🆚 MooTools vs. Prototype

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

JavaScript library
JavaScript library

About

MooTools is a collection of JavaScript utilities for DOM management, AJAX, and event handling.

Prototype is a JavaScript framework that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications.

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source

Categories

JavaScript Libraries › Rank #67
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #83

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The MooTools JavaScript library is 1.6 times more popular than Prototype.
Total websites

Market share

JavaScript Libraries

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

MooTools is more popular in the United States, Germany, and Russia, while Prototype is more popular in Japan, Brazil, and Switzerland.
United States
Germany
Russia
Italy
United Kingdom
France
Poland
Spain
Japan
Ukraine

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

MooTools is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference, while Prototype is more commonly used on online shopping, games, and real estate sites.
Business
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Blogs/Wiki
Travel
Entertainment
Internet Services
Sports
Public Information

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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Rank
#5,146
#6,282
#9,261
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