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Google Hosted Libraries

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Google Hosted Libraries is a robust, reliable, and high-speed content distribution network specifically designed for popular, open-source JavaScript libraries. It leverages Google's vast global infrastructure to deliver commonly used libraries such as jQuery, Angular, and React with minimal latency. This service allows developers to include these libraries in their projects without hosting them locally, saving bandwidth and improving page load times. Google Hosted Libraries ensures that the most up-to-date versions of libraries are always available, and it supports both HTTP and HTTPS protocols. By using this service, developers can benefit from Google's proven reliability and performance optimization techniques, enhancing their websites' overall user experience.

Google Hosted Libraries belongs toCDNcategory.

144websites

use it — 5.6% of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months

#7of 29

tools in its category seen in our scans (we recognize 69)

60public pages

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

8.6% of all websites we track run Google Hosted Libraries

At a glance

UptimeCard's own scans and tests of 2,555 websites · refreshed weekly

How Google Hosted Libraries sites scoreout of 100 · hover or tap a score for details

49PerformancePooraverage site: 5090AccessibilityGoodaverage site: 8979Best practicesFairaverage site: 9392SEOGoodaverage site: 92

Page load time

Loads about 25% slower than the average site

Google Hosted Libraries sites
5.4 s
All sites
4.3 s

Most Google Hosted Libraries sites load in 4.1–9.1 s. Home page weight: 3.2 MB vs 3.3 MB for all sites. 57 public sites measured.

Where are they hosted?

Mostly Cloudflare and Amazon Web Services

  • Cloudflare55%
  • Amazon Web Services18%
  • Google Cloud3%
  • Akamai International B.V.2%
  • Other22%
United States 70%Canada 15%KE 2%

Who uses it?

Software as a Service (SaaS) sites use Google Hosted Libraries 1.7× more than average

Technology and Software53%
Business Services1.6× avg18%
Software as a Service (SaaS)1.7× avg10%
E-commerce7%

Share of 60 classified public sites. “× average” compares with all 961 public sites.

Browser-security check

24% of graded sites pass

5of 21 score B or better

Rates each site’s own security settings, not Google Hosted Libraries. 21 public sites graded so far.

How Google Hosted Libraries sites are built

Closest partners. The number says how many times more often the tool runs on Google Hosted Libraries sites than on an average website. Hover a partner for its share of sites.

Webflow9×LottieFiles4×jsDelivr3×Unpkg3×cdnjs3×Hotjar3×DoubleClick Floodlight2×Linkedin Insight Tag2×Reddit Ads2×

Stacks we see most. Tools that tend to run together with Google Hosted Libraries on the same websites. The percentage is the share of all 144 Google Hosted Libraries sites that run the whole stack.

6 stacks · swipe, drag or use the arrows
#1

Google Hosted Libraries + Cloudflare + jsDelivr + Webflow + cdnjs

5.6%8 of 144 sites
#2

Google Hosted Libraries + CivicTheme + Oxygen

4.9%7 of 144 sites
#3

Google Hosted Libraries + Cloudflare + jsDelivr + Unpkg + Webflow Ecommerce

2.8%4 of 144 sites
#4

Google Hosted Libraries + Cloudflare + Osano

3.5%5 of 144 sites
#5

Google Hosted Libraries + jsDelivr + Osano

2.8%4 of 144 sites
#6

Google Hosted Libraries + Cloudflare + Facebook Login

2.8%4 of 144 sites

Usually installed alongside

The bigger the bubble, the more of the 144 Google Hosted Libraries sites also run the tool. Colour shows what the tool does. Hover or tap a bubble for details.

Google Analytics81%Facebook Pixel41%Linkedin Insight Tag40%Google Tag Manager80%Webflow33%DoubleClick Floodlight22%Microsoft Advertising22%Linkedin Ads13%HubSpot22%OneTrust15%
AnalyticsTag managerPage builderAdvertisingMarketingCookie consent

Similar tools in its category

CDN: 69 tools known, 29 seen in our scans

Amazon CloudFront335 sitesAlternativeAkamai205 sitesAlternativeGoogle Cloud CDN82 sitesAlternativeNetlify58 sitesAlternativeFastly57 sitesAlternativeImperva46 sitesAlternativeHostinger CDN22 sitesAlternativeBunny16 sitesAlternativeCloudflare1,035 sitesUsed togetherjsDelivr321 sitesUsed togethercdnjs245 sitesUsed togetherAmazon S3184 sitesUsed together

How websites combine Google Hosted Libraries with other tools

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

Needs another tool 23Overlaps with another 13Built on a platform 12Complements another tool 10Integrates with another 5

Websites using Google Hosted Libraries

144 websites use Google Hosted Libraries: 5.6% of the 2,555 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 Google Hosted Libraries

How many websites use Google Hosted Libraries?
We found Google Hosted Libraries on 144 of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months (5.6%). 60 of them have a public status page.
What is Google Hosted Libraries often used with?
Among the websites we scan, Google Hosted Libraries is often found alongside Google Analytics (81.3% of its sites), Google Tag Manager (79.9% of its sites), Cloudflare (70.1% of its sites).
What are the alternatives to Google Hosted Libraries?
Other CDNs we recognize include Cloudflare, Amazon CloudFront, jsDelivr, cdnjs.

Is your website built with Google Hosted Libraries?

UptimeCard checks it around the clock, tells you the minute it stops answering, and gives your visitors a status page.

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