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+
24
0
Open Page Rank 8+
260
2
Open Page Rank 7+
840
4
Open Page Rank 6+
1,432
5
Open Page Rank 5+
2,383
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
20,741
214
United States
18,320
56
Brazil
13,488
20
France
8,911
30
Germany
8,448
24
Italy
8,367
22
Spain
7,458
25
Indonesia
7,019
22
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | particles.js | shine.js |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 2.6 s | 2.1 s |
| INP | 75 ms | 100 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 1300 ms | 900 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.