# Fancybox

A library of JavaScript UI components that includes the best lightbox - Fancybox, the powerful Carousel, and the convenient Panzoom.

Repository: https://github.com/fancyapps/ui
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fancybox
Homepage: https://fancyapps.com/
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: fancybox, carousel, panzoom, javascript, lightbox, gallery
Last push: 2026-04-29T08:12:11+00:00
Link (homepage): https://fancyapps.com/
Link (site_page): https://fancyapps.com/resources/releases
Link (site_page): https://fancyapps.com/pricing

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 84/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 79, release rhythm 81, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1917, "days_push": 126, "days_rel": 126, "gap_med": 3, "n_releases_24m": 50}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1081, forks 106 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:30.693443+00:00)

## What it is
Fancybox is a JavaScript lightbox library for displaying images, videos, and other HTML content in an overlay, with touch support, responsiveness, and gallery features. The original jQuery-based repository is archived and development has moved to the fancyapps/ui project, which offers a commercial dual-license (GPLv3 or paid).

## Use cases
- display images in a lightbox on my website
- create an image gallery with zoom and thumbnails
- show videos in a modal overlay
- open inline HTML content in a popup
- add a touch-friendly swipeable gallery to a mobile site
- replace jQuery lightbox with a modern alternative

## When to choose
- you need a polished, feature-rich lightbox with images, video, and iframe support out of the box
- your project can comply with GPLv3 or you can purchase a commercial license
- you want touch gestures, responsive layout, and gallery features without building it yourself

## When to avoid
- you need a permissively licensed (MIT/Apache) library for commercial use without paying
- you want a dependency-free vanilla JS solution and the jQuery version is archived
- you only need a simple modal dialog rather than a media lightbox

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, image-processing, video-processing
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: lightbox, jquery, gallery, modal, touch-enabled, responsive, dual-licensed, archived-repo, javascript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- fancyapps/ui (main) score 84
- fancyapps/fancybox (mirror) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:30.693443+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:39:44.891134+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/fancyapps/ui (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:30.693443+00:00, sha 973f7f992d39)
  - homepage: https://fancyapps.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:02.934062+00:00, sha b1a4bc9b5b6d)
  - site_page: https://fancyapps.com/resources/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:02.936606+00:00, sha cf9dd45bac63)
  - site_page: https://fancyapps.com/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T08:35:02.938344+00:00, sha 4126855604ca)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.