⚡ JavaScript Libraries in the United Arab Emirates

JavaScript libraries are collections of prewritten code that provide reusable functions and components for building interactive features and handling common client-side tasks in web applications.

The United Arab Emirates is a Western Asian country with a population of over 10 million people.

According to our statistics, JavaScript libraries are used on 83.8% of websites from the United Arab Emirates.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top JavaScript libraries in the United Arab Emirates in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is jQuery, which dominates the market with a substantial 87.6% share.
It is followed by Swiper with 33.1% and Owl Carousel with 19.5%.

jQuery 87.6%
Swiper 33.1%
Owl Carousel 19.5%
Polyfill 16.3%
ImagesLoaded 16%
Facebook SDK 15.7%
Lottie 15.4%
Slick 15.1%
Waypoints 14.8%
React 12.3%
🍪 JS Cookie 12%
Magnific Popup 11.9%
jQuery BlockUI 10.7%
Isotope 9.2%
Underscore.js 9.1%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top libraries that are more popular in the United Arab Emirates than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

3. Owl Carousel ^(-4)
7. Lottie ^(-3)
9. Waypoints ^(-2)
12. Magnific Popup ^(-2)
13. jQuery BlockUI ^(-3)
14. Isotope ^(-7)
15. Underscore.js ^(-2)
16. Wow.js ^(-10)
18. Popper ^(-7)
20. SmartMenus ^(-4)

✨ Best JavaScript Libraries

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 246 JavaScript libraries used on sites from the United Arab Emirates, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	jQuery San Francisco, California, United States A fast, small, feature-rich JavaScript library designed to simplify HTML DOM tree traversal and manipulation, event handling, CSS animations, and Ajax. FreeOpen source	87.6%
2	Swiper Weston, Florida, United States A modern touch slider library for building responsive sliders and carousels with hardware-accelerated transitions. FreeOpen source	33.1%
3	Owl Carousel Germany A touch enabled jQuery plugin that lets you create a beautiful, responsive carousel slider. FreeOpen source	19.5%
4	Polyfill An open-source JavaScript library that provides modern web API features to older browsers that do not natively support them. FreeOpen source	16.3%
5	ImagesLoaded Alexandria, Virginia, United States A JavaScript library that detects when images have been loaded. FreeOpen source	16%
6	Facebook SDK Menlo Park, California, United States A library that provides client-side tools for Social Plugins, Facebook Login, and Graph API calls. Free	15.7%
7	Lottie San Francisco, California, United States An animation framework created by Airbnb that lets developers export Adobe After Effects animations as JSON and render them natively on mobile, desktop, and the web. FreeOpen source	15.4%
8	Slick An open-source, fully responsive and accessible carousel library. FreeOpen source	15.1%
9	Waypoints West Linn, Oregon, United States A library that makes it easy to execute a function whenever you scroll to an element. FreeOpen source	14.8%
10	React Menlo Park, California, United States A popular open-source JavaScript library for building dynamic user interfaces, created by Facebook. FreeOpen source	12.3%
11	🍪 JS Cookie Germany A simple, lightweight JavaScript library for handling browser cookies. FreeOpen source	12%
12	Magnific Popup A responsive lightbox and dialog plugin for jQuery and Zepto.js. FreeOpen sourceLegacy	11.9%
13	jQuery BlockUI Allows you to block user interaction on the page or part of the page. FreeOpen source	10.7%
14	Isotope Alexandria, Virginia, United States A commercial JavaScript library for creating filterable and sortable grid layouts. FreeOpen source$25+	9.2%
15	Underscore.js Boston, Massachusetts, United States A utility library for JavaScript that provides support for functional programming helpers (each, map, reduce, filter) without extending any built-in JavaScript objects. FreeOpen source	9.1%
16	Wow.js A JavaScript library that reveals CSS animations when you scroll. FreeOpen source	8.9%
17	Modernizr A JavaScript library that detects the availability of HTML, CSS and JavaScript features in the user's browser. FreeOpen source	8.6%
18	Popper Monza, Italy A JavaScript library used for positioning and displaying tooltips, popovers, and dropdowns. FreeOpen source	7.6%
19	Fancyapps A commercial library of JavaScript UI components that includes lightbox, carousel, and pan/zoom components. €29+	7.6%
20	SmartMenus A jQuery plugin for creating mobile-first, responsive, and accessible list-based website menus that work on all devices. FreeOpen source	6.9%
21	Animate On Scroll A CSS-driven, lightweight library to animate elements on your page as you scroll. FreeOpen source	6.9%
22	Regenerator Menlo Park, California, United States A JavaScript library from Facebook that allows the use of ES6 generators in older browsers. FreeOpen source	6.4%
23	jQuery Validation Provides drop-in validation for your existing forms, while making it easy to customize to fit your application. FreeOpen source	6.4%
24	Select2 A jQuery based replacement for select boxes. FreeOpen source	5.8%
25	FlexSlider San Francisco, California, United States A responsive jQuery slider created by the WooCommerce team and included with WooCommerce. FreeOpen source	5.3%

👉 See Also

✨ Related Technologies
- JavaScript
🌎 JavaScript Libraries in other countries
- Iraq
- Oman
- Qatar

Data is based on the analysis of 8,313 websites from the United Arab Emirates.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.