Scripting Libraries
Script or coding libraries are collections of pre-written codes that are part of coding languages.
Libraries continue to play a vital role in modern software development by making projects easier to build, maintain, and scale. Whether you're sharing reusable code, managing documentation, or collaborating with a team, a well-organized library helps developers work more efficiently while keeping projects consistent and easier to update.
Choose the programming library that best matches your workflow and development goals. With dozens of open source options available, you can create a central location for code, documentation, APIs, and project resources that supports collaboration, simplifies version management, and grows alongside your applications.
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How these script libraries are used will vary from one programming language to another.
Below is a list of libraries from Softaculous of some of the most popular programming languages.
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Speed and performance comparison of 12 popular JavaScript libraries, development tools and front-end frameworks for websites and web applications.
| Library or Program | Speed Rating | Page-Weight Impact | Primary Purpose | Performance Strength | Best Speed Practice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vue.js | Very Fast | Low to Moderate | Interactive interfaces and single-page applications | Efficient reactive rendering and component updates provide responsive interfaces without requiring a large core package | Use production builds, lazy-load routes, split components and avoid loading unused plugins |
| jQuery | Fast | Low | DOM manipulation, events, animation and Ajax | Compact production builds simplify common browser operations with broad compatibility and minimal setup | Load the minified version, defer noncritical scripts and avoid unnecessary plugins or repeated DOM queries |
| DropzoneJS | Very Fast | Low | Drag-and-drop file uploads with previews | Focused functionality and no required jQuery dependency help keep upload interfaces lightweight and responsive | Load only on upload pages, limit preview sizes and process large uploads in manageable chunks |
| Modernizr | Very Fast | Very Low | Browser feature detection | Runs targeted capability tests so websites can deliver compatible features without loading unnecessary fallback code | Create a custom build containing only the browser tests required by the website |
| JSZip | Fast | Low to Moderate | Creating and reading ZIP files in the browser | Moves archive creation to the visitor's browser, which can reduce server processing and repeated file-transfer requests | Load on demand, use web workers for large archives and avoid compressing oversized files on low-powered devices |
| Sizzle | Very Fast | Very Low | JavaScript CSS selector processing | Small standalone architecture provides quick element selection without requiring a complete interface framework | Use simple selectors, cache repeated selections and avoid unnecessary searches across the entire document |
| LESS | Very Fast After Compilation | Very Low | CSS preprocessing with variables, mixins and functions | Precompiled LESS produces standard CSS, allowing the browser to display pages without runtime preprocessing | Compile and minify LESS before deployment rather than processing styles in the visitor's browser |
| DHTMLX | Fast | Moderate to High | Enterprise UI components, grids, schedulers and application interfaces | Purpose-built components can efficiently display complex business data and reduce custom development requirements | Import only required components, paginate large datasets and lazy-load advanced interface modules |
| Raphaël | Fast | Low | Scalable vector graphics and interactive visual elements | Vector-based rendering keeps diagrams and graphics sharp at different screen sizes without large image downloads | Simplify SVG paths, limit simultaneous animations and remove hidden or unused graphic elements |
| MooTools | Fast | Low to Moderate | JavaScript utilities, classes, effects and browser interaction | Modular utilities allow developers to assemble reusable functionality for customized web applications | Create a customized build, exclude unused modules and reduce complex animation effects |
| Dojo Toolkit | Moderately Fast | Moderate to High | Large web applications, widgets and Ajax interfaces | Modular loading and established application tools can support complex interfaces when only required resources are delivered | Use optimized builds, load modules asynchronously and avoid including the complete toolkit on every page |
| AngularJS | Moderate | Moderate | Legacy dynamic single-page web applications | Data binding and dependency injection can organize complex legacy interfaces, although extensive watchers can slow large applications | Limit watchers, use one-time bindings, paginate repeated content and migrate active projects to a maintained framework |
| Performance note: Speed ratings represent relative front-end performance potential when production files are minified, compressed, cached and loaded only where needed. Actual website speed depends on script size, selected modules, DOM complexity, animations, third-party code, server response time, CDN configuration and visitor device performance. | |||||
A very fast, small and feature rich JavaScript library. Making things like HTML document traversal and manipulation, event handling, animation, and Ajax much simpler. With a very easy to use API that will work across a multitude of Browsers. With a combination of versatility and extensibility, jQuery has changed the way that millions of programmers write JavaScript.
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A structural framework for dynamic web apps. It lets you use HTML as your template language and lets you extend HTML's syntax to express your application's components clearly and succinctly. Out of the box, it eliminates much of the code you currently write through data binding and dependency injection. And it all happens in JavaScript within the browser, making it an ideal partner with any server technology.
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AngularJS on Softaculous
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Providing drag in drop file uploads with image previews. It is lightweight, doesn't depend on any other library (like jQuery) and is highly customizable.
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DropzoneJS on Softaculous
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Open Source DHTML toolkit written in JavaScript. It builds on code bases nWidgets, Burstlib, f(m) which is why we refer to it as a "unified" toolkit. Dojo aims to solve some long-standing historical problems with DHTML, which prevented mass adoption of dynamic web application development.
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Dojo on Softaculous
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Create .zip files with JavaScript. The easiest way to deliver multiple files to your users is in a zip file. Instead of wasting server resources and bandwidth, you can get the client to do it for you by JSZip. Instead of wasting server resources and bandwidth you can get the client to do it for you by JSZip.
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JSZip on Softaculous
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A small JavaScript library that should simplify your work with vector graphics on the web. The most popular coding language for the web is JavaScript. So much so that since the advent of HTML5, it has now been officially accepted as the default standard. If you want to create your own specific chart or image crop and rotate widget, simply and easily with this library.
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Raphael on Softaculous
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A collection of JavaScript utilities designed for the intermediate to advanced JavaScript developer. It allows you to write powerful and flexible code with its elegant, well documented, and coherent APIs. MooTools code respects strict standards and doesn't throw any warnings. It's extensively documented and has meaningful variable names: a joy to browse and a snap to understand.
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MooTools on Softaculous
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JavaScript Component Library for Building Web Applications. Provides a complete set of Ajax powered UI components. Uses the dhtmlx Suite to build enterprise level web applications with a clean interface, fast performance, and rich user experience.
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A small JavaScript library that detects the availability of native implementations for next generation web technologies like features that stem from the HTML5 and CSS3 specifications. Many of these features are already implemented in at least one major browser (most of them in two or more), what Modernizr does is tells you whether the current browser has this feature implemented or not.
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A library for building interactive web interfaces, providing data reactive components with a simple and flexible API. The core library is focused on the view layer only, and is easy to pick up and integrate with other libraries or existing projects. On the other hand, Vue is also perfectly capable of powering sophisticated Single-Page Applications when used in combination with modern tooling and supporting libraries.
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Vue.js on Softaculous
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Helping you create good-looking interactive charts on your web pages or Web Applications, a pure JavaScript charting library, easy to use and completely customizable. Features: legend and label support, mouse tracking, tooltips, templates, animations.
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Elycharts on Softaculous
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A lightweight browser-based image processing library built with JavaScript and canvas. That can apply various visual filters to images within a web page.
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PaintbrushJS on Softaculous
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Helps to use PHP functions in JavaScript. An open source project that brings top level PHP functions to low level JavaScript platforms such as web browsers, browser extensions, AIR, and SSJS engines like V8 node.js, v8cgi, Rhino, and SpiderMonkey CouchDB.
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php.JS on Softaculous
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Built to solve real-world problems, it adds useful extensions to the browser scripting environment and provides elegant APIs around the clumsy interfaces of Ajax and the Document Object Model. Featuring a unique, easy-to-use toolkit for class-driven development and the nicest Ajax library around, this prototype is quickly becoming the codebase of choice for web application developers everywhere.
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Prototype on Softaculous
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A pure-JavaScript CSS selector engine. Completely standalone, no library dependencies. Competitive performance for most frequently used selectors. Only 4KB minified and gzipped. Highly extensible with easy-to-use API. Designed for optimal performance with event delegation.
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Sizzle on Softaculous
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A cross browser pure JavaScript animation framework that can manipulate almost any and multiple styling of multiple HTML elements. It auto-detects start positions, auto converts units, automatically adjusts rendering speed and corrects time leaks for smoother rendering experience.
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jsMorph on Softaculous
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A graph library for dynamic scientific, business, and stock-market charts. Allowing PHP Developers to create pie charts, bar graphs, line graphs, point graphs, etc. from a PHP application. PHPlot is a specialized graphics library which provides a means for your PHP-enabled web server to create and manipulate graphs as objects and display the completed graph as an image
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PHPlot on Softaculous
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Built by front end engineers at Yahoo and contributors from around the world. A set of utilities and controls, written with JavaScript and CSS, for building richly interactive web applications using techniques such as DOM scripting, DHTML and AJAX. YUI is proven, scalable, fast, and robust.
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YUI on Softaculous
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A plotting and charting for the jQuery JavaScript framework. jqPlot produces beautiful line, bar, and pie charts with many features. Computation and drawing of lines, axes, shadows even the grid itself is handled by pluggable "renderers". Not only are the plot elements customizable, plugins can expand functionality of the plot too.
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jqPlot on Softaculous
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It's CSS, with just a little more. LESS extends CSS with dynamic behavior such as variables, mix-ins, operations and functions. LESS runs on both the client-side (Chrome, Safari, Firefox) and server-side, with Node.js and Rhino.
LESS Hosting
LESS on Softaculous
LESS Home Page
Frequently Asked Questions
What is programming library hosting used for?
Programming library hosting provides an online environment for websites and applications that use reusable JavaScript, PHP, CSS, charting, animation, interface, or file-handling code. Instead of building every function from the beginning, developers can add tested components to a project. The programming libraries collection includes tools designed for many different web development tasks.
How do I choose the right JavaScript library for my website?
Choose a JavaScript library based on the exact feature you need, its compatibility with your existing code, documentation quality, license, dependencies, browser support, and maintenance status. Avoid adding a large library for one small function. Developers who are comparing tools can review additional JavaScript resources, utilities, and libraries before making a decision.
What is the difference between a programming library and a framework?
A programming library contains reusable functions that your application calls when needed, while a framework usually provides the broader structure and development rules for an entire project. Libraries offer more freedom over application design, whereas frameworks can simplify common development patterns. Projects requiring a complete architecture may benefit from exploring available web development framework hosting options.
Should I host a JavaScript library locally or use a CDN?
Local hosting gives you control over file availability, version changes, caching, privacy, and testing. A content delivery network can provide convenient distributed delivery, but your website becomes dependent on an external service. The best choice depends on your performance goals and maintenance practices. When reliability and version control are priorities, storing production files within your hosting account may be preferable.
Can programming libraries create website security risks?
Libraries can introduce security risks when they are outdated, downloaded from untrusted sources, incorrectly configured, or dependent on vulnerable components. Review release notes and security advisories, remove unused code, validate user input, and test updates before deployment. An SSL certificate protects data in transit, but it does not repair security weaknesses within a library or application.
Why is my JavaScript library not working after I upload it?
Common causes include an incorrect file path, filename capitalization, missing dependencies, improper script order, blocked permissions, or mixed HTTP and HTTPS resources. Check the browser Console and Network panels for errors, then confirm every required file is in the correct directory. The FTP tutorial collection can help troubleshoot upload locations and file-transfer problems.
Can using too many libraries slow down a website?
Yes. Multiple libraries can increase page size, network requests, parsing time, and the possibility of duplicated functions or dependency conflicts. Use only the modules each page requires, select minified production files, remove unused libraries, and defer nonessential scripts when appropriate. Server-side compression and caching can also help, including settings available through the cPanel Optimize Website tool.
How much does hosting a programming library website cost?
The cost depends on storage, traffic, processing requirements, databases, number of websites, support, backups, and included services. A small demonstration or documentation site generally needs fewer resources than a busy web application. Compare introductory and renewal pricing, upgrade options, domain charges, SSL coverage, and account limits when reviewing web hosting plans.
What is the safest way to update a hosted programming library?
Create a complete backup, read the library’s release notes, identify changed functions or dependencies, and test the new version on a staging copy before updating the live website. Check forms, menus, uploads, charts, and other affected features after installation. Maintaining a recent cPanel website backup provides a recovery point if the updated library causes compatibility problems.