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+
296
4
Open Page Rank 7+
893
8
Open Page Rank 6+
1,513
16
Open Page Rank 5+
2,509
23
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
24,611
90
United States
21,297
85
Brazil
15,388
48
France
10,517
59
Germany
9,736
51
Italy
9,293
57
Indonesia
8,580
80
Spain
8,159
46
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | particles.js | Rickshaw |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 2.7 s | 2 s |
| INP | 75 ms | 75 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.