⚡ JavaScript Libraries in Ethiopia

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.

Ethiopia is an East African country with a population of over 127 million people.

According to our statistics, JavaScript libraries are used on 88.5% of websites from Ethiopia.

Statistics based on 243 analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is jQuery, which dominates the market with a substantial 82.3% share.
It is followed by Swiper with 32.6% and Owl Carousel with 23.7%.

jQuery 82.3%
Swiper 32.6%
Owl Carousel 23.7%
ImagesLoaded 20.5%
Magnific Popup 17.7%
React 14.4%
Waypoints 14.4%
Isotope 14%
Underscore.js 13.5%
Modernizr 13.5%
🍪 JS Cookie 12.6%
Lottie 11.6%
Slick 11.2%
Polyfill 11.2%
Facebook SDK 8.8%

🚀 Highlights

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

3. Owl Carousel ^(-4)
4. ImagesLoaded ^(-1)
5. Magnific Popup ^(-9)
6. React ^(-3)
7. Waypoints ^(-4)
8. Isotope ^(-13)
9. Underscore.js ^(-8)
10. Modernizr ^(-2)
16. jQuery Easing ^(-2)
17. jQuery Validation ^(-16)

✨ Best JavaScript Libraries

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 129 JavaScript libraries used on sites from Ethiopia, 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	82.3%
2	Swiper Weston, Florida, United States A modern touch slider library for building responsive sliders and carousels with hardware-accelerated transitions. FreeOpen source	32.6%
3	Owl Carousel Germany A deprecated open-source jQuery plugin for creating responsive, touch-enabled, and accessible carousel sliders. FreeOpen sourceLegacy	23.7%
4	ImagesLoaded Alexandria, Virginia, United States An open-source JavaScript library that detects when images and CSS background images have finished loading, allowing code to run only after loading is complete. FreeOpen source	20.5%
5	Magnific Popup A responsive lightbox and dialog plugin for jQuery and Zepto.js. FreeOpen sourceLegacy	17.7%
6	React Menlo Park, California, United States A popular open-source JavaScript library for building dynamic user interfaces through reusable and stateful UI components, originally created by Facebook. FreeOpen source	14.4%
7	Waypoints West Linn, Oregon, United States An open-source JavaScript library that executes functions when users scroll to specific elements on a web page. FreeOpen source	14.4%
8	Isotope Alexandria, Virginia, United States A commercial JavaScript library for creating filterable and sortable grid layouts. FreeOpen source$25+	14%
9	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	13.5%
10	Modernizr San Francisco, California, United States An open-source feature detection library that identifies browser support for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript features and allows websites to adapt accordingly. FreeOpen source	13.5%
11	🍪 JS Cookie Germany An open-source, lightweight JavaScript library for managing browser cookies. FreeOpen source	12.6%
12	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	11.6%
13	Slick An open-source jQuery carousel library for creating responsive, touch-enabled, and keyboard-accessible content sliders. FreeOpen source	11.2%
14	Polyfill An open-source JavaScript library that provides modern web API features to older browsers that do not natively support them. FreeOpen source	11.2%
15	Facebook SDK Menlo Park, California, United States A library that provides client-side tools for Social Plugins, Login, and Graph API calls. Free	8.8%
16	jQuery Easing Wilberfoss, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom A jQuery plugin that adds 10+ advanced easing animations. FreeOpen source	8.4%
17	jQuery Validation The jQuery Validation plugin provides drop-in validation for your existing forms, while making it easy to customize to fit your application. FreeOpen source	7.9%
18	jQuery BlockUI The jQuery BlockUI plugin allows you to block user interaction on the page or part of the page. FreeOpen source	7.9%
19	Wow.js A JavaScript library that reveals CSS animations when you scroll. FreeOpen source	7.4%
20	MediaElement.js Dallas, Texas, United States A free, open-source HTML5 audio and video player that enables playback of MP4, WebM, and MP3 media files as well as streamed content in HLS and MPEG-DASH formats. FreeOpen source	7%
21	Popper Monza, Italy A JavaScript library used for positioning and displaying tooltips, popovers, and dropdowns. FreeOpen source	7%
22	SmartMenus Plovdiv, Bulgaria A jQuery plugin for creating mobile-first, responsive, and accessible list-based website menus that work on all devices. FreeOpen source	6.5%
23	Particles.js Paris, France A lightweight JavaScript library for creating animated particle effects on websites. FreeOpen source	6%
24	X for Websites Bastrop, Texas, United States A suite of tools bringing X content and functionality to your webpages and apps, enabling the X audience to share your content, and follow your X accounts.	5.6%
25	FlexSlider San Francisco, California, United States A responsive jQuery slider created by the WooCommerce team and included with WooCommerce. FreeOpen source	5.6%

👉 See Also

🌎 JavaScript Libraries in other countries

🗃️ 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 243 websites from Ethiopia.
We currently track the presence of 312 JavaScript libraries across the web.
Of these, 129 were detected on websites from Ethiopia.
Statistics were last calculated on August 3, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.