# ashleydw/lightbox

A lightbox gallery plugin for Bootstrap

Repository: https://github.com/ashleydw/lightbox
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/lightbox
Homepage: http://ashleydw.github.io/lightbox
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: bootstrap, lightbox, galleries, javascript, modal
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-05-07T23:41:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4763, "days_push": 2309, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1822, forks 1254 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:41.067997+00:00)

## What it is
ekko-lightbox is a jQuery plugin that adds a lightbox gallery to Bootstrap, built on top of Bootstrap's Modal component. It supports displaying images, YouTube videos, and image galleries with navigation.

## Use cases
- display images in a lightbox overlay on a Bootstrap site
- embed YouTube videos in a modal lightbox
- create an image gallery with prev/next navigation
- add a lightbox to Bootstrap 4 modals
- show image thumbnails that open full-size in a modal

## When to choose
- you already use Bootstrap 3 or 4 and jQuery
- you need a simple lightbox for images, videos, or galleries
- you want a lightweight plugin configurable via data attributes

## When to avoid
- you use Bootstrap 5, which removed jQuery and changed the modal API
- you need a framework-agnostic or React/Vue lightbox
- you need advanced features like zoom, pan, or touch gestures

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: ui-components, animation, image-processing
- domain: frontend, web-development, media
- platform: browser
- tags: bootstrap, lightbox, jquery, gallery, modal, youtube-videos, javascript

## Member repositories
- ashleydw/lightbox (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:41.067997+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 2026-08-30T03:19:47.997008+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ashleydw/lightbox (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:41.067997+00:00, sha 88ca6f581899)
  - homepage: http://ashleydw.github.io/lightbox (fetched 2026-08-29T10:58:46.056391+00:00, sha eec089eb89c6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.