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Best Alternatives to esbuild

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esbuild

v0.27.3 · MIT

An extremely fast JavaScript and CSS bundler and minifier.

Weekly Downloads

130.5M

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rollup

v4.59.0 · MIT

Popular Build Tool package — compare downloads and bundle size

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85.1M

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vite

v7.3.1 · MIT

Popular Build Tool package — compare downloads and bundle size

Weekly Downloads

70.5M

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webpack

v5.105.4 · MIT

Popular Build Tool package — compare downloads and bundle size

Weekly Downloads

41.7M

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parcel

v2.16.4 · MIT

Popular Build Tool package — compare downloads and bundle size

Weekly Downloads

285K

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rspack

v0.1.1 · MIT

Popular Build Tool package — compare downloads and bundle size

Weekly Downloads

140

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