webpackvsesbuild

Winner: webpack

webpack is the safest overall pick in this comparison

webpack68/100

esbuild46/100

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

webpackesbuild

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