🆚 esm.sh vs. Google Hosted Libraries

esm.sh is a JavaScript content delivery network powered by Cloudflare that serves NPM packages as native ES modules for browsers and Deno without local installation or builds.

It allows developers to import JavaScript modules directly from HTTP URLs, and supports TypeScript type definitions, CommonJS to ES module conversion, dependency bundling, JSX and TSX transpilation, import maps, and packages from NPM, JSR, GitHub, and pkg.pr.new registries.

Google Hosted Libraries is a public content delivery network operated by Google that serves popular open-source JavaScript libraries.

It hosts widely used libraries such as jQuery, Bootstrap, D3, and MooTools, delivers versioned files over HTTPS from Google infrastructure, and provides global edge delivery optimized for high availability.

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

• 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Public CDN category.
• 🥈 Second most popular in Russia in the Public CDN category.
• 🥈 Second most popular in Croatia in the Public CDN category.
• 🥈 Second most popular in Iceland in the Public CDN category.
• 🥈 Second most popular in Andorra in the Public CDN category.

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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