webpackvsparcel

Winner: webpack

webpack is the safest overall pick in this comparison

webpack68/100

parcel48/100

Measured evidence

Health scores: webpack: 68/100, parcel: 48/100.
Releases in the last 90 days: webpack: 0, parcel: 0.
Known vulnerabilities: webpack: 0, parcel: 0.
OpenSSF scores: webpack: 5.6/10, parcel: 2.7/10.

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	parcel
Release cadence	0 releases in last 90 days	0 releases in last 90 days
Last release	13 days ago	165 days ago
Open issues	77 open issues	462 open issues
Bus factor	top contributor makes 58.93% of commits	top contributor makes 37.21% of commits
OpenSSF score	5.6/10	2.7/10
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).

webpackparcel

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Week	webpack	parcel
2026-07-13	27,599,850	222,911
2026-07-06	38,400,444	393,223
2026-06-29	47,018,431	377,278
2026-06-22	49,468,822	409,754
2026-06-15	51,386,445	417,998
2026-06-08	50,220,823	414,740
2026-06-01	39,545,924	363,597
2026-05-25	45,317,862	380,780
2026-05-18	48,296,037	392,860
2026-05-11	48,203,431	371,378
2026-05-04	45,820,525	328,038
2026-04-27	45,263,650	367,743
2026-04-20	44,493,877	351,271
2026-04-13	44,252,294	347,430
2026-04-06	42,848,210	342,655
2026-03-30	42,349,522	360,296
2026-03-23	44,670,003	358,704
2026-03-16	44,952,148	357,239
2026-03-09	45,872,159	369,055
2026-03-02	44,222,051	321,335
2026-02-23	41,340,431	283,562
2026-02-16	37,619,306	265,101
2026-02-09	39,156,442	271,292
2026-02-02	38,493,536	278,216
2026-01-26	36,245,241	280,595
2026-01-19	34,750,389	258,730
2026-01-12	33,947,130	264,844
2026-01-05	31,132,738	222,482
2025-12-29	16,812,734	123,639
2025-12-22	18,660,929	138,763
2025-12-15	33,454,456	246,231
2025-12-08	35,954,559	249,563
2025-12-01	37,295,532	277,423
2025-11-24	35,321,109	266,319
2025-11-17	35,530,748	260,823
2025-11-10	33,592,268	245,284
2025-11-03	33,471,458	257,294
2025-10-27	33,287,518	257,567
2025-10-20	29,291,443	276,166
2025-10-13	33,549,280	257,983
2025-10-06	33,278,494	243,911
2025-09-29	32,430,966	262,823
2025-09-22	32,042,719	248,065
2025-09-15	32,064,779	231,738
2025-09-08	32,015,394	246,609
2025-09-01	30,520,503	205,292
2025-08-25	32,423,371	276,319
2025-08-18	31,423,972	241,164
2025-08-11	29,388,708	212,654
2025-08-04	30,339,963	228,782
2025-07-28	34,178,228	264,631
2025-07-21	31,375,685	240,451
2025-07-14	33,010,499	278,916
2025-07-07	35,403,834	269,899
2025-06-30	33,357,709	257,702
2025-06-23	38,683,845	325,734
2025-06-16	37,964,414	322,175
2025-06-09	33,293,276	267,121
2025-06-02	32,522,357	251,266
2025-05-26	29,592,172	218,324
2025-05-19	32,107,922	251,606
2025-05-12	31,377,812	248,479
2025-05-05	29,814,128	237,103
2025-04-28	26,978,666	211,998
2025-04-21	28,846,125	230,605
2025-04-14	28,122,448	246,359
2025-04-07	29,977,793	244,100
2025-03-31	29,120,637	244,476
2025-03-24	29,769,413	236,471
2025-03-17	29,414,015	229,800
2025-03-10	29,204,714	228,824
2025-03-03	28,678,306	222,505
2025-02-24	28,865,426	222,056
2025-02-17	28,076,000	211,166
2025-02-10	28,816,139	203,970
2025-02-03	30,649,581	196,279
2025-01-27	27,086,238	198,043
2025-01-20	26,543,985	191,749
2025-01-13	26,983,702	198,124
2025-01-06	25,364,020	175,073
2024-12-30	14,340,818	103,263
2024-12-23	13,094,323	82,609
2024-12-16	25,935,843	185,471
2024-12-09	27,388,455	195,780
2024-12-02	27,525,301	207,366
2024-11-25	26,833,731	218,531
2024-11-18	30,467,712	260,620
2024-11-11	27,923,308	230,467
2024-11-04	28,249,856	215,541
2024-10-28	25,443,180	187,235
2024-10-21	27,639,625	216,353
2024-10-14	26,040,691	201,493
2024-10-07	25,840,673	201,402
2024-09-30	25,229,897	197,712
2024-09-23	26,670,986	202,583
2024-09-16	25,736,569	201,520
2024-09-09	26,750,230	206,169
2024-09-02	25,482,869	201,590
2024-08-26	26,313,136	211,672
2024-08-19	25,160,723	193,686
2024-08-12	23,471,063	191,266
2024-08-05	25,213,719	210,284
2024-07-29	25,648,128	205,508
2024-07-22	25,854,283	197,569
2024-07-15	26,491,544	200,536
2024-07-08	26,413,775	196,566
2024-07-01	24,102,487	179,978
2024-06-24	25,880,737	195,246
2024-06-17	25,910,661	207,621
2024-06-10	26,309,169	201,966
2024-06-03	26,213,845	203,127
2024-05-27	25,019,767	202,179
2024-05-20	25,233,008	192,727
2024-05-13	25,902,056	210,633
2024-05-06	24,053,245	195,902
2024-04-29	23,102,246	182,925
2024-04-22	25,936,695	203,168
2024-04-15	26,542,524	196,397
2024-04-08	25,693,309	187,525
2024-04-01	25,011,522	182,690
2024-03-25	23,344,612	165,668
2024-03-18	27,149,221	204,763
2024-03-11	27,111,063	206,276
2024-03-04	27,233,833	208,041
2024-02-26	27,704,579	206,596
2024-02-19	26,566,954	194,938
2024-02-12	25,513,953	185,446
2024-02-05	26,118,130	191,823
2024-01-29	26,900,422	204,394
2024-01-22	25,790,809	196,709
2024-01-15	24,767,765	188,265
2024-01-08	24,461,398	183,694
2024-01-01	17,744,378	129,618
2023-12-25	11,557,773	76,537
2023-12-18	22,119,746	154,026
2023-12-11	25,252,309	174,147
2023-12-04	25,221,587	172,302
2023-11-27	25,888,689	187,393
2023-11-20	23,398,232	165,569
2023-11-13	25,564,457	187,853
2023-11-06	26,253,344	192,189
2023-10-30	17,972,225	128,479
2023-10-23	25,910,138	196,639
2023-10-16	26,828,726	192,772
2023-10-09	24,728,690	181,717
2023-10-02	24,845,293	179,864
2023-09-25	25,799,335	172,134
2023-09-18	25,883,060	170,786
2023-09-11	26,240,570	170,167
2023-09-04	24,852,168	166,998
2023-08-28	25,756,413	164,404
2023-08-21	26,114,184	176,226
2023-08-14	24,613,844	160,569
2023-08-07	25,860,689	163,793
2023-07-31	26,355,939	170,474
2023-07-24	26,653,664	164,129
2023-07-17	27,007,295	168,143
2023-07-10	27,395,495	170,625
2023-07-03	25,145,181	165,777
2023-06-26	26,622,512	178,719
2023-06-19	26,889,903	177,539
2023-06-12	28,134,206	189,473
2023-06-05	27,315,070	188,580
2023-05-29	26,040,852	186,277
2023-05-22	27,498,139	184,946
2023-05-15	27,177,712	180,828
2023-05-08	27,406,819	183,304
2023-05-01	25,128,372	170,415
2023-04-24	28,063,503	189,830
2023-04-17	28,009,487	188,751
2023-04-10	26,625,940	173,601
2023-04-03	26,610,703	181,693
2023-03-27	29,468,679	190,175
2023-03-20	29,292,254	189,167
2023-03-13	29,551,284	191,278
2023-03-06	28,055,061	200,605
2023-02-27	28,036,509	202,484
2023-02-20	27,293,073	186,621
2023-02-13	28,134,426	182,485
2023-02-06	28,132,371	185,229
2023-01-30	28,232,304	192,510
2023-01-23	26,223,359	177,179
2023-01-16	25,895,036	184,291
2023-01-09	26,769,598	179,686
2023-01-02	21,478,799	141,369
2022-12-26	13,814,821	92,490
2022-12-19	22,368,993	143,867
2022-12-12	26,791,556	166,097
2022-12-05	27,154,806	163,065
2022-11-28	27,142,605	164,243
2022-11-21	24,345,431	141,420
2022-11-14	28,245,231	156,719
2022-11-07	29,578,146	163,800
2022-10-31	26,519,192	168,245
2022-10-24	26,051,070	146,133
2022-10-17	25,820,777	145,036
2022-10-10	24,738,032	146,181
2022-10-03	24,526,002	135,812
2022-09-26	25,212,367	152,073
2022-09-19	24,735,227	142,017
2022-09-12	25,574,436	148,171
2022-09-05	23,817,161	147,027
2022-08-29	24,340,164	145,190
2022-08-22	24,633,670	148,926
2022-08-15	23,657,948	133,686
2022-08-08	24,237,617	135,524
2022-08-01	24,420,397	133,832
2022-07-25	24,344,880	137,440
2022-07-18	20,057,236	126,877
2022-07-11	22,659,376	135,062
2022-07-04	21,793,996	130,181
2022-06-27	23,277,434	141,520
2022-06-20	22,883,973	137,999
2022-06-13	23,314,052	138,201
2022-06-06	23,410,424	144,321
2022-05-30	22,683,865	132,824
2022-05-23	22,357,744	130,492
2022-05-16	23,458,566	134,764
2022-05-09	22,567,086	123,189
2022-05-02	19,958,721	117,041
2022-04-25	22,600,738	127,091
2022-04-18	21,699,510	113,287
2022-04-11	22,385,944	109,983
2022-04-04	22,642,504	123,180
2022-03-28	22,474,051	120,959
2022-03-21	21,961,307	120,370
2022-03-14	21,802,629	105,157
2022-03-07	21,618,061	106,281
2022-02-28	21,295,526	136,789
2022-02-21	20,748,260	134,927
2022-02-14	22,229,525	118,477
2022-02-07	21,695,812	115,575
2022-01-31	20,548,717	102,601
2022-01-24	20,516,025	101,837
2022-01-17	19,980,230	97,250
2022-01-10	19,718,955	97,374
2022-01-03	15,771,027	78,333
2021-12-27	9,656,337	41,569
2021-12-20	14,286,396	59,463
2021-12-13	19,177,889	78,701
2021-12-06	19,319,782	78,378
2021-11-29	19,342,111	81,021
2021-11-22	17,269,891	68,169
2021-11-15	19,034,857	80,982
2021-11-08	18,577,286	78,372
2021-11-01	17,707,123	77,072
2021-10-25	18,638,957	73,879
2021-10-18	18,445,605	77,326
2021-10-11	17,713,913	73,317
2021-10-04	17,960,254	64,678
2021-09-27	17,665,950	67,326
2021-09-20	17,532,587	68,183
2021-09-13	17,542,531	66,347
2021-09-06	16,473,909	59,619
2021-08-30	17,078,250	69,631
2021-08-23	16,571,202	67,627
2021-08-16	16,208,825	66,141
2021-08-09	16,035,818	70,095
2021-08-02	16,009,414	67,348
2021-07-26	15,926,876	62,817
2021-07-19	15,543,329	65,827
2021-07-12	645,259	4,262