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
1
Open Page Rank 8+
296
9
Open Page Rank 7+
893
17
Open Page Rank 6+
1,513
27
Open Page Rank 5+
2,509
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
24,611
221
United States
21,297
230
Brazil
15,388
127
France
10,517
113
Germany
9,736
120
Italy
9,293
103
Indonesia
8,580
95
Spain
8,159
107
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | particles.js | Paths.js |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 2.7 s | 2.2 s |
| INP | 75 ms | 100 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 1300 ms | 700 ms |
Median site's p75 values from the Chrome UX Report, Jun 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 |