⚡ JavaScript Libraries in Sri Lanka

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.

Sri Lanka is a South Asian country with a population of around 22 million people.

According to our statistics, JavaScript libraries are used on 84.6% of websites from Sri Lanka.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is jQuery, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 90% share.
It is followed by Swiper with 28% and Owl Carousel with 23.6%.

jQuery 90%
Swiper 28%
Owl Carousel 23.6%
Facebook SDK 20.1%
ImagesLoaded 18.5%
Waypoints 16.9%
Slick 15.8%
Polyfill 15.6%
🍪 JS Cookie 15.2%
jQuery BlockUI 14.3%
Magnific Popup 13.9%
Underscore.js 13.3%
Isotope 11.3%
Popper 10.9%
Modernizr 10.3%

🚀 Highlights

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

3. Owl Carousel ^(-4)
6. Waypoints ^(-5)
10. jQuery BlockUI ^(-6)
11. Magnific Popup ^(-3)
12. Underscore.js ^(-5)
13. Isotope ^(-8)
14. Popper ^(-11)
17. Wow.js ^(-9)
23. Animate On Scroll ^(-10)
24. Select2 ^(-7)

✨ Best JavaScript Libraries

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 206 JavaScript libraries used on sites from Sri Lanka, 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	90%
2	Swiper Weston, Florida, United States A modern touch slider library for building responsive sliders and carousels with hardware-accelerated transitions. FreeOpen source	28%
3	Owl Carousel Germany A touch enabled jQuery plugin that lets you create a beautiful, responsive carousel slider. FreeOpen source	23.6%
4	Facebook SDK Menlo Park, California, United States A library that provides client-side tools for Social Plugins, Facebook Login, and Graph API calls. Free	20.1%
5	ImagesLoaded Alexandria, Virginia, United States A JavaScript library that detects when images have been loaded. FreeOpen source	18.5%
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	16.9%
7	Slick An open-source, fully responsive and accessible carousel library. FreeOpen source	15.8%
8	Polyfill An open-source JavaScript library that provides modern web API features to older browsers that do not natively support them. FreeOpen source	15.6%
9	🍪 JS Cookie Germany A simple, lightweight JavaScript library for handling browser cookies. FreeOpen source	15.2%
10	jQuery BlockUI Allows you to block user interaction on the page or part of the page. FreeOpen source	14.3%
11	Magnific Popup A responsive lightbox and dialog plugin for jQuery and Zepto.js. FreeOpen sourceLegacy	13.9%
12	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	13.3%
13	Isotope Alexandria, Virginia, United States A commercial JavaScript library for creating filterable and sortable grid layouts. FreeOpen source$25+	11.3%
14	Popper Monza, Italy A JavaScript library used for positioning and displaying tooltips, popovers, and dropdowns. FreeOpen source	10.9%
15	Modernizr A JavaScript library that detects the availability of HTML, CSS and JavaScript features in the user's browser. FreeOpen source	10.3%
16	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	9.9%
17	Wow.js A JavaScript library that reveals CSS animations when you scroll. FreeOpen source	9%
18	Fancyapps A commercial library of JavaScript UI components that includes lightbox, carousel, and pan/zoom components. €29+	8.7%
19	React Menlo Park, California, United States A popular open-source JavaScript library for building dynamic user interfaces, created by Facebook. FreeOpen source	7.9%
20	jQuery Easing Wilberfoss, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom A jQuery plugin that adds 10+ advanced easing animations. FreeOpen source	7.7%
21	FlexSlider San Francisco, California, United States A responsive jQuery slider created by the WooCommerce team and included with WooCommerce. FreeOpen source	6.7%
22	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	6.7%
23	Animate On Scroll A CSS-driven, lightweight library to animate elements on your page as you scroll. FreeOpen source	6.3%
24	Select2 A jQuery based replacement for select boxes. FreeOpen source	6.2%
25	jQuery Validation Provides drop-in validation for your existing forms, while making it easy to customize to fit your application. FreeOpen source	6.1%

👉 See Also

✨ Related Technologies
- JavaScript

Data is based on the analysis of 2,084 websites from Sri Lanka.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.