⚡ JavaScript Libraries in Zimbabwe

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.

<i class="flag flag-zw">Zimbabwe</i> is a Southern African country with a population of over 16 million people.

According to our statistics, JavaScript libraries are used on 77.2% of websites from Zimbabwe.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top JavaScript libraries in Zimbabwe 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 27.9% and Owl Carousel with 24.4%.

jQuery 91.2%
Swiper 27.9%
Owl Carousel 24.4%
ImagesLoaded 18.8%
Magnific Popup 17.5%
Waypoints 16.9%
Lottie 14.6%
Polyfill 14.6%
Underscore.js 13.6%
Isotope 13%
Slick 13%
🍪 JS Cookie 12.7%
MediaElement.js 12.3%
Popper 11.7%
Wow.js 11.4%

🚀 Highlights

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

3. Owl Carousel ^(-4)
4. ImagesLoaded ^(-1)
5. Magnific Popup ^(-9)
6. Waypoints ^(-5)
7. Lottie ^(-3)
9. Underscore.js ^(-8)
10. Isotope ^(-11)
13. MediaElement.js ^(-2)
14. Popper ^(-11)
15. Wow.js ^(-11)

✨ Best JavaScript Libraries

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 142 JavaScript libraries used on sites from Zimbabwe, 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	27.9%
3	Owl Carousel Germany A touch enabled jQuery plugin that lets you create a beautiful, responsive carousel slider. FreeOpen source	24.4%
4	ImagesLoaded Alexandria, Virginia, United States A JavaScript library that detects when images have been loaded. FreeOpen source	18.8%
5	Magnific Popup A responsive lightbox and dialog plugin for jQuery and Zepto.js. FreeOpen sourceLegacy	17.5%
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	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	14.6%
8	Polyfill An open-source JavaScript library that provides modern web API features to older browsers that do not natively support them. FreeOpen source	14.6%
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	13.6%
10	Isotope Alexandria, Virginia, United States A commercial JavaScript library for creating filterable and sortable grid layouts. FreeOpen source$25+	13%
11	Slick An open-source, fully responsive and accessible carousel library. FreeOpen source	13%
12	🍪 JS Cookie Germany A simple, lightweight JavaScript library for handling browser cookies. FreeOpen source	12.7%
13	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	12.3%
14	Popper Monza, Italy A JavaScript library used for positioning and displaying tooltips, popovers, and dropdowns. FreeOpen source	11.7%
15	Wow.js A JavaScript library that reveals CSS animations when you scroll. FreeOpen source	11.4%
16	jQuery BlockUI Allows you to block user interaction on the page or part of the page. FreeOpen source	11%
17	SystemJS Vancouver, Canada A hookable, standards-based, dynamic ES module module loader. FreeOpen source	10.4%
18	Facebook SDK Menlo Park, California, United States A library that provides client-side tools for Social Plugins, Facebook Login, and Graph API calls. Free	10.1%
19	Modernizr A JavaScript library that detects the availability of HTML, CSS and JavaScript features in the user's browser. FreeOpen source	9.4%
20	jQuery Easing Wilberfoss, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom A jQuery plugin that adds 10+ advanced easing animations. FreeOpen source	8.1%
21	FlexSlider San Francisco, California, United States A responsive jQuery slider created by the WooCommerce team and included with WooCommerce. FreeOpen source	7.1%
22	Select2 A jQuery based replacement for select boxes. FreeOpen source	6.8%
23	SmartMenus A jQuery plugin for creating mobile-first, responsive, and accessible list-based website menus that work on all devices. FreeOpen source	6.8%
24	Lightbox San Francisco, California, United States The original lightbox library used to overlay images on top of the current page. FreeOpen source	6.8%
25	Web Font Loader San Jose, California, United States A JavaScript library that gives you added control when using linked fonts via @font-face. FreeOpen source	6.5%

👉 See Also

✨ Related Technologies
- JavaScript

Data is based on the analysis of 399 websites from Zimbabwe.
Statistics were last calculated on March 22, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.