🆚 Prototype vs. Scriptaculous
- 📈 Prototype is twice as popular as Scriptaculous.
- 🌍 Prototype is more popular in all countries.
Statistics based on 3.5M+ analyzed websites. About this data
Type
JavaScript library
JavaScript library
About
Prototype is a 
JavaScript framework that aims to ease development of dynamic web applications.
Script.aculo.us is a set of JavaScript libraries to enhance the user interface of web sites.
Pricing
Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source
Categories
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The Prototype JavaScript library is 2 times more popular than Scriptaculous.
Total websites
Market share
JavaScript Libraries
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
Prototype is more popular than Scriptaculous in all countries.
United States
Germany
Japan
United Kingdom
France
Netherlands
Italy
Brazil
Czech Republic
Poland
Awards
- ⬆️ 55th most popular in the Czech Republic in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 60th most popular in Lithuania in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 61st most popular in Japan in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 63rd most popular in Germany in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 65th most popular in Finland in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in the Czech Republic in the Animation category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in Poland in the Animation category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in Hungary in the Animation category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in Romania in the Animation category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in Denmark in the Animation category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Prototype is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, business, and marketing and merchandising, while Scriptaculous is more commonly used on recreation and hobbies sites.
Online Shopping
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Fashion/Beauty
Travel
Sports
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
Compare alternatives
Technologies with similar characteristics.
jQuery
Zepto
RxJS
Animsition
jQuery Easing🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,531,690 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.