⚡ JavaScript Libraries in Jamaica

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.

Jamaica is a Caribbean country with a population of around 2.8 million people.

According to our statistics, JavaScript libraries are used on 85% of websites from Jamaica.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is jQuery, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 92.2% share.
It is followed by Polyfill with 26.7% and Swiper with 24.1%.

jQuery 92.2%
Polyfill 26.7%
Swiper 24.1%
Owl Carousel 21.1%
Waypoints 15.1%
Facebook SDK 14.7%
ImagesLoaded 14.7%
Slick 14.2%
Isotope 14.2%
Popper 12.9%
React 12.5%
Modernizr 12.1%
Lottie 11.6%
SystemJS 11.6%
Magnific Popup 9.9%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. Polyfill ^(-2)
4. Owl Carousel ^(-3)
5. Waypoints ^(-6)
9. Isotope ^(-12)
10. Popper ^(-15)
14. SystemJS ^(-9)
16. Regenerator ^(-6)
18. jQuery Validation ^(-16)
19. Lightbox ^(-1)
24. Masonry ^(-4)

✨ Best JavaScript Libraries

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 133 JavaScript libraries used on sites from Jamaica, 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	92.2%
2	Polyfill An open-source JavaScript library that provides modern web API features to older browsers that do not natively support them. FreeOpen source	26.7%
3	Swiper Weston, Florida, United States A modern touch slider library for building responsive sliders and carousels with hardware-accelerated transitions. FreeOpen source	24.1%
4	Owl Carousel Germany A touch enabled jQuery plugin that lets you create a beautiful, responsive carousel slider. FreeOpen source	21.1%
5	Waypoints West Linn, Oregon, United States A library that makes it easy to execute a function whenever you scroll to an element. FreeOpen source	15.1%
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	14.7%
7	ImagesLoaded Alexandria, Virginia, United States A JavaScript library that detects when images have been loaded. FreeOpen source	14.7%
8	Slick An open-source, fully responsive and accessible carousel library. FreeOpen source	14.2%
9	Isotope Alexandria, Virginia, United States A commercial JavaScript library for creating filterable and sortable grid layouts. FreeOpen source$25+	14.2%
10	Popper Monza, Italy A JavaScript library used for positioning and displaying tooltips, popovers, and dropdowns. FreeOpen source	12.9%
11	React Menlo Park, California, United States A popular open-source JavaScript library for building dynamic user interfaces, created by Facebook. FreeOpen source	12.5%
12	Modernizr A JavaScript library that detects the availability of HTML, CSS and JavaScript features in the user's browser. FreeOpen source	12.1%
13	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%
14	SystemJS Vancouver, Canada A hookable, standards-based, dynamic ES module module loader. FreeOpen source	11.6%
15	Magnific Popup A responsive lightbox and dialog plugin for jQuery and Zepto.js. FreeOpen sourceLegacy	9.9%
16	Regenerator Menlo Park, California, United States A JavaScript library from Facebook that allows the use of ES6 generators in older browsers. FreeOpen source	9.9%
17	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%
18	jQuery Validation Provides drop-in validation for your existing forms, while making it easy to customize to fit your application. FreeOpen source	8.6%
19	Lightbox San Francisco, California, United States The original lightbox library used to overlay images on top of the current page. FreeOpen source	8.2%
20	Fancyapps A commercial library of JavaScript UI components that includes lightbox, carousel, and pan/zoom components. €29+	8.2%
21	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	8.2%
22	🍪 JS Cookie Germany A simple, lightweight JavaScript library for handling browser cookies. FreeOpen source	7.8%
23	jQuery Easing Wilberfoss, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom A jQuery plugin that adds 10+ advanced easing animations. FreeOpen source	7.3%
24	Masonry Alexandria, Virginia, United States A cascading grid layout library that places elements in optimal positions based on available vertical space. FreeOpen source	6.9%
25	Wow.js A JavaScript library that reveals CSS animations when you scroll. FreeOpen source	6.9%

👉 See Also

✨ Related Technologies
- JavaScript

Data is based on the analysis of 273 websites from Jamaica.
Statistics were last calculated on March 20, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.