esbuildvsrollup

Winner: rollup

rollup is the safest overall pick in this comparison

esbuild46/100

rollup70/100

Measured evidence

Health scores: rollup: 70/100, esbuild: 46/100.
Releases in the last 90 days: rollup: 0, esbuild: 0.
Known vulnerabilities: rollup: 0, esbuild: 0.
OpenSSF scores: rollup: 5.5/10, esbuild: 4.2/10.

Caveats

The score favors rollup, 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	esbuild	rollup
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	36 days ago	28 days ago
Open issues	568 open issues	583 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 97.74% of commits	top contributor makes 46.72% of commits
OpenSSF score	4.2/10	5.5/10
Vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities
Types	ships TypeScript types	ships TypeScript types

Weekly npm downloads

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

esbuildrollup

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Week	esbuild	rollup
2026-07-13	127,900,596	64,303,324
2026-07-06	231,703,919	119,218,523
2026-06-29	237,262,772	125,293,346
2026-06-22	237,969,557	122,079,486
2026-06-15	243,988,517	124,703,671
2026-06-08	244,543,775	123,565,673
2026-06-01	200,590,005	102,063,314
2026-05-25	224,484,309	110,570,244
2026-05-18	241,803,639	121,199,791
2026-05-11	236,847,527	99,137,576
2026-05-04	222,554,277	105,186,683
2026-04-27	211,419,041	112,149,798
2026-04-20	211,103,999	111,065,444
2026-04-13	197,997,099	105,018,455
2026-04-06	164,021,497	90,130,610
2026-03-30	162,178,818	91,443,874
2026-03-23	163,703,618	97,659,952
2026-03-16	138,268,076	88,112,312
2026-03-09	140,322,876	94,629,278
2026-03-02	134,701,279	89,317,738
2026-02-23	127,940,434	84,682,559
2026-02-16	120,448,505	73,877,821
2026-02-09	109,250,288	70,176,969
2026-02-02	107,388,389	69,640,075
2026-01-26	101,174,904	67,102,248
2026-01-19	94,514,140	62,365,955
2026-01-12	91,029,766	60,459,619
2026-01-05	81,455,413	53,878,444
2025-12-29	46,914,369	32,687,870
2025-12-22	52,525,896	34,019,118
2025-12-15	81,093,997	54,194,166
2025-12-08	81,984,740	54,989,286
2025-12-01	81,744,639	55,954,223
2025-11-24	71,387,391	52,093,234
2025-11-17	76,339,900	53,540,764
2025-11-10	73,034,644	51,422,033
2025-11-03	73,249,199	51,693,066
2025-10-27	70,624,808	50,103,729
2025-10-20	69,408,193	51,054,988
2025-10-13	67,245,491	48,019,342
2025-10-06	66,345,564	47,624,618
2025-09-29	65,982,150	46,829,149
2025-09-22	66,897,615	46,401,271
2025-09-15	69,175,073	45,836,095
2025-09-08	71,217,286	47,739,733
2025-09-01	69,381,578	46,446,269
2025-08-25	71,658,641	48,281,172
2025-08-18	70,454,442	46,816,454
2025-08-11	68,056,493	43,429,687
2025-08-04	67,208,130	43,036,757
2025-07-28	67,544,659	45,448,648
2025-07-21	65,354,780	41,696,005
2025-07-14	63,441,236	42,700,832
2025-07-07	62,151,983	42,123,669
2025-06-30	58,960,956	40,571,782
2025-06-23	64,856,860	46,020,487
2025-06-16	64,538,699	45,901,059
2025-06-09	61,095,962	41,155,385
2025-06-02	60,004,924	39,578,251
2025-05-26	55,837,882	35,809,682
2025-05-19	60,905,689	39,526,236
2025-05-12	58,292,625	37,242,299
2025-05-05	57,334,218	36,526,962
2025-04-28	52,687,672	32,650,931
2025-04-21	54,726,159	34,117,381
2025-04-14	54,365,585	33,670,490
2025-04-07	56,066,833	34,875,679
2025-03-31	54,281,202	34,047,653
2025-03-24	51,330,575	32,380,212
2025-03-17	51,439,078	31,807,632
2025-03-10	52,292,760	31,349,319
2025-03-03	50,431,911	30,735,051
2025-02-24	51,657,589	30,669,980
2025-02-17	48,599,584	29,815,362
2025-02-10	49,566,451	30,690,418
2025-02-03	47,669,321	31,530,862
2025-01-27	45,195,537	28,374,814
2025-01-20	44,306,047	27,739,584
2025-01-13	44,253,260	27,347,972
2025-01-06	40,824,440	25,557,173
2024-12-30	22,900,671	14,513,111
2024-12-23	20,285,317	13,159,004
2024-12-16	41,838,815	25,661,362
2024-12-09	42,422,713	26,539,062
2024-12-02	42,605,487	26,925,336
2024-11-25	38,552,270	25,933,331
2024-11-18	42,291,925	28,960,441
2024-11-11	39,033,977	26,827,148
2024-11-04	39,599,683	26,276,074
2024-10-28	38,801,875	24,657,488
2024-10-21	39,744,690	25,705,062
2024-10-14	37,825,898	24,554,575
2024-10-07	38,114,984	24,769,068
2024-09-30	35,903,441	24,029,858
2024-09-23	36,966,007	25,146,317
2024-09-16	35,669,539	23,827,695
2024-09-09	36,480,667	24,351,730
2024-09-02	33,867,949	23,001,278
2024-08-26	34,231,905	23,368,307
2024-08-19	33,488,536	22,361,830
2024-08-12	30,989,899	20,772,222
2024-08-05	32,375,900	22,108,692
2024-07-29	32,209,696	22,286,241
2024-07-22	31,967,279	22,412,459
2024-07-15	31,783,672	22,283,845
2024-07-08	32,367,006	22,419,956
2024-07-01	30,238,461	20,396,302
2024-06-24	31,753,028	21,961,985
2024-06-17	31,047,376	21,571,988
2024-06-10	31,716,538	22,387,010
2024-06-03	30,458,429	22,019,684
2024-05-27	28,173,862	20,506,103
2024-05-20	28,240,374	20,691,657
2024-05-13	28,966,872	21,172,293
2024-05-06	26,226,939	19,572,951
2024-04-29	25,387,881	19,177,463
2024-04-22	27,980,426	21,241,428
2024-04-15	28,170,191	21,432,703
2024-04-08	27,412,145	20,698,469
2024-04-01	26,014,634	19,754,063
2024-03-25	24,072,455	18,203,942
2024-03-18	27,680,553	20,884,599
2024-03-11	27,251,657	20,927,697
2024-03-04	27,463,805	21,095,167
2024-02-26	26,953,377	20,697,750
2024-02-19	25,249,017	19,303,360
2024-02-12	24,290,301	18,767,037
2024-02-05	24,576,243	18,923,601
2024-01-29	24,899,765	19,208,188
2024-01-22	23,597,982	18,654,923
2024-01-15	22,873,082	18,179,517
2024-01-08	22,315,291	17,503,521
2024-01-01	16,245,248	13,356,627
2023-12-25	10,010,487	8,444,914
2023-12-18	19,654,880	15,392,821
2023-12-11	22,187,808	17,231,683
2023-12-04	22,020,034	17,073,026
2023-11-27	22,221,498	17,326,477
2023-11-20	19,514,639	15,456,806
2023-11-13	20,789,792	16,153,475
2023-11-06	20,767,888	16,200,697
2023-10-30	14,157,440	11,247,785
2023-10-23	20,246,587	15,887,512
2023-10-16	20,513,522	16,230,996
2023-10-09	18,983,901	15,249,876
2023-10-02	19,481,117	15,572,329
2023-09-25	19,636,728	15,755,236
2023-09-18	19,186,859	15,569,241
2023-09-11	18,805,574	15,390,226
2023-09-04	17,215,525	14,415,391
2023-08-28	17,649,411	14,566,208
2023-08-21	17,992,419	14,982,829
2023-08-14	16,696,100	13,686,379
2023-08-07	17,007,127	14,279,026
2023-07-31	17,134,701	14,364,718
2023-07-24	16,598,891	14,168,878
2023-07-17	16,520,543	14,365,816
2023-07-10	16,204,796	14,247,349
2023-07-03	14,440,483	13,279,300
2023-06-26	14,939,978	13,662,510
2023-06-19	14,696,296	13,436,802
2023-06-12	14,888,271	13,722,083
2023-06-05	14,185,448	13,448,743
2023-05-29	13,435,085	12,768,168
2023-05-22	13,948,570	13,354,948
2023-05-15	13,793,525	12,999,823
2023-05-08	13,729,668	12,923,272
2023-05-01	12,564,054	11,932,316
2023-04-24	13,510,359	12,770,820
2023-04-17	12,905,248	12,499,260
2023-04-10	12,186,522	11,608,756
2023-04-03	11,613,471	11,416,679
2023-03-27	12,765,533	12,571,381
2023-03-20	12,631,083	12,506,419
2023-03-13	12,244,294	12,121,164
2023-03-06	11,583,505	11,679,881
2023-02-27	11,483,912	11,807,102
2023-02-20	10,976,779	11,335,027
2023-02-13	11,733,256	11,612,901
2023-02-06	13,397,950	11,448,200
2023-01-30	12,967,337	11,277,866
2023-01-23	12,002,538	10,376,974
2023-01-16	11,432,330	10,124,894
2023-01-09	11,654,280	10,333,440
2023-01-02	9,340,792	8,365,547
2022-12-26	6,132,888	5,501,739
2022-12-19	9,308,152	8,574,579
2022-12-12	11,070,839	9,958,595
2022-12-05	10,849,096	10,003,393
2022-11-28	10,514,942	9,806,772
2022-11-21	9,385,606	9,112,926
2022-11-14	10,607,089	10,358,173
2022-11-07	9,953,935	10,301,422
2022-10-31	9,434,959	10,251,899
2022-10-24	9,490,012	9,713,425
2022-10-17	9,473,467	9,619,970
2022-10-10	9,073,310	9,201,215
2022-10-03	8,794,152	8,893,757
2022-09-26	8,888,458	9,166,043
2022-09-19	8,480,462	8,890,766
2022-09-12	8,562,431	8,970,400
2022-09-05	7,838,803	8,450,815
2022-08-29	7,883,426	8,566,110
2022-08-22	7,847,417	8,684,582
2022-08-15	7,354,544	8,216,969
2022-08-08	7,286,173	8,159,919
2022-08-01	7,174,857	8,273,590
2022-07-25	7,056,010	8,443,603
2022-07-18	5,835,874	7,134,746
2022-07-11	6,735,480	8,223,898
2022-07-04	6,320,316	7,645,905
2022-06-27	6,166,214	8,069,602
2022-06-20	4,884,314	8,001,840
2022-06-13	4,898,127	7,745,835
2022-06-06	4,723,196	8,074,563
2022-05-30	4,565,867	8,097,675
2022-05-23	4,469,189	7,932,566
2022-05-16	4,736,900	8,287,199
2022-05-09	5,170,420	7,839,649
2022-05-02	4,682,298	6,979,621
2022-04-25	5,203,150	7,450,261
2022-04-18	4,651,099	7,039,679
2022-04-11	4,615,828	6,956,877
2022-04-04	4,376,937	7,192,883
2022-03-28	4,045,950	7,248,803
2022-03-21	3,799,736	7,216,727
2022-03-14	3,748,558	7,163,183
2022-03-07	3,589,865	6,987,638
2022-02-28	3,489,267	6,945,245
2022-02-21	3,344,517	6,790,450
2022-02-14	3,522,058	7,063,594
2022-02-07	3,375,739	7,062,064
2022-01-31	3,145,680	6,608,312
2022-01-24	2,989,250	6,665,494
2022-01-17	2,847,212	6,542,794
2022-01-10	2,693,208	6,336,700
2022-01-03	2,176,748	5,185,034
2021-12-27	1,357,977	3,303,641
2021-12-20	1,889,941	4,559,088
2021-12-13	2,446,475	5,940,325
2021-12-06	2,572,440	5,813,467
2021-11-29	2,216,041	5,823,632
2021-11-22	1,913,491	5,272,433
2021-11-15	2,011,921	5,782,952
2021-11-08	1,861,709	5,681,676
2021-11-01	1,754,873	5,328,475
2021-10-25	1,780,123	5,589,684
2021-10-18	1,756,872	5,479,533
2021-10-11	1,616,727	5,278,235
2021-10-04	1,509,647	5,306,903
2021-09-27	1,469,261	5,248,278
2021-09-20	1,374,572	5,211,208
2021-09-13	1,294,517	5,110,861
2021-09-06	1,162,539	4,726,786
2021-08-30	1,197,580	4,882,436
2021-08-23	1,473,861	4,785,511
2021-08-16	1,043,229	4,680,464
2021-08-09	1,091,635	4,689,597
2021-08-02	1,197,685	4,672,505
2021-07-26	779,628	4,697,579
2021-07-19	691,206	4,662,923
2021-07-12	34,236	209,527