Last update : July 5, 2014

Early 2006, Lokesh Dhakar introduced Lightbox, a unobtrusive script used to display large images using modal dialogs over a black faded background. Six years later, there were hundred of scripts available to create slideshows, carousels, sliders and image galleries on the web. I evaluated the following responsive javascript slideshows for different projects:

• Camera
• carousel
• Colorbox
• Fancybox
• Flexslider 2
• Floatbox
• Imageflow
• jCarousel
• jquery-cycle 2
• Lightbox 2
• Lightview
• Lytebox
• NoobSlide
• Photoswipe
• ResponsiveSlides
• Shutter-Reloaded
• Slick
• Swipe
• TinyBox 2
• TinySlider
• TinyFader
• tn3gallery
• TouchGallery

Today, some of these scripts are outdated and I included them only for historical reasons. Some scripts are standalone, but most are based on jQuery, a fast, small and feature-rich JavaScript library. Most of them are also available as WordPress plugin.

My favorite script is the …

I use the following code :

...

See the demo

The following list provides links to websites with additional informations about slideshows and related topics :

• Elastic Image Slideshow with Thumbnail Preview, by Mary Lou, Codrops
• JQuery SlideShow, 150 fresh resources, by Juan Pablo Sarmiento, WebDesignShock
• 11 Multi-touch and Touch events Javascript libraries, by Kevin Liew, Queness
• The Lightbox Clones Matrix, by Richard Ozh
• From Flickr to Photoswipe : A Brief Tutorial, by Ajay Pillarisetti
• Html5 Tumblr Mobile App (Slideshow) : Part One and Part Two