particles.js vs Paths.js
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
particles.js · Paths.js · how many of each technology's sites sit in the web's highest authority tiers
Open Page Rank 9+
26
4
Open Page Rank 8+
256
11
Open Page Rank 7+
827
16
Open Page Rank 6+
1,418
30
Open Page Rank 5+
2,335
44
Open Page Rank scores 0 to 10 from the open web link graph; 9+ covers only a few hundred domains worldwide.
By country
particles.js · Paths.js · share of sites in each country using one or the other
India
20,741
170
United States
18,320
219
Brazil
13,488
116
France
8,911
112
Germany
8,448
116
Italy
8,367
101
Spain
7,458
104
Indonesia
7,019
84
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | particles.js | Paths.js |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 2.6 s | 2.1 s |
| INP | 75 ms | 100 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 1300 ms | 700 ms |
Median site's p75 values from the Chrome UX Report, Sep 2026. Lower is better; green meets Google's "good" threshold. This describes the sites that use each technology, not the technology's own overhead.
Sites that switched
Domains that dropped one technology and adopted the other within about a year, data nobody else gives away free.
particles.js to Paths.js
| Domain | When |
|---|---|
| velara.cc | Apr 2026 |