esbuildvsvite

Winner: vite

vite is the safest overall pick in this comparison

esbuild46/100

vite65/100

Measured evidence

Health scores: vite: 65/100, esbuild: 46/100.
Releases in the last 90 days: vite: 0, esbuild: 0.
Known vulnerabilities: vite: 0, esbuild: 0.
OpenSSF scores: vite: 6.8/10, esbuild: 4.2/10.

Caveats

The score favors vite, 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	vite
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	36 days ago	1 days ago
Open issues	568 open issues	484 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 97.74% of commits	top contributor makes 26.12% of commits
OpenSSF score	4.2/10	6.8/10
Vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities	0 known vulnerabilities
Types	ships TypeScript types	no bundled types

Weekly npm downloads

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

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Week	esbuild	vite
2026-07-13	127,900,596	78,573,024
2026-07-06	231,703,919	116,308,685
2026-06-29	237,262,772	147,358,064
2026-06-22	237,969,557	140,977,733
2026-06-15	243,988,517	142,424,457
2026-06-08	244,543,775	138,834,324
2026-06-01	200,590,005	110,691,050
2026-05-25	224,484,309	121,408,225
2026-05-18	241,803,639	130,836,627
2026-05-11	236,847,527	127,260,655
2026-05-04	222,554,277	120,319,176
2026-04-27	211,419,041	114,998,893
2026-04-20	211,103,999	114,264,690
2026-04-13	197,997,099	107,311,579
2026-04-06	164,021,497	92,164,999
2026-03-30	162,178,818	89,049,713
2026-03-23	163,703,618	90,790,404
2026-03-16	138,268,076	76,774,266
2026-03-09	140,322,876	77,208,953
2026-03-02	134,701,279	72,629,100
2026-02-23	127,940,434	69,161,010
2026-02-16	120,448,505	68,177,496
2026-02-09	109,250,288	54,956,933
2026-02-02	107,388,389	55,524,520
2026-01-26	101,174,904	53,689,019
2026-01-19	94,514,140	47,760,686
2026-01-12	91,029,766	47,526,239
2026-01-05	81,455,413	41,903,495
2025-12-29	46,914,369	24,240,461
2025-12-22	52,525,896	28,716,583
2025-12-15	81,093,997	41,398,294
2025-12-08	81,984,740	42,445,108
2025-12-01	81,744,639	42,955,186
2025-11-24	71,387,391	38,773,295
2025-11-17	76,339,900	40,599,128
2025-11-10	73,034,644	38,961,783
2025-11-03	73,249,199	39,671,067
2025-10-27	70,624,808	38,705,146
2025-10-20	69,408,193	38,900,220
2025-10-13	67,245,491	36,796,569
2025-10-06	66,345,564	36,142,599
2025-09-29	65,982,150	35,750,205
2025-09-22	66,897,615	35,943,082
2025-09-15	69,175,073	36,497,095
2025-09-08	71,217,286	38,943,232
2025-09-01	69,381,578	37,406,211
2025-08-25	71,658,641	110,753,002
2025-08-18	70,454,442	149,485,239
2025-08-11	68,056,493	145,837,026
2025-08-04	67,208,130	57,251,498
2025-07-28	67,544,659	33,919,213
2025-07-21	65,354,780	32,311,635
2025-07-14	63,441,236	31,352,078
2025-07-07	62,151,983	30,757,376
2025-06-30	58,960,956	29,717,886
2025-06-23	64,856,860	32,192,427
2025-06-16	64,538,699	31,167,251
2025-06-09	61,095,962	29,324,905
2025-06-02	60,004,924	28,654,175
2025-05-26	55,837,882	26,343,152
2025-05-19	60,905,689	29,071,268
2025-05-12	58,292,625	27,614,958
2025-05-05	57,334,218	27,323,515
2025-04-28	52,687,672	24,469,729
2025-04-21	54,726,159	25,544,685
2025-04-14	54,365,585	25,487,262
2025-04-07	56,066,833	26,459,973
2025-03-31	54,281,202	25,359,672
2025-03-24	51,330,575	23,635,079
2025-03-17	51,439,078	22,775,847
2025-03-10	52,292,760	22,688,468
2025-03-03	50,431,911	22,027,299
2025-02-24	51,657,589	22,201,404
2025-02-17	48,599,584	21,188,193
2025-02-10	49,566,451	21,495,881
2025-02-03	47,669,321	20,871,206
2025-01-27	45,195,537	19,595,284
2025-01-20	44,306,047	19,902,368
2025-01-13	44,253,260	18,901,819
2025-01-06	40,824,440	17,282,403
2024-12-30	22,900,671	9,561,893
2024-12-23	20,285,317	8,652,644
2024-12-16	41,838,815	17,263,881
2024-12-09	42,422,713	17,674,745
2024-12-02	42,605,487	17,646,823
2024-11-25	38,552,270	15,748,745
2024-11-18	42,291,925	16,945,235
2024-11-11	39,033,977	16,067,048
2024-11-04	39,599,683	15,832,392
2024-10-28	38,801,875	15,471,226
2024-10-21	39,744,690	16,251,758
2024-10-14	37,825,898	15,596,075
2024-10-07	38,114,984	15,434,450
2024-09-30	35,903,441	14,723,737
2024-09-23	36,966,007	15,572,290
2024-09-16	35,669,539	15,264,282
2024-09-09	36,480,667	15,225,631
2024-09-02	33,867,949	14,274,983
2024-08-26	34,231,905	14,231,532
2024-08-19	33,488,536	13,922,751
2024-08-12	30,989,899	13,041,300
2024-08-05	32,375,900	13,616,426
2024-07-29	32,209,696	13,690,298
2024-07-22	31,967,279	13,773,498
2024-07-15	31,783,672	13,651,741
2024-07-08	32,367,006	13,657,681
2024-07-01	30,238,461	12,768,294
2024-06-24	31,753,028	13,495,138
2024-06-17	31,047,376	13,154,904
2024-06-10	31,716,538	13,475,001
2024-06-03	30,458,429	13,180,479
2024-05-27	28,173,862	12,146,774
2024-05-20	28,240,374	11,930,893
2024-05-13	28,966,872	12,304,754
2024-05-06	26,226,939	11,208,589
2024-04-29	25,387,881	10,907,150
2024-04-22	27,980,426	12,085,432
2024-04-15	28,170,191	12,299,298
2024-04-08	27,412,145	11,865,271
2024-04-01	26,014,634	11,467,657
2024-03-25	24,072,455	10,367,393
2024-03-18	27,680,553	11,757,263
2024-03-11	27,251,657	11,628,895
2024-03-04	27,463,805	11,745,508
2024-02-26	26,953,377	11,386,681
2024-02-19	25,249,017	10,686,159
2024-02-12	24,290,301	10,332,311
2024-02-05	24,576,243	10,414,042
2024-01-29	24,899,765	10,531,694
2024-01-22	23,597,982	10,364,793
2024-01-15	22,873,082	9,887,792
2024-01-08	22,315,291	9,256,742
2024-01-01	16,245,248	6,702,522
2023-12-25	10,010,487	4,289,637
2023-12-18	19,654,880	7,954,749
2023-12-11	22,187,808	8,894,239
2023-12-04	22,020,034	9,038,096
2023-11-27	22,221,498	8,650,972
2023-11-20	19,514,639	7,667,318
2023-11-13	20,789,792	7,949,943
2023-11-06	20,767,888	7,894,377
2023-10-30	14,157,440	5,473,997
2023-10-23	20,246,587	7,769,044
2023-10-16	20,513,522	7,903,439
2023-10-09	18,983,901	7,371,531
2023-10-02	19,481,117	7,623,761
2023-09-25	19,636,728	7,310,343
2023-09-18	19,186,859	7,186,380
2023-09-11	18,805,574	6,898,892
2023-09-04	17,215,525	6,235,827
2023-08-28	17,649,411	6,366,934
2023-08-21	17,992,419	6,718,535
2023-08-14	16,696,100	6,105,504
2023-08-07	17,007,127	6,243,720
2023-07-31	17,134,701	6,221,881
2023-07-24	16,598,891	5,966,908
2023-07-17	16,520,543	5,989,885
2023-07-10	16,204,796	5,946,602
2023-07-03	14,440,483	5,336,706
2023-06-26	14,939,978	5,291,623
2023-06-19	14,696,296	5,233,494
2023-06-12	14,888,271	5,278,846
2023-06-05	14,185,448	5,196,752
2023-05-29	13,435,085	5,001,943
2023-05-22	13,948,570	5,055,007
2023-05-15	13,793,525	4,886,255
2023-05-08	13,729,668	4,789,642
2023-05-01	12,564,054	4,373,614
2023-04-24	13,510,359	4,602,655
2023-04-17	12,905,248	4,414,038
2023-04-10	12,186,522	3,905,300
2023-04-03	11,613,471	3,738,533
2023-03-27	12,765,533	4,123,551
2023-03-20	12,631,083	4,138,768
2023-03-13	12,244,294	3,850,292
2023-03-06	11,583,505	3,527,637
2023-02-27	11,483,912	3,536,679
2023-02-20	10,976,779	3,475,668
2023-02-13	11,733,256	3,423,321
2023-02-06	13,397,950	3,275,376
2023-01-30	12,967,337	3,194,862
2023-01-23	12,002,538	2,886,437
2023-01-16	11,432,330	2,770,651
2023-01-09	11,654,280	2,821,919
2023-01-02	9,340,792	2,277,753
2022-12-26	6,132,888	1,435,879
2022-12-19	9,308,152	2,292,803
2022-12-12	11,070,839	2,600,926
2022-12-05	10,849,096	2,550,625
2022-11-28	10,514,942	2,350,885
2022-11-21	9,385,606	2,143,899
2022-11-14	10,607,089	2,377,847
2022-11-07	9,953,935	2,251,170
2022-10-31	9,434,959	2,092,488
2022-10-24	9,490,012	2,120,477
2022-10-17	9,473,467	2,076,271
2022-10-10	9,073,310	2,043,361
2022-10-03	8,794,152	1,887,123
2022-09-26	8,888,458	1,904,963
2022-09-19	8,480,462	1,762,049
2022-09-12	8,562,431	1,811,101
2022-09-05	7,838,803	1,675,350
2022-08-29	7,883,426	1,676,024
2022-08-22	7,847,417	1,652,089
2022-08-15	7,354,544	1,570,561
2022-08-08	7,286,173	1,533,785
2022-08-01	7,174,857	1,404,846
2022-07-25	7,056,010	1,365,061
2022-07-18	5,835,874	1,119,161
2022-07-11	6,735,480	1,267,182
2022-07-04	6,320,316	1,108,817
2022-06-27	6,166,214	1,136,774
2022-06-20	4,884,314	1,064,777
2022-06-13	4,898,127	1,094,238
2022-06-06	4,723,196	1,087,020
2022-05-30	4,565,867	977,726
2022-05-23	4,469,189	958,890
2022-05-16	4,736,900	977,135
2022-05-09	5,170,420	930,662
2022-05-02	4,682,298	898,628
2022-04-25	5,203,150	901,053
2022-04-18	4,651,099	774,349
2022-04-11	4,615,828	771,644
2022-04-04	4,376,937	757,506
2022-03-28	4,045,950	755,511
2022-03-21	3,799,736	665,728
2022-03-14	3,748,558	646,533
2022-03-07	3,589,865	630,995
2022-02-28	3,489,267	643,841
2022-02-21	3,344,517	630,819
2022-02-14	3,522,058	650,119
2022-02-07	3,375,739	576,269
2022-01-31	3,145,680	484,981
2022-01-24	2,989,250	490,749
2022-01-17	2,847,212	504,419
2022-01-10	2,693,208	470,470
2022-01-03	2,176,748	386,350
2021-12-27	1,357,977	277,583
2021-12-20	1,889,941	342,412
2021-12-13	2,446,475	417,420
2021-12-06	2,572,440	390,677
2021-11-29	2,216,041	356,606
2021-11-22	1,913,491	336,476
2021-11-15	2,011,921	366,078
2021-11-08	1,861,709	342,311
2021-11-01	1,754,873	310,036
2021-10-25	1,780,123	318,875
2021-10-18	1,756,872	301,756
2021-10-11	1,616,727	279,313
2021-10-04	1,509,647	268,461
2021-09-27	1,469,261	268,259
2021-09-20	1,374,572	251,179
2021-09-13	1,294,517	250,010
2021-09-06	1,162,539	237,234
2021-08-30	1,197,580	232,314
2021-08-23	1,473,861	217,492
2021-08-16	1,043,229	201,370
2021-08-09	1,091,635	180,996
2021-08-02	1,197,685	178,464
2021-07-26	779,628	184,537
2021-07-19	691,206	201,256
2021-07-12	34,236	11,677