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'''Cdnjs''' is a community driven, peer reviewed script repository, non-profit and open-source [[Content Distribution Network]], for popular web development frameworks, with a wide range of community-driven projects hosted on a global CDN to speed up the web as a whole. Created in 2011, '''Cdnjs''' has gained notable reputation among developers, and now serves traffic comparable with Microsoft's and Yahoo's content distribution networks. [[BuiltWith]] reports that over 150, 000 websites now use '''Cdnjs''' to host their files.<ref name="w3techs">http://w3techs.com/technologies/details/cd-cdnjs/all/all</ref><ref>http://trends.builtwith.com/cdn/CDN-JS</ref><ref>http://thechangelog.com/episode-0-6-3-cdnjs-with-thomas-davis-and-ryan-kirkman/</ref><ref>http://theindustry.cc/2012/07/10/cdnjs-and-cloudflare-more-than-just-a-cdn/</ref><ref>http://www.category5.tv/episodes/345.php</ref>
'''Cdnjs Selections''' are five hand-picked JavaScript libraries, selected specifically for functionality/features/etc. seen as universally needed for pushing the web forward, while supporting legacy browsers.<ref name="cloudflare">https://www.cloudflare.com/apps/cdnjs</ref>
Web Perfomance Optimization (WPO) gains from utilizing Cdnjs Scripts:
* using Cdnjs from a shared url raises the possibility the user will already have it cached in their browser.
* Cdnjs is global, optimizing for each delivery from the closest node.
 
The project, as of May 2014, hosts over 800 libraries, which contain Flash, CSS, HTML and JavaScript. The library submissions are maintained by 800+ developers, using [[GitHub]] as the central management tool.<ref>https://github.com/cdnjs/cdnjs</ref>