evanw/esbuild

evanw/esbuild has 40,119 GitHub stars and 1,368 forks. GitHot measured -1 stars in 24 hours. Last checked 2026-11-04 13:58 UTC. Last push 2026-08-09.

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An extremely fast bundler for the web

40,119 stars 1,368 forks

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README.md

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esbuild: An extremely fast JavaScript bundler
Website | Getting started | Documentation | Plugins | FAQ

Why?

Our current build tools for the web are 10-100x slower than they could be:

Bar chart with benchmark results

The main goal of the esbuild bundler project is to bring about a new era of build tool performance, and create an easy-to-use modern bundler along the way.

Major features:

Extreme speed without needing a cache
JavaScript, CSS, TypeScript, and JSX built-in
A straightforward API for CLI, JS, and Go
Bundles ESM and CommonJS modules
Bundles CSS including CSS modules
Tree shaking, minification, and source maps
Local server, watch mode, and plugins

Check out the getting started instructions if you want to give esbuild a try.

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