Lit
OpenJS Foundation, San Francisco, California, United StatesLit is an open-source 
JavaScript library for building fast and lightweight web components, developed as the successor to Google's 
Polymer project.
The library uses native Web Components APIs with reactive properties and 
HTML template literals, reduces boilerplate compared to Polymer, updates only changed parts of the DOM for faster rendering, and supports server-side rendering, 
TypeScript, and integration with frameworks such as 
React, 
Vue, and 
Angular.
According to our data, Lit ranks 15th among the website components we track.
It has 0.6% of the component market share and is present on 0.03% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
- 🔗 Links
- </> Source code
💸 Pricing
Lit is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Components
- Rank: 15
- Market share: 0.6%
- JavaScript Libraries
- Rank: 219
- Market share: 0.04%
🏆 Lit Awards
- 🥉 Third most popular in Taiwan in the Components category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in China in the Components category.
- ⭐ 10th most popular in Austria in the Components category.
- 🔥 13rd most popular in the United States in the Components category.
- 🔥 15th most popular in Germany in the Components category.
- ⬆️ 61st most popular in Taiwan in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 121st most popular in China in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 130th most popular in Austria in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 198th most popular in Germany in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 209th most popular in the United States in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⚡ Sites Using Lit
We have data on 1,155 websites that use Lit component technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Lit is 
ok.ru.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ok.ru |
#295 | Russia | English |
| 2 | #1,452 | United States | English | |
| 3 | #1,979 | American English | ||
| 4 | #2,077 | United States | English | |
| 5 | #5,028 | Belarus | Russian | |
| 6 |  n8n.io |
#5,363 | Germany | English |
| 7 | #6,337 | United States | English | |
| 8 | #7,028 | United States | English | |
| 9 | jenkins.io | #9,351 | United States | English |
| 10 | #10,204 | Russia | Russian | |
| 11 | #12,730 | United States | English | |
| 12 | #14,944 | United States | English | |
| 13 | #14,962 | American English | ||
| 14 |  apps.microsoft.com |
United States | American English | |
| 15 | #19,635 | United States | English | |
| 16 | #20,676 | United States | English | |
| 17 | #24,943 | Romania | American English | |
| 18 |  dribbble.com |
#25,505 | United States | English |
| 19 | #26,276 | United States | English | |
| 20 | #26,390 | China | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Lit:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Online Shopping category.
Most of the sites using Lit are from the United States, Taiwan, and Germany.
- United States 25.1%
- Taiwan 13%
- Germany 8.4%
- China 5.4%
- Austria 5.3%
- United Kingdom 5.1%
- Netherlands 3%
- Norway 2.8%
- Canada 2.6%
- Other 29.3%
Most Lit users speak English, Chinese, or German.
- English 59.4%
- Chinese 15.1%
- German 7.8%
- Spanish 2.5%
- Dutch 2.5%
- French 2.3%
- Norwegian 2.2%
- Italian 1%
- Portuguese 0.9%
- Other 6.3%
Lit component technology is especially popular on .com and .com.tw top-level domains.
- .com 42.4%
- .com.tw 8.4%
- .de 4.4%
- .org 4.2%
- .io 2.4%
- .no 2.3%
- .net 2%
- .nl 1.9%
- .dev 1.9%
- Other 30.1%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Lit include online shopping, business, and marketing and merchandising.
- Online Shopping 25%
- Business 15%
- Marketing/Merchandising 10%
- Fashion/Beauty 7.3%
- Software/Hardware 5.8%
- Internet Services 5%
- Travel 3.5%
- Education/Reference 2.7%
- Health 2.7%
- Other 23%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Lit?
Lit is owned by the OpenJS Foundation, headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Is Lit free?
Yes, it is a free component technology.
It is also open source, and you can find its source code on 
GitHub.
Which country uses Lit the most?
The majority of Lit users are from the United States.
Who uses Lit?
According to our data, Lit is used on over a thousand sites, including such established ones as ok.ru, nasdaq.com, and
hudl.com.
Do academic institutions use Lit?
Yes. The most notable of these is ucdavis.edu. In total, we know of 8 academic websites in the United States that use Lit.
What are the alternatives to Lit?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Lit may include Loadable Components,
CKEditor, and 
Froala.
👉 See Also
- ✨ Related technologies
- 💼 All technologies from OpenJS Foundation
🗃️ 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 3,827,731 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.