# jsDelivr: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 9 judge labels across 1 category by 7 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/jsdelivr

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Content delivery networks](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/content-delivery-networks/index.md) | 0% | 56 | 56% | 9 |

## What the models said for it

- "Other low-cost or free alternatives include Gcore, Netlify, and JSDelivr" (Mistral Small, CDN)
- "Best for open‑source libraries: jsDelivr / UNPKG" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, CDN)

## And against it

- "Security rating B (656/950) suggests notable security posture concerns. Known incidents include: A 5‑hour outage in 2024. Malicious files delivered" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, CDN)
- "Public/Open CDNs to Be Cautious About ... avoid relying on external public CDNs for library loading" (MiniMax M2.5, CDN)
- "malicious packages removed from npm remained accessible via jsdelivr, enabling phishing attacks" (Kimi K2, CDN)
- "jsDelivr has been blocked in some jurisdictions after malicious package delivery." (Muse Glimmer 30B, CDN)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named jsDelivr, from 15 of the 15 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- github.com: 9
- httptoolkit.com: 7
- cdnetworks.com: 6
- blog.blazingcdn.com: 4
- cloudflare.com: 4
- dl.acm.org: 4
- fastly.com: 4
- ioriver.io: 4
- arp242.net: 3
- arxiv.org: 3

### Pages cited

- https://httptoolkit.com/blog/public-cdn-risks: 7
- https://cdnetworks.com/blog/web-performance/best-cdn-providers: 5
- https://github.com/HariSekhon/Knowledge-Base/blob/main/cdn.md: 5
- https://github.com/httptoolkit/httptoolkit-website/blob/main/src/content/posts/public-cdn-risks.mdx: 4
- https://arp242.net/cdn.html: 3
- https://arxiv.org/html/2301.03690v2: 3
- https://blog.blazingcdn.com/en-us/when-not-to-use-a-cdn-limitations-and-challenges-explained: 3
- https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2024/12/crawling-december-cdns: 3

## In its own words

What jsDelivr's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: A free CDN for open source projects (https://jsdelivr.com/)
- For: open source projects (https://jsdelivr.com/)
- Price stated: A free CDN (https://jsdelivr.com/)
- Free plan or trial: A free CDN (https://jsdelivr.com/)

## What it publishes

Every page jsdelivr.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 51842 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 40 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-08-10
- webinar or virtual event: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- conference or event: 261 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- report or ebook: 27 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- comparison: 4 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- template or tool: 73 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- glossary or explainer: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- news or press: 16 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2024-12-10
- Recent: 2026-08-10 blog: Making jsdelivrs origin more reliable at scale https://www.jsdelivr.com/blog/making-jsdelivrs-origin-more-reliable-at-scale/
- Recent: 2026-08-07 blog: Making more npm packages work with jsdelivr esm https://www.jsdelivr.com/blog/making-more-npm-packages-work-with-jsdelivr-esm/
- Recent: 2026-01-27 blog: Jsdelivr will continue to serve cocoapods packages https://www.jsdelivr.com/blog/jsdelivr-will-continue-to-serve-cocoapods-packages/
- Recent: 2024-12-10 news or press: News globalping grows and goes independent https://www.jsdelivr.com/blog/news-globalping-grows-and-goes-independent/
- Recent: 2024-05-02 blog: Jsdelivr may outage postmortem https://www.jsdelivr.com/blog/jsdelivr-may-outage-postmortem/
- Recent: 2023-10-22 blog: Joining forces with algolia for an even better npm search https://www.jsdelivr.com/blog/joining-forces-with-algolia-for-an-even-better-npm-search/

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.