esbuild AlternativesBuild Systems and other similar apps like esbuild

esbuild is described as 'An extremely fast JavaScript bundler and minifier' and is a Build System in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to esbuild for a variety of platforms, including Self-Hosted, Mac, Windows, Linux and Node.JS apps. The best esbuild alternative is Gulp.js, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like esbuild are Grunt, Webpack, Parcel JS and Brunch.io.

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  1. Gulp.js icon
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    A toolkit to automate & enhance your workflow. Leverage gulp and the flexibility of JavaScript to automate slow, repetitive workflows and compose them into efficient build pipelines.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Node.JS
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Gulp.js is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to esbuild.

    • Gulp.js is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to esbuild.

    • Gulp.js is Free and Open Sourceesbuild is also Free and Open Source
  2. Grunt icon
     26 likes

    Automates repetitive tasks like minification, compilation, unit testing, and linting using a Gruntfile. Vast ecosystem offers hundreds of plugins, enabling easy task automation with minimal effort. Create custom plugins or choose from existing ones for various development needs.

    15 Grunt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
     
    • Grunt is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to esbuild.

    • Grunt is Free and Open Sourceesbuild is also Free and Open Source
  3. Webpack icon
     19 likes

    Webpack is a module bundler for modern JavaScript applications. When webpack processes your application, it recursively builds a dependency graph that includes every module your application needs, then packages all of those modules into a small number of bundles — often only one...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Parcel JS icon
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    Parcel combines a great out-of-the-box development experience with a scalable architecture that can take your project from just getting started to massive production application.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  5. Brunch.io icon
     7 likes

    Brunch lets you focus on what matters most — solving real problems instead of messing around with the glue.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
     
  6. Broccoli icon
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    A fast, reliable asset pipeline, supporting constant-time rebuilds and compact build definitions. Comparable to the Rails asset pipeline in scope, though it runs on Node and is backend-agnostic.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Node.JS
    • npm
    • Self-Hosted
     
  7. rollup.js icon
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    Rollup is a module bundler for JavaScript which compiles small pieces of code into something larger and more complex, such as a library or application.

    7 rollup.js alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Rolldown icon
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    Rolldown is a JavaScript/TypeScript bundler written in Rust intended to serve as the future bundler used in Vite. It provides Rollup-compatible APIs and plugin interface, but will be more similar to esbuild in scope.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • npm
    • JavaScript
    • Typescript
     
  9. Turbopack icon
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    Turbopack is an incremental bundler optimized for JavaScript and TypeScript, written in Rust by the creators of webpack and Next.js at Vercel.

    15 Turbopack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • Typescript
     
  10. Browserify icon
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    Browsers don't have the require method defined, but Node.js does. With Browserify you can write code that uses require in the same way that you would use it in Node.

    6 Browserify alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. Rspack icon
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    Rspack is a high performance JavaScript bundler written in Rust. It offers strong compatibility with the webpack ecosystem, allowing for seamless replacement of webpack, and provides lightning fast build speeds.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Rust
    • Self-Hosted
     
  12. bundlejs icon
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    A quick and easy way to bundle, minify, and compress (gzip and brotli) your ts, js, jsx and npm projects all online, with the bundle file size.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • bundlejs is the most popular Web-based & SaaS alternative to esbuild.

    • bundlejs is Free and Open Sourceesbuild is also Free and Open Source
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