Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to esbuild

The top open-source alternatives to esbuild are Vite, Webpack, and rollup.js. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Vite Landing Page
1

Vite

Next Generation Frontend Tooling
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Software Development #Web Frameworks #Developer Tools 381 social mentions
Webpack Landing Page
2

Webpack

Webpack is a module bundler. Its main purpose is to bundle JavaScript files for usage in a browser, yet it is also capable of transforming, bundling, or packaging just about any resource or asset.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Application Bundler #JS Build Tools #Module Bundler 220 social mentions
rollup.js Landing Page
3

rollup.js

Rollup is a module bundler for JavaScript which compiles small pieces of code into a larger piece such as application.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Application Bundler #JS Build Tools #Front End Package Manager 44 social mentions
Parcel Landing Page
4

Parcel

Blazing fast, zero configuration web application bundler
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Web Application Bundler #Assets Bundler #JS Build Tools 102 social mentions
React Landing Page
5

React

A JavaScript library for building user interfaces
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Javascript UI Libraries #JS Library #JavaScript Framework 775 social mentions
Next.js Landing Page
6

Next.js

A small framework for server-rendered universal JavaScript apps
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #JavaScript Framework 928 social mentions
Svelte Landing Page
7

Svelte

Cybernetically enhanced web apps
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Javascript UI Libraries #JavaScript Framework #JS Library 355 social mentions
Tailwind CSS Landing Page
8

Tailwind CSS

A utility-first CSS framework for rapidly building custom user interfaces.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Design Tools #Website Design 870 social mentions
bundlejs Landing Page
9

bundlejs

A quick and easy way to bundle, minify, and compress (gzip and brotli) your ts, js, jsx and npm projects all online, with the bundle file size.
Pricing:
- Open Source
- Free
#Developer Tools #Web Application Bundler #Module Bundler 6 social mentions
PostCSS Landing Page
10

PostCSS

Increase code readability. Add vendor prefixes to CSS rules using values from Can I Use. Autoprefixer will use the data based on current browser popularity and property support to apply prefixes for you.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Developer Tools #Design Tools #CSS Framework 39 social mentions
ESLint Landing Page
11

ESLint

The fully pluggable JavaScript code quality tool
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Code Coverage #Developer Tools #Code Quality 229 social mentions
Grunt Landing Page
12

Grunt

The Grunt ecosystem is huge and it's growing every day.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#JS Build Tools #Front End Package Manager #Web Application Bundler 14 social mentions