@rspack/corevsesbuild

Winner: @rspack/core

@rspack/core is the safest overall pick in this comparison

@rspack/core76/100

esbuild55/100

Measured evidence

Health scores: @rspack/core: 76/100, esbuild: 55/100.
Releases in the last 90 days: @rspack/core: 0, esbuild: 0.
GitHub activity: @rspack/core: 713 commits, esbuild: 40 commits.
Known vulnerabilities: @rspack/core: 0, esbuild: 0.
OpenSSF scores: @rspack/core: -/10, esbuild: 5/10.

Caveats

The score favors @rspack/core, but ecosystem fit and API ergonomics can still outweigh the measured gap.

Package details

Risk signals

Measured metrics — each value links to its source.

Signal	@rspack/core	esbuild
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	5 days ago	35 days ago
Open issues	117 open issues	550 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 11.4% of commits	top contributor makes 97.76% of commits
Commit activity	713 commits in the last 90 days	40 commits in the last 90 days
Pull request activity	20 PRs opened in the last 90 days	18 PRs opened in the last 90 days
OpenSSF score	not scored	5/10
Vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities

Weekly npm downloads

Daily downloads aggregated to weekly sums (last 5 years).

@rspack/coreesbuild

View as table

Week	@rspack/core	esbuild
2026-08-31	1,020,245	242,434,971
2026-08-24	4,304,699	275,118,110
2026-08-17	0	266,410,494
2026-08-10	0	227,712,393
2026-08-03	0	255,499,108
2026-07-27	4,056,501	260,233,457
2026-07-20	7,950,673	261,080,619
2026-07-13	7,546,224	255,790,269
2026-07-06	7,187,012	231,703,919
2026-06-29	6,674,063	237,262,772
2026-06-22	7,243,099	237,969,557
2026-06-15	7,055,351	243,988,517
2026-06-08	6,750,330	244,543,775
2026-06-01	5,301,725	200,590,005
2026-05-25	5,833,002	224,484,309
2026-05-18	6,474,388	241,803,639
2026-05-11	6,052,138	236,847,527
2026-05-04	5,924,265	222,554,277
2026-04-27	5,232,768	211,419,041
2026-04-20	5,050,214	211,103,999
2026-04-13	5,013,723	197,997,099
2026-04-06	4,801,885	164,021,497
2026-03-30	4,347,069	162,178,818
2026-03-23	4,592,329	163,703,618
2026-03-16	4,316,210	138,268,076
2026-03-09	4,182,539	140,322,876
2026-03-02	3,987,329	134,701,279
2026-02-23	3,724,354	127,940,434
2026-02-16	3,320,849	120,448,505
2026-02-09	3,483,336	109,250,288
2026-02-02	3,280,790	107,388,389
2026-01-26	3,109,301	101,174,904
2026-01-19	2,857,603	94,514,140
2026-01-12	2,949,675	91,029,766
2026-01-05	2,600,637	81,455,413
2025-12-29	1,199,897	46,914,369
2025-12-22	1,344,483	52,525,896
2025-12-15	2,646,461	81,093,997
2025-12-08	2,676,158	81,984,740
2025-12-01	2,614,105	81,744,639
2025-11-24	2,277,298	71,387,391
2025-11-17	2,519,554	76,339,900
2025-11-10	2,410,881	73,034,644
2025-11-03	2,419,643	73,249,199
2025-10-27	2,377,476	70,624,808
2025-10-20	2,263,597	69,408,193
2025-10-13	2,225,478	67,245,491
2025-10-06	2,235,213	66,345,564
2025-09-29	2,153,523	65,982,150
2025-09-22	2,173,573	66,897,615
2025-09-15	2,181,621	69,175,073
2025-09-08	2,087,864	71,217,286
2025-09-01	1,905,717	69,381,578
2025-08-25	1,891,466	71,658,641
2025-08-18	1,876,986	70,454,442
2025-08-11	1,785,535	68,056,493
2025-08-04	1,794,007	67,208,130
2025-07-28	1,767,340	67,544,659
2025-07-21	1,739,698	65,354,780
2025-07-14	1,638,077	63,441,236
2025-07-07	1,630,526	62,151,983
2025-06-30	1,529,833	58,960,956
2025-06-23	1,587,297	64,856,860
2025-06-16	1,573,546	64,538,699
2025-06-09	1,494,019	61,095,962
2025-06-02	1,523,683	60,004,924
2025-05-26	1,368,671	55,837,882
2025-05-19	1,429,338	60,905,689
2025-05-12	1,441,213	58,292,625
2025-05-05	1,294,474	57,334,218
2025-04-28	1,184,095	52,687,672
2025-04-21	1,203,659	54,726,159
2025-04-14	1,170,642	54,365,585
2025-04-07	1,179,417	56,066,833
2025-03-31	1,079,127	54,281,202
2025-03-24	1,017,712	51,330,575
2025-03-17	950,469	51,439,078
2025-03-10	929,120	52,292,760
2025-03-03	913,637	50,431,911
2025-02-24	864,197	51,657,589
2025-02-17	813,717	48,599,584
2025-02-10	768,816	49,566,451
2025-02-03	692,549	47,669,321
2025-01-27	642,697	45,195,537
2025-01-20	618,590	44,306,047
2025-01-13	545,172	44,253,260
2025-01-06	462,749	40,824,440
2024-12-30	221,934	22,900,671
2024-12-23	193,175	20,285,317
2024-12-16	400,672	41,838,815
2024-12-09	352,082	42,422,713
2024-12-02	281,594	42,605,487
2024-11-25	228,205	38,552,270
2024-11-18	238,783	42,291,925
2024-11-11	220,028	39,033,977
2024-11-04	228,779	39,599,683
2024-10-28	204,883	38,801,875
2024-10-21	192,715	39,744,690
2024-10-14	192,667	37,825,898
2024-10-07	210,477	38,114,984
2024-09-30	181,095	35,903,441
2024-09-23	171,633	36,966,007
2024-09-16	142,401	35,669,539
2024-09-09	148,652	36,480,667
2024-09-02	137,649	33,867,949
2024-08-26	139,389	34,231,905
2024-08-19	119,077	33,488,536
2024-08-12	97,633	30,989,899
2024-08-05	112,426	32,375,900
2024-07-29	106,934	32,209,696
2024-07-22	98,286	31,967,279
2024-07-15	98,494	31,783,672
2024-07-08	84,219	32,367,006
2024-07-01	85,884	30,238,461
2024-06-24	84,713	31,753,028
2024-06-17	81,473	31,047,376
2024-06-10	81,626	31,716,538
2024-06-03	92,036	30,458,429
2024-05-27	74,901	28,173,862
2024-05-20	76,136	28,240,374
2024-05-13	87,053	28,966,872
2024-05-06	66,243	26,226,939
2024-04-29	56,794	25,387,881
2024-04-22	77,925	27,980,426
2024-04-15	72,616	28,170,191
2024-04-08	70,287	27,412,145
2024-04-01	66,896	26,014,634
2024-03-25	68,340	24,072,455
2024-03-18	77,896	27,680,553
2024-03-11	85,305	27,251,657
2024-03-04	96,098	27,463,805
2024-02-26	104,002	26,953,377
2024-02-19	88,596	25,249,017
2024-02-12	80,653	24,290,301
2024-02-05	59,791	24,576,243
2024-01-29	71,219	24,899,765
2024-01-22	60,530	23,597,982
2024-01-15	53,310	22,873,082
2024-01-08	52,566	22,315,291
2024-01-01	46,996	16,245,248
2023-12-25	27,551	10,010,487
2023-12-18	75,286	19,654,880
2023-12-11	47,483	22,187,808
2023-12-04	42,097	22,020,034
2023-11-27	33,805	22,221,498
2023-11-20	28,622	19,514,639
2023-11-13	41,499	20,789,792
2023-11-06	38,417	20,767,888
2023-10-30	26,228	14,157,440
2023-10-23	32,051	20,246,587
2023-10-16	24,019	20,513,522
2023-10-09	22,073	18,983,901
2023-10-02	28,750	19,481,117
2023-09-25	24,738	19,636,728
2023-09-18	24,835	19,186,859
2023-09-11	21,824	18,805,574
2023-09-04	19,673	17,215,525
2023-08-28	20,656	17,649,411
2023-08-21	24,766	17,992,419
2023-08-14	14,826	16,696,100
2023-08-07	13,847	17,007,127
2023-07-31	16,142	17,134,701
2023-07-24	16,801	16,598,891
2023-07-17	15,553	16,520,543
2023-07-10	17,716	16,204,796
2023-07-03	25,935	14,440,483
2023-06-26	17,468	14,939,978
2023-06-19	17,271	14,696,296
2023-06-12	16,869	14,888,271
2023-06-05	13,872	14,185,448
2023-05-29	13,040	13,435,085
2023-05-22	10,387	13,948,570
2023-05-15	8,588	13,793,525
2023-05-08	8,814	13,729,668
2023-05-01	6,681	12,564,054
2023-04-24	6,683	13,510,359
2023-04-17	8,660	12,905,248
2023-04-10	6,505	12,186,522
2023-04-03	4,311	11,613,471
2023-03-27	3,844	12,765,533
2023-03-20	4,484	12,631,083
2023-03-13	3,625	12,244,294
2023-03-06	4,944	11,583,505
2023-02-27	3,133	11,483,912
2023-02-20	2,976	10,976,779
2023-02-13	3,707	11,733,256
2023-02-06	2,882	13,397,950
2023-01-30	2,032	12,967,337
2023-01-23	871	12,002,538
2023-01-16	990	11,432,330
2023-01-09	1,146	11,654,280
2023-01-02	1,196	9,340,792
2022-12-26	1,416	6,132,888
2022-12-19	2,026	9,308,152
2022-12-12	1,759	11,070,839
2022-12-05	1,808	10,849,096
2022-11-28	1,544	10,514,942
2022-11-21	1,915	9,385,606
2022-11-14	1,422	10,607,089
2022-11-07	1,568	9,953,935
2022-10-31	1,411	9,434,959
2022-10-24	827	9,490,012
2022-10-17	3	9,473,467
2022-10-10	15	9,073,310
2022-10-03	3	8,794,152
2022-09-26	59	8,888,458
2022-09-19	21	8,480,462
2022-09-12	152	8,562,431
2022-09-05	807	7,838,803
2022-08-29	97	7,883,426
2022-08-22	2	7,847,417
2022-08-15	2	7,354,544
2022-08-08	5	7,286,173
2022-08-01	1	7,174,857
2022-07-25	1	7,056,010
2022-07-18	1	5,835,874
2022-07-11	2	6,735,480
2022-07-04	1	6,320,316
2022-06-27	2	6,166,214
2022-06-20	1	4,884,314
2022-06-13	1	4,898,127
2022-06-06	1	4,723,196
2022-05-30	3	4,565,867
2022-05-23	1	4,469,189
2022-05-16	0	4,736,900
2022-05-09	5	5,170,420
2022-05-02	3	4,682,298
2022-04-25	2	5,203,150
2022-04-18	2	4,651,099
2022-04-11	8	4,615,828
2022-04-04	31	4,376,937
2022-03-28	0	4,045,950
2022-03-21	0	3,799,736
2022-03-14	0	3,748,558
2022-03-07	0	3,589,865
2022-02-28	0	3,489,267
2022-02-21	0	3,344,517
2022-02-14	0	3,522,058
2022-02-07	0	3,375,739
2022-01-31	0	3,145,680
2022-01-24	0	2,989,250
2022-01-17	0	2,847,212
2022-01-10	0	2,693,208
2022-01-03	0	2,176,748
2021-12-27	0	1,357,977
2021-12-20	0	1,889,941
2021-12-13	0	2,446,475
2021-12-06	0	2,572,440
2021-11-29	0	2,216,041
2021-11-22	0	1,913,491
2021-11-15	0	2,011,921
2021-11-08	0	1,861,709
2021-11-01	0	1,754,873
2021-10-25	0	1,780,123
2021-10-18	0	1,756,872
2021-10-11	0	1,616,727
2021-10-04	0	1,509,647
2021-09-27	0	1,469,261
2021-09-20	0	1,374,572
2021-09-13	0	1,294,517

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