The Lightbox Clones Matrix
| Name | Icons | Size (in kb) | Javascript Library | Total Javascript Size | Images | Sets of multiple images | Other objects |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awesome Box |    |
23.5 | YUI (DOM-Events + Animation) (43k) | 66.5 | Yes | Yes | No |
| Bumpbox |     |
5 | Mootools 1.2 (90k) | 95 | Yes | No | FLV and SWF, PDF objects, iframes |
| CeeBox |    |
28 | jQuery (94k) + Jquery SWFObject (5k) | 127 | Yes | Yes | Inline elements, Ajax, Flash, Videos, Iframes |
| CeraBox | |
29 | mootools (84 k) | 113 k | Yes | Yes | Iframe, Ajax, Flash, Video |
| ColorBox | |
19 | jQuery (94k) | 113 | Yes | Yes | Iframe, Inline, Ajax. Image preloading. |
| Control.Modal |  |
15.3 | Prototype (130k) | 145.3 | Yes | No | Inline content, iframe, ajax |
| EasyBox | |
14.5 | jQuery (94 k) | 108.5 k | Yes | Yes | Iframes, inline content and videos |
| EnlargeIt! |  |
30 | - | 30 | Yes | No | Also several images at once |
| Facebox | |
6.2 | jQuery (94k) | 100.2 | Yes | No | Inline content, Ajax content |
| Fancy Zoom | |
35 | - | 35 | Yes | Yes | No |
| Fancy Zoom for jQuery | |
6.1 | jQuery (94k) | 100.1 | Yes | No | Inline HTML, Flash |
| Fancy Zoom for Prototype | |
9.1 | Prototype + Scriptaculous (172k) | 181.2 | Yes | No | Inline HTML, Flash |
| FancyBox | |
12.3 | jQuery (94k) | 103.6 | Yes | Yes | Inline content, iframe |
| Floatbox | |
71.3 | - | 71.3 | Yes | Yes | Iframes, AJAX content, inline divs, flash, quicktime, youtube |
| Greybox | |
25.5 | - | 25.5 | Yes | Yes | Iframes |
| Greybox Redux | |
1.2 | jQuery (94k) | 95.2 | No | No | Iframes |
| Highslide | |
8.5 to 68.9 | - | 8.5 to 69.9 | Yes | Yes | Inline content, Flash, Ajax content, iframe |
| iBox | |
23.7 | - | 23.7 | Yes | No | Inline content, Youtube video, Ajax content |
| Imagebox | |
17.6 | jQuery (94k) | 111.6 | Yes | Yes | No |
| ImageZoom | |
12.4 | Mootools 1.2 (90k) | 102.4 | Yes | Yes | - |
| jQuery lightBox plugin | |
19 | jQuery (94k) | 113 | Yes | Yes | No |
| Leightbox | |
5.1 | Prototype (130k) | 135.1 | No | No | Inline content |
| LightBox Gone Wild | |
5.9 | Prototype (130k) | 135.9 | No | No | Ajax content |
| Lightbox+ | |
29.4 | - | 29.4 | Yes | Yes | No |
| Lightbox2 | |
18.4 | Prototype + Scriptaculous (172k) | 190 | Yes | Yes | No |
| Lighter Box | |
4.4 | - | 4.4 | Yes | No | No |
| Lightview | |
28 | Prototype + Scriptaculous (165k) | 157 | Yes | Yes | Inline content, Ajax content, Flash, iframe |
| LightWindow | |
63.7 | Prototype + Scriptaculous (165k) | 228.7 | Yes | Yes | Inline, Ajax, Flash, Video, Mostly anything |
| Litebox | |
18 | Mootools (7k) | 25 | Yes | Yes | No |
| Lytebox | |
39.5 | - | 39.5 | Yes | Yes | Iframes |
| mediaboxAdvanced | |
21.5 | Mootools 1.2 (90k) | 111.5 | Yes | Yes | Inline HTML, audio, video, flash, iframe |
| Milkbox | |
23.2 | Mootools (98k) | 121.2 | Yes | Yes | Flash, XML based gallery definitions. Autoplay and autosize features. |
| ModalBox | |
22.6 | Prototype + Scriptaculous (165k) | 187.6 | No | No | Ajax content |
| MOOdalbox | |
9.7 | Mootools (36k) | 45.7 | No | No | Ajax content |
| Multibox | |
20 | Mootools (36k) | 56 | Yes | Yes | Inline content, Ajax, Flash, MP3, video, iframe |
| nyroModal | |
33.3 | jQuery (94k) | 127.3 | Yes | Yes | Inline content, Ajax, Iframes, Youtube |
| piroBox | |
19.7 | jQuery (94 k) | 113.7 | Yes | Yes | |
| prettyPhoto | |
12 | jQuery (94k) | 106 | Yes | Yes | - |
| Prototype Window | |
64 | Prototype (130k) | 194 | No | No | Inline content, Ajax content |
| RoeBox | |
7 | Mootools (23k) | 30 | Yes | Yes | No |
| Sexy Lightbox | |
13.3 | mootools (96.5) | 109.8 | Yes | Yes | - |
| Sexy Lightbox2 | |
22 | mootools (96.5) or jQuery (94k) | 117 | Yes | Yes | Inline elements, Ajax, Flash |
| Shadowbox | |
90 | jQuery or Prototype or Mootools or YUI or ExtJS or Dojo | Depends. | Yes | Yes | Inline content, iframe, Flash, Videos, Youtube, Mostly anything |
| simplebox | |
6.8 | prototype (163 kb) | 169.8 | No | No | Inline elements |
| SlideWindow | |
9.4 | - | 9.4 | Yes | Yes | - |
| Slightbox | |
20 | Mootools (23k) | 43 | Yes | Yes | No |
| Slightly ThickerBox | |
11.5 | jQuery (94k) | 105.5 | Yes | Yes | Ajax content, Videos |
| Slimbox | |
7 | Mootools (98k) | 105 | Yes | Yes | No |
| Smoothbox | |
10.8 | Mootools (120k) | 130.8 | Yes | Yes | Inline content, iframe, ajax |
| SubModal | |
12.2 | - | 12.2 | No | No | Ajax content |
| Suckerfish HoverLightbox Redux | |
23.5 | Prototype + Scriptaculous (165k) | 152.5 | Yes | Yes | No |
| SWFbox | |
5.6 | - | 5.6 | No | No | Flash |
| TALCIBox | |
15 | - | 15 | Yes | Yes | Iframes & inline HTML |
| Thickbox | |
11.3 | jQuery (94k) | 105.3 | Yes | Yes | Inline content, iframe, ajax |
| TinyBox | |
2.9 | Prototype (130k) | 132.9 | No | No | Ajax content |
| tinyLightbox |  |
9.3 | jquery (94 k) | 103 k | Yes | Yes | |
| TopUp | |
47 | jQuery + jQuery UI (217k) | 264 | Yes | Yes | Iframe, inline HTML, videos and flash |
| WeebBox | |
10.6 | Prototype + Scriptaculous (172k) | 182.6 | Yes | Yes | Automatic slideshows possible from sets |
| YUI based lightbox | |
7.2 | YUI (lots of components) (355k) | 362.2 | Yes | Yes | No |
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