particles.js vs Rickshaw
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
particles.js · Rickshaw · how many of each technology's sites sit in the web's highest authority tiers
Open Page Rank 9+
25
0
Open Page Rank 8+
271
4
Open Page Rank 7+
866
7
Open Page Rank 6+
1,469
14
Open Page Rank 5+
2,438
20
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 · Rickshaw · share of sites in each country using one or the other
India
21,257
86
United States
18,715
85
Brazil
14,094
44
France
8,535
50
Germany
8,529
51
Italy
7,744
48
Indonesia
7,306
69
Spain
6,931
44
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | particles.js | Rickshaw |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 2.6 s | 1.9 s |
| INP | 75 ms | 100 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 1300 ms | 700 ms |
Median site's p75 values from the Chrome UX Report, Aug 2026. Lower is better; green meets Google's "good" threshold. This describes the sites that use each technology, not the technology's own overhead.