Critters

San Francisco, California, United States

Critters is a deprecated Webpack plugin that inlines your app's critical CSS and lazily loads the rest. It has been superseded by Beasties.

According to our data, Critters ranks 163th among the JavaScript libraries we track.
It has 0.1% of the JavaScript library market share and is detected on 0.09% of all websites.

💸 Pricing

Critters is available for free.

Free ✔️Open source

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Critters Awards

⚡ Sites Using Critters

We have data on 3,051 websites that use the Critters JavaScript library. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Critters is ryanair.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 ryanair.com #456 English
2 metropoles.com #597 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
3 shaparak.ir #1,660 Iran Persian
4 mts.ru #1,771 Russia Russian
5 battle.net #1,858 United States American English
6 spectrum.net #2,074 English
7 aircanada.com #2,183 Canada English
8 cnbcindonesia.com #2,585 Indonesia Indonesian
9 labs.google #2,676 English
10 darwinbox.com #3,017 American English
11 betplay.com.co #3,289 Colombia Spanish
12 rogers.com #3,536 Canada English
13 unieuro.it #3,892 Italy Italian
14 jetblue.com #4,163 English
15 iqair.com #5,429 English
16 woolworths.com.au #5,563 Australia Australian English
17 wrike.com #5,817 United States English
18 slido.com #6,125 Slovakia English
19 massimodutti.com #6,334 Spain Spanish
20 tigo.com.gt #6,345 Guatemala Spanish

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Critters:

Most of the sites using Critters are from the United States, Germany, and India.

  • United States 17.7%
  • Germany 10.5%
  • India 5.9%
  • France 4.7%
  • Brazil 4.4%
  • United Kingdom 3.8%
  • Spain 3.5%
  • Netherlands 3.2%
  • Switzerland 2.7%
  • Other 43.6%

Most Critters users speak English, Spanish, or German.

  • English 67.5%
  • Spanish 6.4%
  • German 5%
  • Portuguese 3.4%
  • French 3.3%
  • Dutch 1.9%
  • Russian 1.6%
  • Italian 1.2%
  • Polish 1.2%
  • Other 8.5%

The Critters JavaScript library is especially popular on .com and .de top-level domains.

  • .com 42.2%
  • .de 5.3%
  • .org 3.7%
  • .com.br 2.3%
  • .net 2.1%
  • .ch 1.6%
  • .fr 1.5%
  • .it 1.3%
  • .nl 1.3%
  • Other 38.7%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Critters include business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping.

  • Business 17.8%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 10.2%
  • Online Shopping 9.3%
  • Finance/Banking 5.8%
  • Internet Services 5.6%
  • Education/Reference 5.5%
  • Travel 5.5%
  • Health 3.3%
  • Entertainment 3.2%
  • Other 33.8%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Critters alternatives.

RankName
6
Lazysizes
Berlin, Germany

A fast lazy loader library for images, iframes, and scripts/widgets.

FreeOpen source
18
Vanilla LazyLoad

A lightweight and flexible script that speeds up your web application by delaying the loading of your below-the-fold images, videos and iframes until they enter the viewport.

FreeOpen source
21
Lozad.js
New Delhi, India

Highly performant, light and configurable lazy loader for images and iframes in pure JS with no dependencies.

FreeOpen source
25
Beasties
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

A plugin that inlines your app's critical CSS and lazy-loads the rest.

FreeOpen source
27
Partytown
San Francisco, California, United States

A lazy-loaded library to help relocate resource intensive scripts into a web worker, and off of the main thread.

FreeOpen source

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Critters's headquarters?

Critters is located in San Francisco, California, United States.

Is Critters free?

Yes, it is a free JavaScript library.

Which country uses Critters the most?

The majority of Critters users are from the United States.

Who uses Critters?

According to our data, Critters is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as ryanair.com, metropoles.com, and shaparak.ir.

Is Critters used on government websites?

Overall, we found Critters on 5 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Critters?

Yes. Overall, we know of 13 academic websites in the United States that use Critters.

How does Critters stack up against the competition?

Critters is a moderately popular JavaScript library, ranking ahead of 147 other JavaScript libraries we track.

What are the alternatives to Critters?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Critters may include Beasties, Lazysizes, and Vanilla LazyLoad.

👉 See Also

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