8 Best JavaScript Gallery libraries

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by aryaman@openweaver.com dot icon Updated: Feb 27, 2023

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JavaScript galleries are essential to many modern web applications and web pages. They enable you to present photographs and other material in an interactive, visually appealing manner, making your content more engaging and enticing to consumers. Numerous JavaScript gallery libraries are available, with features and capabilities ranging from simple image sliders to complicated 3D carousels and interactive grids. 


JavaScript gallery libraries are robust tools that enable developers to construct visually appealing and functioning picture and video galleries for their websites. These libraries provide an immersive and compelling user experience with touch-enabled interfaces, flexible layouts, and animation effects. 


Here is a list of the 8 Best JavaScript Gallery Libraries 

Slick:  

  • Aides in displaying a carousel of product images, allowing users to move through the images using arrows and dots.  
  • Aides in creating a hero image slideshow with a call-to-action button and a fade-in/fade-out transition.  
  • With a center mode that zooms in on the currently selected logo, it makes it easier to display a collection of logos.  
  • Aides in creating a custom background image and text overlay for a quote carousel. 

slickby kenwheeler

JavaScript doticonstar image 28002 doticonVersion:1.8.0doticon
License: Permissive (MIT)

the last carousel you'll ever need

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            slickby kenwheeler

            JavaScript doticon star image 28002 doticonVersion:1.8.0doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

            the last carousel you'll ever need
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                      Photoswipe: 

                      • Facilitates the display of a travel photo gallery with the ability to zoom in and rotate the image for greater detail.  
                      • Aids in creating an image portfolio gallery with a customized user interface and buttons for navigation.  
                      • Assists in displaying a slideshow of images that can be controlled with touch and arrow keys.  
                      • Creates a custom loading animation and transition effect for a gallery of images.   

                      PhotoSwipeby dimsemenov

                      JavaScript doticonstar image 22937 doticonVersion:v5.3.7doticon
                      License: Permissive (MIT)

                      JavaScript image gallery for mobile and desktop, modular, framework independent

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                                PhotoSwipeby dimsemenov

                                JavaScript doticon star image 22937 doticonVersion:v5.3.7doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                JavaScript image gallery for mobile and desktop, modular, framework independent
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                                          Fancybox: 

                                          • Helps in Displaying product images on an e-commerce website with the ability to zoom in on the pictures for more detail. 
                                          • Helps create a gallery of portfolio images that can be clicked on to display a larger version with a caption. 
                                          • Helps in Displaying a gallery of images for a real estate website with the ability to navigate through the photos with a slideshow. 
                                          • Helps create a popup modal that displays a video that can control the playback. 

                                          fancyboxby fancyapps

                                          JavaScript doticonstar image 7268 doticonVersion:v3.5.7doticon
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                                          jQuery lightbox script for displaying images, videos and more. Touch enabled, responsive and fully customizable.

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                                                    fancyboxby fancyapps

                                                    JavaScript doticon star image 7268 doticonVersion:v3.5.7doticonno licences License: No License

                                                    jQuery lightbox script for displaying images, videos and more. Touch enabled, responsive and fully customizable.
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                                                              LightGallery: 

                                                              • Aids in creating a gallery of images with custom captions and buttons for social sharing.   
                                                              • Facilitates displaying a collection of videos by providing a customized player interface and the capability to skip forward and backward through the video.  
                                                              • Aids in creating a portfolio gallery with a masonry layout and the capability of categorizing the images.  
                                                              • Assists in displaying a slideshow of images that can be controlled using keyboard arrows and touch gestures.   

                                                              lightGalleryby sachinchoolur

                                                              TypeScript doticonstar image 5843 doticonVersion:2.7.2-beta.0doticon
                                                              License: Others (Non-SPDX)

                                                              A customizable, modular, responsive, lightbox gallery plugin.

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                                                                        lightGalleryby sachinchoolur

                                                                        TypeScript doticon star image 5843 doticonVersion:2.7.2-beta.0doticon License: Others (Non-SPDX)

                                                                        A customizable, modular, responsive, lightbox gallery plugin.
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                                                                                  Bootstrap Image Gallery: 

                                                                                  • Helps create a gallery of product images with the ability to zoom in on the pictures for more detail. 
                                                                                  • Helps in Displaying a collection of images with a full screen slideshow that can be controlled with touch gestures. 
                                                                                  • Helps create a gallery of videos with the ability to autoplay them and display a custom poster image. 
                                                                                  • Helps in Displaying a collection of images with a thumbnail navigation bar at the bottom of the gallery. 
                                                                                  HTML doticonstar image 2859 doticonVersion:Currentdoticon
                                                                                  no licences License: No License (null)

                                                                                  This project is deprecated in favor of blueimp Gallery.

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                                                                                            Bootstrap-Image-Galleryby blueimp

                                                                                            HTML doticon star image 2859 doticonVersion:Currentdoticonno licences License: No License

                                                                                            This project is deprecated in favor of blueimp Gallery.
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                                                                                                      BaguetteBox: 

                                                                                                      • Helps in Displaying a gallery of images with a custom zoom and pan functionality. 
                                                                                                      • Helps create a portfolio gallery with a justified layout and a custom caption for each image. 
                                                                                                      • Helps in Displaying a collection of product images with a lightbox interface for viewing the photos in more detail. 
                                                                                                      • Helps create a gallery of images with a custom loading animation and transition effect. 

                                                                                                      baguetteBox.jsby feimosi

                                                                                                      JavaScript doticonstar image 2368 doticonVersion:v1.11.1doticon
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                                                                                                      :zap: Simple and easy to use lightbox script written in pure JavaScript

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                                                                                                                baguetteBox.jsby feimosi

                                                                                                                JavaScript doticon star image 2368 doticonVersion:v1.11.1doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                                :zap: Simple and easy to use lightbox script written in pure JavaScript
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                                                                                                                          Galleria: 

                                                                                                                          • Aids in creating an image gallery with a full-screen layout and the capability of using arrows and dots to move through the images.  
                                                                                                                          • Enables displaying a collection of product images with a call-to-action button and custom thumbnail navigation bar.  
                                                                                                                          • Facilitates the creation of a video gallery with a customized player interface and playback control capabilities.  
                                                                                                                          • Aides in displaying an image collection with a masonry layout and a lightbox interface for more in-depth viewing. 

                                                                                                                          galleriaby GalleriaJS

                                                                                                                          JavaScript doticonstar image 1696 doticonVersion:1.6.1doticon
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                                                                                                                          The JavaScript Image Gallery

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                                                                                                                                    galleriaby GalleriaJS

                                                                                                                                    JavaScript doticon star image 1696 doticonVersion:1.6.1doticon License: Permissive (MIT)

                                                                                                                                    The JavaScript Image Gallery
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                                                                                                                                              Unite Gallery: 

                                                                                                                                              • Helps in Creating a gallery of photos with a mosaic layout and the ability to display the EXIF data for each image. 
                                                                                                                                              • Helps in Displaying a collection of videos with a playlist-style interface that allows users to skip between videos. 
                                                                                                                                              • Helps create a gallery of images with a slider layout that displays images in a 3D carousel. 
                                                                                                                                              • Helps in Displaying a collection of images in a justified grid with a lightbox interface for viewing the photos in more detail. 

                                                                                                                                              unitegalleryby vvvmax

                                                                                                                                              JavaScript doticonstar image 530 doticonVersion:1.7.40doticon
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                                                                                                                                              Unite Gallery - Responsive jQuery Image and Video Gallery Plugin. Aim to be the best gallery on the web on it's kind. See demo here:

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                                                                                                                                                        unitegalleryby vvvmax

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                                                                                                                                                        Unite Gallery - Responsive jQuery Image and Video Gallery Plugin. Aim to be the best gallery on the web on it's kind. See demo here:
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