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bowser

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A small, fast and rich-API browser/platform/engine detector for both browser and node.

bowser belongs toJavaScript librariescategory.

9websites

use it — 0.4% of the 2,560 websites we scanned in the last 12 months

#45of 108

tools in its category seen in our scans (we recognize 250)

9public pages

on UptimeCard — open any of them to see how that site is doing

0.11% of all websites we track run bowser

At a glance

UptimeCard's own scans and tests of 2,560 websites · refreshed weekly

How bowser sites scoreout of 100 · hover or tap a score for details

47PerformancePooraverage site: 5082AccessibilityGoodaverage site: 89100Best practicesGoodaverage site: 93100SEOGoodaverage site: 92

Page load time

Loads about 18% faster than the average site

bowser sites
3.5 s
All sites
4.3 s

Most bowser sites load in 3.1–6.0 s. Home page weight: 4.8 MB vs 3.3 MB for all sites. 8 public sites measured.

Who uses it?

Technology and Software is the biggest group

Technology and Software67%
Business Services11%
Educational Resources11%
Software as a Service (SaaS)11%

Share of 9 classified public sites. “× average” compares with all 961 public sites.

Similar tools in its category

JavaScript libraries: 250 tools known, 108 seen in our scans

core-js779 sitesAlternativeSwiper288 sitesAlternativejQuery Migrate248 sitesAlternativejQuery UI219 sitesAlternativeLodash184 sitesAlternativelit-html155 sitesAlternativelit-element128 sitesAlternativeLazySizes115 sitesAlternativejQuery1,034 sitesUsed together

How websites combine bowser with other tools

Relationships found on the websites that use it, from the same map status pages show.

Complements another tool 6Needs another tool 3Integrates with another 1

Websites using bowser

9 websites use bowser: 0.4% of the 2,560 websites we scanned in the last 12 months. A selection is shown below.

Scores are out of 100: P Performance · A Accessibility · B Best practices · S SEO. Green 80+, yellow 65–79, orange 50–64, red below 50. The dot shows whether our last scan found the site failing (red) or not (green); Red, amber or blue: an active incident on the site's status page (outage, degraded, maintenance) or a failing scan; amber also means a certificate ending within 30 days. Hover the dot for details.

Questions about bowser

How many websites use bowser?
We found bowser on 9 of the 2,560 websites we scanned in the last 12 months (0.4%). 9 of them have a public status page.
What is bowser often used with?
Among the websites we scan, bowser is often found alongside Font Awesome (44.4% of its sites), Twitter (33.3% of its sites), Babel (22.2% of its sites).
What are the alternatives to bowser?
Other javascript libraries tools we recognize include jQuery, core-js, Swiper, jQuery Migrate.

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