⚡ JavaScript Libraries in Austria

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.

Austria is a Central European country with a population of over 9 million people.

According to our statistics, JavaScript libraries are used on 68.1% of websites from Austria.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is jQuery, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 85.5% share.
It is followed by Swiper with 19.5% and ImagesLoaded with 11.5%.

jQuery 85.5%
Swiper 19.5%
ImagesLoaded 11.5%
Polyfill 10.5%
Lightbox 10.1%
SystemJS 9.9%
Facebook SDK 9.2%
Modernizr 8.7%
Lottie 8.5%
Waypoints 8.3%
Fancyapps 7.9%
Slick 7.8%
🍪 JS Cookie 7.7%
Magnific Popup 7.1%
Owl Carousel 7.1%

🚀 Highlights

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

3. ImagesLoaded ^(-2)
5. Lightbox ^(-15)
6. SystemJS ^(-17)
8. Modernizr ^(-4)
9. Lottie ^(-1)
10. Waypoints ^(-1)
11. Fancyapps ^(-2)
16. FlexSlider ^(-3)
17. jQuery Easing ^(-1)
19. Isotope ^(-2)

✨ Best JavaScript Libraries

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 262 JavaScript libraries used on sites from Austria, 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	85.5%
2	Swiper Weston, Florida, United States A modern touch slider library for building responsive sliders and carousels with hardware-accelerated transitions. FreeOpen source	19.5%
3	ImagesLoaded Alexandria, Virginia, United States A JavaScript library that detects when images have been loaded. FreeOpen source	11.5%
4	Polyfill An open-source JavaScript library that provides modern web API features to older browsers that do not natively support them. FreeOpen source	10.5%
5	Lightbox San Francisco, California, United States The original lightbox library used to overlay images on top of the current page. FreeOpen source	10.1%
6	SystemJS Vancouver, Canada A hookable, standards-based, dynamic ES module module loader. FreeOpen source	9.9%
7	Facebook SDK Menlo Park, California, United States A library that provides client-side tools for Social Plugins, Facebook Login, and Graph API calls. Free	9.2%
8	Modernizr A JavaScript library that detects the availability of HTML, CSS and JavaScript features in the user's browser. FreeOpen source	8.7%
9	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	8.5%
10	Waypoints West Linn, Oregon, United States A library that makes it easy to execute a function whenever you scroll to an element. FreeOpen source	8.3%
11	Fancyapps A commercial library of JavaScript UI components that includes lightbox, carousel, and pan/zoom components. €29+	7.9%
12	Slick An open-source, fully responsive and accessible carousel library. FreeOpen source	7.8%
13	🍪 JS Cookie Germany A simple, lightweight JavaScript library for handling browser cookies. FreeOpen source	7.7%
14	Magnific Popup A responsive lightbox and dialog plugin for jQuery and Zepto.js. FreeOpen sourceLegacy	7.1%
15	Owl Carousel Germany A touch enabled jQuery plugin that lets you create a beautiful, responsive carousel slider. FreeOpen source	7.1%
16	FlexSlider San Francisco, California, United States A responsive jQuery slider created by the WooCommerce team and included with WooCommerce. FreeOpen source	6.8%
17	jQuery Easing Wilberfoss, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom A jQuery plugin that adds 10+ advanced easing animations. FreeOpen source	6.6%
18	MediaElement.js Dallas, Texas, United States A free audio and video player with support for media files (MP4, WebM, MP3), streaming content (HLS, Dash), and embeddable players (YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, Twitch, SoundCloud, etc). FreeOpen source	6.4%
19	Isotope Alexandria, Virginia, United States A commercial JavaScript library for creating filterable and sortable grid layouts. FreeOpen source$25+	6.2%
20	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	5.8%
21	React Menlo Park, California, United States A popular open-source JavaScript library for building dynamic user interfaces, created by Facebook. FreeOpen source	5.8%
22	SmartMenus A jQuery plugin for creating mobile-first, responsive, and accessible list-based website menus that work on all devices. FreeOpen source	5.3%
23	jQuery BlockUI Allows you to block user interaction on the page or part of the page. FreeOpen source	5.1%
24	Regenerator Menlo Park, California, United States A JavaScript library from Facebook that allows the use of ES6 generators in older browsers. FreeOpen source	4.9%
25	Masonry Alexandria, Virginia, United States A cascading grid layout library that places elements in optimal positions based on available vertical space. FreeOpen source	4.7%

👉 See Also

✨ Related Technologies
- JavaScript
🌎 JavaScript Libraries in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 29,011 websites from Austria.
Statistics were last calculated on March 20, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.