
     
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