Bower
Bower is a package manager for the web, optimized for front-end assets such as 
HTML, 
CSS, 
JavaScript, fonts, and images.
It uses a flat dependency tree, installs packages from 
Git, tracks dependencies, supports hooks for build tools, and although still maintained, the Bower team recommends using Yarn for new front-end projects.
According to our data, Bower is the third most popular package manager technology on the web.
It has 13.3% of the package manager market share and is present on 1.4% of all websites.
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- 👨👩👦👦 Community
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Bower is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Package Managers
- Rank: 3
- Market share: 13.3%
🏆 Bower Awards
- 🥉 Third most popular in the United States in the Package Managers category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Italy in the Package Managers category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Spain in the Package Managers category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the United Kingdom in the Package Managers category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Germany in the Package Managers category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in France in the Package Managers category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Australia in the Package Managers category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in India in the Package Managers category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the Netherlands in the Package Managers category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Canada in the Package Managers category.
⚡ Sites Using Bower
We have data on 49,321 websites that use Bower package manager technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Bower is up.nic.in.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #1,158 | India | American English | |
| 2 | #3,345 | Turkey | Turkish | |
| 3 | #4,655 | Korea | Korean | |
| 4 | #5,356 | Russia | Russian | |
| 5 | #7,392 | United States | American English | |
| 6 | #7,718 | English | ||
| 7 | #8,133 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 8 | #8,229 | India | American English | |
| 9 | #8,431 | Thailand | American English | |
| 10 | #8,727 | Canada | English | |
| 11 | jenkins.io | #9,351 | United States | English |
| 12 | #10,030 | United States | English | |
| 13 | #11,170 | Egypt | Arabic | |
| 14 | #12,325 | United States | American English | |
| 15 | #12,477 | United States | American English | |
| 16 | #12,749 | Ecuador | Spanish | |
| 17 | #13,445 | English | ||
| 18 | #13,478 | Ireland | English | |
| 19 | #13,992 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 20 | #14,389 | Kenya | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Bower:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Business category.
Most of the sites using Bower are from the United States, Italy, and Spain.
- United States 16.3%
- Italy 7.4%
- Spain 6.7%
- United Kingdom 5.4%
- Germany 5.3%
- France 4%
- Australia 3.8%
- India 3.5%
- Netherlands 2.7%
- Other 44.9%
Most Bower users speak English, Spanish, or Italian.
- English 50.1%
- Spanish 9%
- Italian 6.1%
- German 5%
- French 4.3%
- Portuguese 2.6%
- Dutch 2.2%
- Polish 1.8%
- Persian 1.8%
- Other 17.1%
Bower package manager technology is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 41.7%
- .org 6%
- .it 4.3%
- .de 3.1%
- .com.au 2.6%
- .co.uk 2.3%
- .net 2%
- .es 1.8%
- .nl 1.6%
- Other 34.6%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Bower include business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference.
- Business 22.5%
- Marketing/Merchandising 13.4%
- Education/Reference 6.8%
- Internet Services 5.4%
- Online Shopping 5.1%
- Travel 4.9%
- Blogs/Wiki 4.7%
- Entertainment 4.6%
- Health 3.9%
- Other 28.7%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Is Bower free?
Yes, it is a free package manager technology.
It is also an open-source solution and its code can be found on 
GitHub.
Which country uses Bower the most?
The majority of Bower users are from the United States.
Who uses Bower?
According to our data, Bower is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as up.nic.in,
haremaltin.com, and
quasarzone.com.
Is Bower used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by sci.gov.in. Overall, we found Bower on 21 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Bower?
Yes. The most notable of these are mahidol.ac.th,
gsu.edu, and
unemi.edu.ec. In total, we know of 71 academic websites in the United States that use Bower.
How does Bower compare to its competitors?
Node.js🗃️ 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 3,603,511 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.