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+
26
0
Open Page Rank 8+
256
2
Open Page Rank 7+
827
5
Open Page Rank 6+
1,418
13
Open Page Rank 5+
2,335
17
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
20,741
86
United States
18,320
85
Brazil
13,488
43
France
8,911
49
Germany
8,448
48
Italy
8,367
48
Spain
7,458
45
Indonesia
7,019
66
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, 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.