Yet Another React Lightbox

Modern React lightbox component. Performant, easy to use, customizable, and extendable.

Overview

Built for React: works with React 19, 18, 17, and 16.8.0+
UX: supports keyboard, mouse, touchpad, and touchscreen navigation
Preloading: never displays partially downloaded images
Performance: preloads limited number of images without compromising performance or UX
Responsive: responsive images with automatic resolution switching are supported out of the box
Video: video slides are supported via an optional plugin
Zoom: image zoom is supported via an optional plugin
Customization: customize any UI element or add your own custom slides
No bloat: never bundle rarely used features; add optional features via plugins
TypeScript: type definitions come built-in with the package
RTL: compatible with RTL layout

Documentation

https://yet-another-react-lightbox.com/documentation

Examples

https://yet-another-react-lightbox.com/examples

Changelog

https://github.com/igordanchenko/yet-another-react-lightbox/releases

Installation

npm install yet-another-react-lightbox

Minimal Setup Example

import * as React from "react";
import Lightbox from "yet-another-react-lightbox";
import "yet-another-react-lightbox/styles.css";

export default function App() {
  const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false);

  return (
    <>
      <button type="button" onClick={() => setOpen(true)}>
        Open Lightbox
      </button>

      <Lightbox
        open={open}
        close={() => setOpen(false)}
        slides={[
          { src: "/image1.jpg" },
          { src: "/image2.jpg" },
          { src: "/image3.jpg" },
        ]}
      />
    </>
  );
}

Recommended Setup

Unlike many other lightbox libraries, Yet Another React Lightbox is not limited to just two images per slide ("thumbnail" and "original" / "full size"). Instead, we favor responsive images with automatic resolution switching and recommend you provide multiple files of different resolutions for each image slide. Yet Another React Lightbox automatically populates srcset / sizes attributes and lets the user's browser decide which image is more appropriate for its viewport size.

import * as React from "react";
import Lightbox from "yet-another-react-lightbox";
import "yet-another-react-lightbox/styles.css";

export default function App() {
  const [open, setOpen] = React.useState(false);

  return (
    <>
      <button type="button" onClick={() => setOpen(true)}>
        Open Lightbox
      </button>

      <Lightbox
        open={open}
        close={() => setOpen(false)}
        slides={[
          {
            src: "/image1x3840.jpg",
            alt: "image 1",
            width: 3840,
            height: 2560,
            srcSet: [
              { src: "/image1x320.jpg", width: 320, height: 213 },
              { src: "/image1x640.jpg", width: 640, height: 427 },
              { src: "/image1x1200.jpg", width: 1200, height: 800 },
              { src: "/image1x2048.jpg", width: 2048, height: 1365 },
              { src: "/image1x3840.jpg", width: 3840, height: 2560 },
            ],
          },
          // ...
        ]}
      />
    </>
  );
}

You can also integrate 3rd-party image components (e.g., Next.js Image or Gatsby Image) via a custom render function. See examples on the documentation website.

Plugins

Yet Another React Lightbox allows you to add optional features to your project based on your requirements via plugins.

The following plugins are bundled in the package:

Captions - adds support for slide title and description
Counter - adds slides counter
Download - adds download button
Fullscreen - adds support for fullscreen mode
Inline - transforms the lightbox into an image carousel
Share - adds sharing button
Slideshow - adds slideshow button
Thumbnails - adds thumbnails track
Video - adds support for video slides
Zoom - adds image zoom feature