⚡ JavaScript Libraries in Ghana

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.

Ghana is a West African country with a population of over 34 million people.

According to our statistics, JavaScript libraries are used on 89.4% of websites from Ghana.

Statistics based on 687 analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is jQuery, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 91.2% share.
It is followed by Swiper with 26.1% and ImagesLoaded with 23.3%.

jQuery 91.2%
Swiper 26.1%
ImagesLoaded 23.3%
Owl Carousel 21.2%
Magnific Popup 17.6%
Waypoints 16.6%
Slick 14.3%
Underscore.js 13.4%
Polyfill 13%
Facebook SDK 12.7%
MediaElement.js 11.9%
Lottie 11.7%
Isotope 11.7%
🍪 JS Cookie 10.6%
jQuery Easing 10.3%

🚀 Highlights

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

3. ImagesLoaded ^(-2)
4. Owl Carousel ^(-3)
5. Magnific Popup ^(-9)
6. Waypoints ^(-5)
8. Underscore.js ^(-9)
11. MediaElement.js ^(-4)
13. Isotope ^(-8)
15. jQuery Easing ^(-3)
16. Wow.js ^(-10)
18. Popper ^(-7)

✨ Best JavaScript Libraries

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 170 JavaScript libraries used on sites from Ghana, 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	91.2%
2	Swiper Weston, Florida, United States A modern touch slider library for building responsive sliders and carousels with hardware-accelerated transitions. FreeOpen source	26.1%
3	ImagesLoaded Alexandria, Virginia, United States A JavaScript library that detects when images have been loaded. FreeOpen source	23.3%
4	Owl Carousel Germany A touch enabled jQuery plugin that lets you create a beautiful, responsive carousel slider. FreeOpen source	21.2%
5	Magnific Popup A responsive lightbox and dialog plugin for jQuery and Zepto. FreeOpen sourceLegacy	17.6%
6	Waypoints West Linn, Oregon, United States A library that makes it easy to execute a function whenever you scroll to an element. FreeOpen source	16.6%
7	Slick An open-source, fully responsive and accessible carousel library. FreeOpen source	14.3%
8	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	13.4%
9	Polyfill An open-source JavaScript library that provides modern web API features to older browsers that do not natively support them. FreeOpen source	13%
10	Facebook SDK Menlo Park, California, United States A library that provides client-side tools for Social Plugins, Login, and Graph API calls. Free	12.7%
11	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	11.9%
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	11.7%
13	Isotope Alexandria, Virginia, United States A commercial JavaScript library for creating filterable and sortable grid layouts. FreeOpen source$25+	11.7%
14	🍪 JS Cookie Germany A simple, lightweight JavaScript library for handling browser cookies. FreeOpen source	10.6%
15	jQuery Easing Wilberfoss, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom A jQuery plugin that adds 10+ advanced easing animations. FreeOpen source	10.3%
16	Wow.js A JavaScript library that reveals CSS animations when you scroll. FreeOpen source	10.1%
17	React Menlo Park, California, United States A popular open-source JavaScript library for building dynamic user interfaces, created by Facebook. FreeOpen source	9.9%
18	Popper Monza, Italy A JavaScript library used for positioning and displaying tooltips, popovers, and dropdowns. FreeOpen source	9.3%
19	SystemJS Vancouver, Canada A hookable, standards-based, dynamic ES module module loader. FreeOpen source	9.1%
20	jQuery BlockUI Allows you to block user interaction on the page or part of the page. FreeOpen source	9%
21	Modernizr A JavaScript library that detects the availability of HTML, CSS and JavaScript features in the user's browser. FreeOpen source	8.5%
22	FlexSlider San Francisco, California, United States A responsive jQuery slider created by the WooCommerce team and included with WooCommerce. FreeOpen source	8.3%
23	Fancyapps A commercial library of JavaScript UI components that includes lightbox, carousel, and pan/zoom components. €29+	7%
24	Lightbox San Francisco, California, United States The original lightbox library used to overlay images on top of the current page. FreeOpen source	7%
25	Select2 A jQuery based replacement for select boxes. FreeOpen source	6.8%

👉 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 687 websites from Ghana.
We currently track the presence of 310 JavaScript libraries across the web.
Of these, 170 were detected on websites from Ghana.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.