rollupvsesbuild

Winner: rollup

rollup is the safest overall pick in this comparison

rollup70/100

esbuild46/100

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	rollup	esbuild
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	28 days ago	36 days ago
Open issues	583 open issues	568 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 46.72% of commits	top contributor makes 97.74% of commits
OpenSSF score	5.5/10	4.2/10
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).

rollupesbuild

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