particles.js vs shine.js
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
particles.js · shine.js · 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
2
Open Page Rank 7+
866
4
Open Page Rank 6+
1,469
5
Open Page Rank 5+
2,438
7
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 · shine.js · share of sites in each country using one or the other
India
21,257
214
United States
18,715
55
Brazil
14,094
21
France
8,535
27
Germany
8,529
26
Italy
7,744
20
Indonesia
7,306
23
Spain
6,931
23
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | particles.js | shine.js |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 2.6 s | 2.2 s |
| INP | 75 ms | 100 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 1300 ms | 900 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.