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lightbox2

The original Lightbox script. Uses jQuery.

v2.12.0No license fieldCommonJSTypes: None
$ npm install lightbox2
Deprecated on npm
Lightbox2 is in maintenance mode. Lightbox3 is available: https://lokeshdhakar.com/projects/lightbox3/

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
24k
-15% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
1
Direct, from package.json
Last release
-
v2.12.0
GitHub stars
6.4k
1.7k forks
Open issues / PRs
37 / 13
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
8

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
020k40k60k80kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 72.1k (24 Mar 2026)Low 14.3k (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

24,024 downloads last week. The 12-month change of -15% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
-
Latest version
2.12.0
First published
-
Last push to GitHub
13 Apr 2026164 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
37
Open pull requests
13
Commits, last 52 weeks
8
Dependents on npm
-

Major versions

-

Recent releases

-

Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
924 kB
Dependencies (1)
jquery
npm install lightbox2

CDN

jsDelivr: 85.7m requests in 30 days
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/lightbox2@2.12.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/lightbox2@2.12.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/lightbox2@2.12.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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