vitevsesbuild

Winner: vite

vite is the safest overall pick in this comparison

vite65/100

esbuild46/100

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

Weekly npm downloads

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

viteesbuild

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