Grunt
OpenJS Foundation, San Francisco, California, United StatesGrunt is a JavaScript task runner, a tool used to automatically perform frequent tasks such as minification, compilation, unit testing, and linting.
According to our data, Grunt ranks 19th among the tools we track.
It has 0.3% of the tool market share and is detected on 0.05% of all websites.
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Wikipedia💸 Pricing
Grunt is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Tools
- Rank: 19
- Market share: 0.3%
- Build Tools
- Rank: 4
- Market share: 5.7%
🏆 Grunt Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in the Czech Republic in the Build Tools category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Spain in the Build Tools category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Brazil in the Build Tools category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Italy in the Build Tools category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Argentina in the Build Tools category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Russia in the Build Tools category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Indonesia in the Build Tools category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Poland in the Build Tools category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Build Tools category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Germany in the Build Tools category.
⚡ Sites Using Grunt
We have data on 1,562 websites that use the Grunt tool. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Grunt is nesine.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #662 | Turkey | Turkish | |
| 2 | #2,438 | English | ||
| 3 | #2,581 | United States | English | |
| 4 | #2,780 | United States | English | |
| 5 | #3,413 | Netherlands | Dutch | |
| 6 | #5,953 | Germany | German | |
| 7 | #6,254 | Australia | English | |
| 8 | #7,551 | Spain | American English | |
| 9 | #8,491 | United States | English | |
| 10 | #8,549 | Indonesia | Indonesian | |
| 11 | #10,907 | Philippines | English | |
| 12 | #12,335 | Australia | Australian English | |
| 13 | #12,454 | Indonesia | English | |
| 14 | #13,768 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 15 | #14,021 | English | ||
| 16 | #15,111 | Austria | German | |
| 17 | #15,432 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 18 | #17,208 | Austria | German | |
| 19 | #17,657 | Spain | English | |
| 20 | #19,153 | United Kingdom | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Grunt:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Education/Reference category.
Most of the sites using Grunt are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
- United States 13.4%
- United Kingdom 7.1%
- Germany 6.9%
- Spain 6.5%
- Brazil 6.4%
- Australia 3.8%
- Italy 3.8%
- Netherlands 3.8%
- Canada 3%
- Other 45.3%
Most Grunt users speak English, Spanish, or Portuguese.
- English 58.2%
- Spanish 10.1%
- Portuguese 5.3%
- German 4.6%
- Russian 2.9%
- French 2%
- Dutch 2%
- Italian 1.5%
- Czech 1.5%
- Other 11.9%
The Grunt tool is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 27.5%
- .org 10%
- .com.br 4.7%
- .de 4.2%
- .net 2.6%
- .co.uk 2.6%
- .es 2.3%
- .nl 2.2%
- .it 2.1%
- Other 41.8%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Grunt include education and reference, business, and marketing and merchandising.
- Education/Reference 18.5%
- Business 17.8%
- Marketing/Merchandising 9.1%
- Online Shopping 5.4%
- Real Estate 5.4%
- Finance/Banking 4.7%
- Health 4%
- Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 4%
- Government/Military 3.4%
- Other 27.7%
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Lovable💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Grunt?
Grunt is owned by the OpenJS Foundation, headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Can I use Grunt for free?
Yes, it is a free tool.
It is also open source, and you can find its source code on 
GitHub.
Which country uses Grunt the most?
The majority of Grunt users are from the United States.
Who uses Grunt?
According to our data, Grunt is used on over a thousand sites, including such established ones as moodle.org,
overdrive.com, and
westernunion.com.
Is Grunt used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by e-tesda.gov.ph and
birmingham.gov.uk. Overall, we found Grunt on 2 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Grunt?
Yes. The most notable of these are binus.ac.id,
london.edu, and
wu.ac.at. In total, we know of 11 academic websites in the United States that use Grunt.
How does Grunt compare to the competition?
Grunt is a moderately popular tool, ranking ahead of 36 other tools we track.