This is the 10 best JavaScript and/or CSS libraries to zoom your images within the document for better user experience. I hope you like it and don’t forget to spread the world.
Originally Published Dec 17 2017, updated Aug 15 2019
1. medium-zoom
medium-zoom is a lightweight and dependency-free JavaScript library used for creating a responsive, user-friendly image zoom / lightbox effect as seen on Medium.com pages.
2. Drift
Drift is a standalone and highly configurable JavaScript library that provides responsive, smooth hover (or touch) zoom effect on images.
3. MediumLightbox
MediumLightbox is a pure JavaScript plugin that provides a Medium-like, mobile-friendly zoom effect on your images.
4. Lightense.js
Lightense.js is a lightweight and simple to use JavaScript library for image zooming as you seen on Medium.com.
5. Wheelzoom
This is a pure JavaScript of the jQuery Wheelzoom plugin that provides ‘mouse-wheel to zoom’ and ‘drag to pan’ functionalities on an image. Based on HTML5 canvas and has events handling support.
6. Zoomer.js
Zoomer.js is a dependence-free JavaScript library which provides zoom in and zoom out functionalities on images.
7. Image Zoom
Image Zoom is a pure JavaScript library that provides an intelligent zoom experience on your web images. Inspired by Medium’s image zoom.
8. ImageZoom.js
ImageZoom.js is a lightweight, zero-dependencies JavaScript library which adds zoom in effects to your images on mouse hover.
9. Detail View
Detail View is a vanilla JavaScript approach to zooming and panning an image on hover.
10. focus.js
focus.js is an ES6/Vanilla JavaScript plugin to provide smooth interactive image inner zoom functionality that reacts to mouse movement.