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+
26
0
Open Page Rank 8+
296
2
Open Page Rank 7+
893
4
Open Page Rank 6+
1,513
5
Open Page Rank 5+
2,509
8
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
24,611
223
United States
21,297
71
Brazil
15,388
22
France
10,517
26
Germany
9,736
29
Italy
9,293
23
Indonesia
8,580
23
Spain
8,159
24
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | particles.js | shine.js |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 2.7 s | 2.3 s |
| INP | 75 ms | 100 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 1300 ms | 1000 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.