esbuildvswebpack

Winner: webpack

webpack is the safest overall pick in this comparison

esbuild46/100

webpack68/100

Measured evidence

Health scores: webpack: 68/100, esbuild: 46/100.
Releases in the last 90 days: webpack: 0, esbuild: 0.
Known vulnerabilities: webpack: 0, esbuild: 0.
OpenSSF scores: webpack: 5.6/10, esbuild: 4.2/10.

Caveats

The score favors webpack, 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	webpack
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	36 days ago	13 days ago
Open issues	568 open issues	77 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 97.74% of commits	top contributor makes 58.93% of commits
OpenSSF score	4.2/10	5.6/10
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).

esbuildwebpack

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Week	esbuild	webpack
2026-07-13	127,900,596	27,599,850
2026-07-06	231,703,919	38,400,444
2026-06-29	237,262,772	47,018,431
2026-06-22	237,969,557	49,468,822
2026-06-15	243,988,517	51,386,445
2026-06-08	244,543,775	50,220,823
2026-06-01	200,590,005	39,545,924
2026-05-25	224,484,309	45,317,862
2026-05-18	241,803,639	48,296,037
2026-05-11	236,847,527	48,203,431
2026-05-04	222,554,277	45,820,525
2026-04-27	211,419,041	45,263,650
2026-04-20	211,103,999	44,493,877
2026-04-13	197,997,099	44,252,294
2026-04-06	164,021,497	42,848,210
2026-03-30	162,178,818	42,349,522
2026-03-23	163,703,618	44,670,003
2026-03-16	138,268,076	44,952,148
2026-03-09	140,322,876	45,872,159
2026-03-02	134,701,279	44,222,051
2026-02-23	127,940,434	41,340,431
2026-02-16	120,448,505	37,619,306
2026-02-09	109,250,288	39,156,442
2026-02-02	107,388,389	38,493,536
2026-01-26	101,174,904	36,245,241
2026-01-19	94,514,140	34,750,389
2026-01-12	91,029,766	33,947,130
2026-01-05	81,455,413	31,132,738
2025-12-29	46,914,369	16,812,734
2025-12-22	52,525,896	18,660,929
2025-12-15	81,093,997	33,454,456
2025-12-08	81,984,740	35,954,559
2025-12-01	81,744,639	37,295,532
2025-11-24	71,387,391	35,321,109
2025-11-17	76,339,900	35,530,748
2025-11-10	73,034,644	33,592,268
2025-11-03	73,249,199	33,471,458
2025-10-27	70,624,808	33,287,518
2025-10-20	69,408,193	29,291,443
2025-10-13	67,245,491	33,549,280
2025-10-06	66,345,564	33,278,494
2025-09-29	65,982,150	32,430,966
2025-09-22	66,897,615	32,042,719
2025-09-15	69,175,073	32,064,779
2025-09-08	71,217,286	32,015,394
2025-09-01	69,381,578	30,520,503
2025-08-25	71,658,641	32,423,371
2025-08-18	70,454,442	31,423,972
2025-08-11	68,056,493	29,388,708
2025-08-04	67,208,130	30,339,963
2025-07-28	67,544,659	34,178,228
2025-07-21	65,354,780	31,375,685
2025-07-14	63,441,236	33,010,499
2025-07-07	62,151,983	35,403,834
2025-06-30	58,960,956	33,357,709
2025-06-23	64,856,860	38,683,845
2025-06-16	64,538,699	37,964,414
2025-06-09	61,095,962	33,293,276
2025-06-02	60,004,924	32,522,357
2025-05-26	55,837,882	29,592,172
2025-05-19	60,905,689	32,107,922
2025-05-12	58,292,625	31,377,812
2025-05-05	57,334,218	29,814,128
2025-04-28	52,687,672	26,978,666
2025-04-21	54,726,159	28,846,125
2025-04-14	54,365,585	28,122,448
2025-04-07	56,066,833	29,977,793
2025-03-31	54,281,202	29,120,637
2025-03-24	51,330,575	29,769,413
2025-03-17	51,439,078	29,414,015
2025-03-10	52,292,760	29,204,714
2025-03-03	50,431,911	28,678,306
2025-02-24	51,657,589	28,865,426
2025-02-17	48,599,584	28,076,000
2025-02-10	49,566,451	28,816,139
2025-02-03	47,669,321	30,649,581
2025-01-27	45,195,537	27,086,238
2025-01-20	44,306,047	26,543,985
2025-01-13	44,253,260	26,983,702
2025-01-06	40,824,440	25,364,020
2024-12-30	22,900,671	14,340,818
2024-12-23	20,285,317	13,094,323
2024-12-16	41,838,815	25,935,843
2024-12-09	42,422,713	27,388,455
2024-12-02	42,605,487	27,525,301
2024-11-25	38,552,270	26,833,731
2024-11-18	42,291,925	30,467,712
2024-11-11	39,033,977	27,923,308
2024-11-04	39,599,683	28,249,856
2024-10-28	38,801,875	25,443,180
2024-10-21	39,744,690	27,639,625
2024-10-14	37,825,898	26,040,691
2024-10-07	38,114,984	25,840,673
2024-09-30	35,903,441	25,229,897
2024-09-23	36,966,007	26,670,986
2024-09-16	35,669,539	25,736,569
2024-09-09	36,480,667	26,750,230
2024-09-02	33,867,949	25,482,869
2024-08-26	34,231,905	26,313,136
2024-08-19	33,488,536	25,160,723
2024-08-12	30,989,899	23,471,063
2024-08-05	32,375,900	25,213,719
2024-07-29	32,209,696	25,648,128
2024-07-22	31,967,279	25,854,283
2024-07-15	31,783,672	26,491,544
2024-07-08	32,367,006	26,413,775
2024-07-01	30,238,461	24,102,487
2024-06-24	31,753,028	25,880,737
2024-06-17	31,047,376	25,910,661
2024-06-10	31,716,538	26,309,169
2024-06-03	30,458,429	26,213,845
2024-05-27	28,173,862	25,019,767
2024-05-20	28,240,374	25,233,008
2024-05-13	28,966,872	25,902,056
2024-05-06	26,226,939	24,053,245
2024-04-29	25,387,881	23,102,246
2024-04-22	27,980,426	25,936,695
2024-04-15	28,170,191	26,542,524
2024-04-08	27,412,145	25,693,309
2024-04-01	26,014,634	25,011,522
2024-03-25	24,072,455	23,344,612
2024-03-18	27,680,553	27,149,221
2024-03-11	27,251,657	27,111,063
2024-03-04	27,463,805	27,233,833
2024-02-26	26,953,377	27,704,579
2024-02-19	25,249,017	26,566,954
2024-02-12	24,290,301	25,513,953
2024-02-05	24,576,243	26,118,130
2024-01-29	24,899,765	26,900,422
2024-01-22	23,597,982	25,790,809
2024-01-15	22,873,082	24,767,765
2024-01-08	22,315,291	24,461,398
2024-01-01	16,245,248	17,744,378
2023-12-25	10,010,487	11,557,773
2023-12-18	19,654,880	22,119,746
2023-12-11	22,187,808	25,252,309
2023-12-04	22,020,034	25,221,587
2023-11-27	22,221,498	25,888,689
2023-11-20	19,514,639	23,398,232
2023-11-13	20,789,792	25,564,457
2023-11-06	20,767,888	26,253,344
2023-10-30	14,157,440	17,972,225
2023-10-23	20,246,587	25,910,138
2023-10-16	20,513,522	26,828,726
2023-10-09	18,983,901	24,728,690
2023-10-02	19,481,117	24,845,293
2023-09-25	19,636,728	25,799,335
2023-09-18	19,186,859	25,883,060
2023-09-11	18,805,574	26,240,570
2023-09-04	17,215,525	24,852,168
2023-08-28	17,649,411	25,756,413
2023-08-21	17,992,419	26,114,184
2023-08-14	16,696,100	24,613,844
2023-08-07	17,007,127	25,860,689
2023-07-31	17,134,701	26,355,939
2023-07-24	16,598,891	26,653,664
2023-07-17	16,520,543	27,007,295
2023-07-10	16,204,796	27,395,495
2023-07-03	14,440,483	25,145,181
2023-06-26	14,939,978	26,622,512
2023-06-19	14,696,296	26,889,903
2023-06-12	14,888,271	28,134,206
2023-06-05	14,185,448	27,315,070
2023-05-29	13,435,085	26,040,852
2023-05-22	13,948,570	27,498,139
2023-05-15	13,793,525	27,177,712
2023-05-08	13,729,668	27,406,819
2023-05-01	12,564,054	25,128,372
2023-04-24	13,510,359	28,063,503
2023-04-17	12,905,248	28,009,487
2023-04-10	12,186,522	26,625,940
2023-04-03	11,613,471	26,610,703
2023-03-27	12,765,533	29,468,679
2023-03-20	12,631,083	29,292,254
2023-03-13	12,244,294	29,551,284
2023-03-06	11,583,505	28,055,061
2023-02-27	11,483,912	28,036,509
2023-02-20	10,976,779	27,293,073
2023-02-13	11,733,256	28,134,426
2023-02-06	13,397,950	28,132,371
2023-01-30	12,967,337	28,232,304
2023-01-23	12,002,538	26,223,359
2023-01-16	11,432,330	25,895,036
2023-01-09	11,654,280	26,769,598
2023-01-02	9,340,792	21,478,799
2022-12-26	6,132,888	13,814,821
2022-12-19	9,308,152	22,368,993
2022-12-12	11,070,839	26,791,556
2022-12-05	10,849,096	27,154,806
2022-11-28	10,514,942	27,142,605
2022-11-21	9,385,606	24,345,431
2022-11-14	10,607,089	28,245,231
2022-11-07	9,953,935	29,578,146
2022-10-31	9,434,959	26,519,192
2022-10-24	9,490,012	26,051,070
2022-10-17	9,473,467	25,820,777
2022-10-10	9,073,310	24,738,032
2022-10-03	8,794,152	24,526,002
2022-09-26	8,888,458	25,212,367
2022-09-19	8,480,462	24,735,227
2022-09-12	8,562,431	25,574,436
2022-09-05	7,838,803	23,817,161
2022-08-29	7,883,426	24,340,164
2022-08-22	7,847,417	24,633,670
2022-08-15	7,354,544	23,657,948
2022-08-08	7,286,173	24,237,617
2022-08-01	7,174,857	24,420,397
2022-07-25	7,056,010	24,344,880
2022-07-18	5,835,874	20,057,236
2022-07-11	6,735,480	22,659,376
2022-07-04	6,320,316	21,793,996
2022-06-27	6,166,214	23,277,434
2022-06-20	4,884,314	22,883,973
2022-06-13	4,898,127	23,314,052
2022-06-06	4,723,196	23,410,424
2022-05-30	4,565,867	22,683,865
2022-05-23	4,469,189	22,357,744
2022-05-16	4,736,900	23,458,566
2022-05-09	5,170,420	22,567,086
2022-05-02	4,682,298	19,958,721
2022-04-25	5,203,150	22,600,738
2022-04-18	4,651,099	21,699,510
2022-04-11	4,615,828	22,385,944
2022-04-04	4,376,937	22,642,504
2022-03-28	4,045,950	22,474,051
2022-03-21	3,799,736	21,961,307
2022-03-14	3,748,558	21,802,629
2022-03-07	3,589,865	21,618,061
2022-02-28	3,489,267	21,295,526
2022-02-21	3,344,517	20,748,260
2022-02-14	3,522,058	22,229,525
2022-02-07	3,375,739	21,695,812
2022-01-31	3,145,680	20,548,717
2022-01-24	2,989,250	20,516,025
2022-01-17	2,847,212	19,980,230
2022-01-10	2,693,208	19,718,955
2022-01-03	2,176,748	15,771,027
2021-12-27	1,357,977	9,656,337
2021-12-20	1,889,941	14,286,396
2021-12-13	2,446,475	19,177,889
2021-12-06	2,572,440	19,319,782
2021-11-29	2,216,041	19,342,111
2021-11-22	1,913,491	17,269,891
2021-11-15	2,011,921	19,034,857
2021-11-08	1,861,709	18,577,286
2021-11-01	1,754,873	17,707,123
2021-10-25	1,780,123	18,638,957
2021-10-18	1,756,872	18,445,605
2021-10-11	1,616,727	17,713,913
2021-10-04	1,509,647	17,960,254
2021-09-27	1,469,261	17,665,950
2021-09-20	1,374,572	17,532,587
2021-09-13	1,294,517	17,542,531
2021-09-06	1,162,539	16,473,909
2021-08-30	1,197,580	17,078,250
2021-08-23	1,473,861	16,571,202
2021-08-16	1,043,229	16,208,825
2021-08-09	1,091,635	16,035,818
2021-08-02	1,197,685	16,009,414
2021-07-26	779,628	15,926,876
2021-07-19	691,206	15,543,329
2021-07-12	34,236	645,259