Prototype

Category - JavaScript Frameworks

Prototype adds useful extensions to the browser scripting environment and provides elegant APIs around the clumsy interfaces of Ajax and the Document Object Model.

Technology usage statistics

Websites using Prototype 38,514 websites
Most popular in the country United States of America
Market position in JavaScript Frameworks #8
Market share in JavaScript Frameworks 4.14%
Most popular version 1.7.3

Technology adoption

Recent changes in Prototype usage. (See Prototype Usage Changes report)
Websites that added Prototype +1,930
Websites that dropped Prototype -1,085
Websites that changed version of Prototype 2

Distribution by websites popularity

Prototype detection in the top websites by popularity
Top 10k sites 48 websites
Top 100k sites 442 websites
Top 1m sites 3,887 websites

Websites utilizing Prototype

Top websites that use Prototype

Domain Country Rank Contacts
steamcommunity.com United States of America 449
lucene.apache.org United States of America 834
www.librarything.com United States of America 927
mixi.jp United States of America 1,140
www.worldcat.org United States of America 1,468
ch.nicovideo.jp Japan 2,298
See full domain list

Market Share

Prototype market share within the JavaScript Frameworks category

Geographical Distribution

Technology usage distribution by websites across the globe.






Versions (by popularity)

  • 1.7.3 (74.75%)
  • 1.6.0 (10.44%)
  • 1.7 (7.50%)
  • 1.7.2 (1.75%)
  • 1.6.1 (1.13%)
  • 1.4.0 (0.94%)
  • 1.5.0 (0.81%)
  • 1.7.1 (0.63%)
  • 1.6 (0.56%)
  • 1.5.1 (0.50%)

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Prototype often used together with


Category - Document Standards.
JavaScript is used together with Prototype on 38,280 domains. Total 6,425,165 domains found using JavaScript
Category - Document Encoding.
UTF-8 is used together with Prototype on 34,290 domains. Total 8,486,158 domains found using UTF-8
Category - Programming Languages.
PHP is used together with Prototype on 25,927 domains. Total 3,804,645 domains found using PHP
Category - JavaScript Libraries.
jQuery is used together with Prototype on 24,293 domains. Total 4,000,935 domains found using jQuery
Category - JavaScript Libraries.
script.aculo.us is used together with Prototype on 21,569 domains. Total 21,836 domains found using script.aculo.us
Category - Web Servers.
Apache is used together with Prototype on 18,157 domains. Total 3,751,803 domains found using Apache


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