# frontend-collective/react-image-lightbox

React lightbox component

Repository: https://github.com/frontend-collective/react-image-lightbox
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/react-image-lightbox
Homepage: https://frontend-collective.github.io/react-image-lightbox/
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: react, lightbox, image, component
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-01-19T15:09:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3857, "days_push": 1322, "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 1278, forks 351 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:13.331273+00:00)

## What it is
A React lightbox component for displaying images with zoom, keyboard navigation, and mobile touch support. The package is no longer maintained and is being archived in favor of alternatives like react-photoswipe-gallery.

## Use cases
- display images in a lightbox overlay in react
- add image gallery with zoom to react app
- keyboard-navigable image viewer for react
- mobile-friendly image lightbox with pinch to zoom
- preload images for smooth gallery browsing

## When to choose
- you need a simple, proven lightbox for a legacy React project already using it
- you want a lightweight MIT-licensed lightbox component

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - the package is unmaintained and archived
- you need ongoing bug fixes or new features
- you want a maintained alternative like react-photoswipe-gallery

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, image-processing
- domain: frontend, web-development, media
- platform: browser
- tags: react, lightbox, image-gallery, unmaintained, web-server, nodejs

## Member repositories
- frontend-collective/react-image-lightbox (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:13.331273+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 2026-08-30T05:02:45.493834+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/frontend-collective/react-image-lightbox (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:13.331273+00:00, sha 872ef7ceca0e)
  - homepage: https://frontend-collective.github.io/react-image-lightbox/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:13:39.031662+00:00, sha ff19e151fd51)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/react-image-lightbox (fetched 2026-08-29T12:13:39.033919+00:00, sha 7d6302c5b2a9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.