hColumns vs Magnific-Popup

hColumns

jQuery.hColumns is a jQuery plugin that looks like Mac OS X Finder's column view for the hierarchical data. (by bu)

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Magnific-Popup

Light and responsive lightbox script with focus on performance. (by dimsemenov)

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hColumns		Magnific-Popup
	Project
-	Mentions	7
109	Stars	11,385
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
almost 5 years ago	Latest Commit	3 months ago
JavaScript	Language	JavaScript
-	License	MIT License

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hColumns

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

Magnific-Popup

Posts with mentions or reviews of Magnific-Popup. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

What package would you use for large photo viewing on a webapp?
1 project | /r/webdev | 22 Feb 2023

I've used magnific popup in the past, but it (understandably per the README) hasn't been updated in a while.
Magnific Popup Replacement for 2023?
1 project | /r/webdev | 29 Dec 2022

I used Magnific for years and loved it for its ease of use, options, and lightweight footprint; however I've been looking elsewhere for a non-jquery dependent ES6 solution.
How to open an image on a web page?
1 project | /r/CodingHelp | 6 Dec 2022

Magnific-popup
Simple and easy lighbox-gallery
1 project | /r/Frontend | 12 Sep 2022
Narrow-screen menus that look good?
1 project | /r/elementor | 8 Sep 2022

I usually use this one: https://github.com/dimsemenov/Magnific-Popup
How to specify the video width in popup ?
1 project | /r/learnjavascript | 18 Aug 2021

Hi, I use this pop up video script from https://dimsemenov.com/plugins/magnific-popup/
Magnific popup module works for me, but doesn't display how I want
1 project | /r/drupal | 12 Feb 2021

It looks like the devs of magnific popup are actively maintaining the project on their github, found here. You might want to try posing your question to the issues forum.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing hColumns and Magnific-Popup you can also consider the following projects:

lightGallery - A customizable, modular, responsive, lightbox gallery plugin.

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

css-modal - A modal built with pure CSS, enhanced with JavaScript

SweetAlert - A beautiful replacement for JavaScript's "alert"

bootstrap-modal - Extends the default Bootstrap Modal class. Responsive, stackable, ajax and more.

sweetalert2 - ✨ A beautiful, responsive, highly customizable and accessible (WAI-ARIA) replacement for JavaScript's popup boxes. Zero dependencies. 🇺🇦

X-editable - In-place editing with Twitter Bootstrap, jQuery UI or pure jQuery

colorbox - A light-weight, customizable lightbox plugin for jQuery

baguetteBox.js - :zap: Simple and easy to use lightbox script written in pure JavaScript