jackmoore/colorbox
A light-weight, customizable lightbox plugin for jQuery observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 6392
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 788
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4724 stars · 1106 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Colorbox is a lightweight, customizable lightbox plugin for jQuery that displays images, galleries, slideshows, ajax, inline, and iframed content in a modal overlay. It is styled via CSS, extensible with callbacks and event hooks, and requires no changes to existing HTML.
Use cases
- display images in a lightbox overlay on a website
- create an image gallery with grouping and slideshow
- show a login form or page loaded via ajax in a modal
- embed YouTube videos in a modal iframe
- display inline HTML content in a popup dialog
- add a customizable modal popup to a jQuery site
When to choose
- your site already uses jQuery and you need a lightbox or modal
- you need a tiny (~10KB) plugin supporting photos, ajax, inline, and iframe content
- you want full control over appearance via CSS and behavior via callbacks
When to avoid
- you are building a modern framework app (React, Vue) without jQuery
- you need a maintained solution with active development and modern browser features
- you need touch/swipe gestures or responsive-first lightbox behavior
Facets
plugin · maturity maintenance
ui-components animation image-processing web-development frontend media browser jquery lightbox modal gallery slideshow image-viewer nodejs
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/jackmoore/colorbox · fetched 2026-08-28 · a253f162aace
- homepage: http://www.jacklmoore.com/colorbox/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · fc0e635f2236
- site_page: http://www.jacklmoore.com/colorbox/faq · fetched 2026-08-29 · d15df02d5a54
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| jackmoore/colorbox | main | 10 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="jackmoore/colorbox")
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