react-masonry-css implements a pure CSS masonry layout, leveraging CSS Grid or Flexbox to achieve the masonry effect without JavaScript, resulting in better performance.

react-masonry-component offers a masonry layout that allows for dynamic positioning of items based on their size, creating a visually appealing staggered effect.

react-responsive-masonry focuses on creating responsive masonry layouts that adjust based on the screen size, ensuring a consistent look across devices.

react-photo-gallery supports both grid and masonry layouts, allowing for more flexibility in how images are displayed, with advanced features for customizing the layout.

react-grid-gallery provides a grid layout with lightbox functionality, making it easy to display images in a structured format with the ability to view them in full screen.

react-masonry-css offers customization through CSS, giving developers full control over the styling of the masonry items and layout without any predefined styles.

react-masonry-component provides good customization options for item styling and layout, allowing developers to create unique designs while maintaining the masonry structure.

react-responsive-masonry allows for customization of the masonry layout and item styles, with a focus on maintaining responsiveness across different screen sizes.

react-photo-gallery is highly customizable, allowing for detailed control over image rendering, spacing, and layout behavior, making it suitable for more complex designs.

react-grid-gallery allows for basic customization of image sizes, captions, and lightbox styles, but it is relatively limited in terms of layout flexibility.

react-masonry-css does not provide lightbox support, as it focuses solely on the masonry layout. Lightbox functionality would need to be implemented separately.

react-masonry-component does not include lightbox functionality by default, but it can be integrated with third-party lightbox components for a complete solution.

react-responsive-masonry does not offer lightbox functionality, but it can be combined with lightbox components to create a more interactive image gallery.

react-photo-gallery does not include lightbox support out of the box, but it can be easily integrated with external lightbox libraries for enhanced image viewing.

react-grid-gallery includes built-in lightbox support for viewing images in full screen, enhancing the gallery experience with minimal additional setup.

react-masonry-css is lightweight and performs well, especially for smaller galleries. Its CSS-based approach reduces the need for heavy JavaScript processing.

react-masonry-component performs well with a dynamic number of items, but performance may vary with a large number of items due to the nature of the masonry layout.

react-responsive-masonry maintains good performance while ensuring that the masonry layout adapts responsively, though performance can be affected by the number of items and their sizes.

react-photo-gallery is designed for performance, with features like lazy loading and efficient rendering, making it suitable for galleries with many images.

react-grid-gallery is optimized for performance with lazy loading and efficient rendering of images, making it suitable for galleries with a moderate number of images.

CSS-Only Masonry Layout

import React from 'react';
import { Masonry } from 'react-masonry-css';
import './styles.css'; // Custom CSS for styling

const MyMasonry = () => (
  <Masonry
    breakpointCols={{ default: 3, 768: 2, 480: 1 }}
    className='my-masonry'
    columnClassName='my-masonry-column'
  >
    <div className='masonry-item'>Item 1</div>
    <div className='masonry-item'>Item 2</div>
    <div className='masonry-item'>Item 3</div>
  </Masonry>
);

export default MyMasonry;

Masonry Layout with Dynamic Items

import React from 'react';
import Masonry from 'react-masonry-component';

const masonryOptions = {
  transitionDuration: '0.4s',
};

const MyMasonry = () => (
  <Masonry
    options={masonryOptions}
    className='my-masonry'
  >
    <div className='masonry-item'>Item 1</div>
    <div className='masonry-item'>Item 2</div>
    <div className='masonry-item'>Item 3</div>
  </Masonry>
);

export default MyMasonry;

Responsive Masonry Layout

import React from 'react';
import { Masonry } from 'react-responsive-masonry';

const MyResponsiveMasonry = () => (
  <Masonry
    columnsCountBreakPoints={{ 350: 1, 750: 2, 900: 3 }}
  >
    <div style={{ padding: '10px' }}>Item 1</div>
    <div style={{ padding: '10px' }}>Item 2</div>
    <div style={{ padding: '10px' }}>Item 3</div>
  </Masonry>
);

export default MyResponsiveMasonry;

Customizable Photo Gallery

import React from 'react';
import Gallery from 'react-photo-gallery';

const photos = [
  { src: 'image1.jpg', width: 4, height: 3 },
  { src: 'image2.jpg', width: 1, height: 1 },
  { src: 'image3.jpg', width: 3, height: 4 },
];

const MyGallery = () => <Gallery photos={photos} />;

export default MyGallery;

Simple Grid Gallery with Lightbox

import React from 'react';
import Gallery from 'react-grid-gallery';

const images = [
  {
    src: 'image1.jpg',
    thumbnail: 'image1_thumb.jpg',
    thumbnailWidth: 150,
    thumbnailHeight: 150,
    caption: 'Image 1',
  },
  {
    src: 'image2.jpg',
    thumbnail: 'image2_thumb.jpg',
    thumbnailWidth: 150,
    thumbnailHeight: 150,
    caption: 'Image 2',
  },
];

const MyGallery = () => <Gallery images={images} />;

export default MyGallery;