🆚 Hammer.js vs. jQuery UI Touch Punch

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

JavaScript library
JavaScript library

About

Hammer.js is an open-source JavaScript library for detecting gestures from touch, mouse, and pointer events.

jQuery UI Touch Punch adds touch events to jQuery UI.

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

JavaScript Libraries › Rank #79
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #66

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The jQuery UI Touch Punch JavaScript library is 1.4 times more popular than Hammer.js.
Total websites

Market share

JavaScript Libraries

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

jQuery UI Touch Punch is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, while Hammer.js is more popular in Russia, Germany, and Ukraine.
United States
Russia
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Spain
Italy
Netherlands
Australia
Ukraine

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

jQuery UI Touch Punch is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while Hammer.js is more commonly used on general news, games, and art, culture and heritage sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Travel
Internet Services
Real Estate
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment
Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#507
xpaja.net
#818
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Rank
#2,549
#2,731
#3,133
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