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 41,439 websites
Most popular in the country United States of America
Market position in JavaScript Frameworks #9
Market share in JavaScript Frameworks 3.49%
Most popular version 1.7.3

Technology adoption

Recent changes in Prototype usage. (See Prototype Usage Changes report)
Websites that added Prototype +4,298
Websites that dropped Prototype -2,913
Websites that changed version of Prototype 4

Distribution by websites popularity

Prototype detection in the top websites by popularity
Top 10k sites 44 websites
Top 100k sites 464 websites
Top 1m sites 4,324 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 (73.44%)
  • 1.6.0 (10.93%)
  • 1.7 (7.13%)
  • 1.6.1 (2.02%)
  • 1.7.2 (1.72%)
  • 1.4.0 (0.83%)
  • 1.5.1 (0.77%)
  • 1.7.1 (0.65%)
  • 1.5.0 (0.65%)
  • 1.6 (0.59%)

See all 22 versions ...

Prototype often used together with


Category - Document Standards.
JavaScript is used together with Prototype on 41,295 domains. Total 6,741,983 domains found using JavaScript
Category - Document Encoding.
UTF-8 is used together with Prototype on 36,800 domains. Total 8,853,308 domains found using UTF-8
Category - Programming Languages.
PHP is used together with Prototype on 29,269 domains. Total 4,033,395 domains found using PHP
Category - Document Standards.
Description Meta is used together with Prototype on 26,567 domains. Total 3,705,311 domains found using Description Meta
Category - JavaScript Libraries.
jQuery is used together with Prototype on 25,867 domains. Total 4,261,684 domains found using jQuery
Category - JavaScript Libraries.
script.aculo.us is used together with Prototype on 23,134 domains. Total 23,332 domains found using script.aculo.us


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