evanw

    evanw/esbuild

    An extremely fast bundler for the web

    40.1K stars
    1.4K forks
    263 GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 9, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    No releases in the last 90 days; the most recent was 92 days ago, with 123 contributors on GitHub.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Bundles and compiles JavaScript, TypeScript, JSX, and CSS into optimized web assets with extreme speed.
    • Delivers significantly faster build times than traditional bundlers without requiring caching.
    • Use for rapid development workflows needing instant rebuilds and live reload with watch mode and local server.
    • Use for creating optimized production bundles with tree shaking, minification, and source maps.
    • Use for integrating a simple, high-performance bundler into Go or JavaScript-based build systems via its API.

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

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    • README: present

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    From the README

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

    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.

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

    Excerpt from the evanw/esbuild README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

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    Forks

    1.4K+38

    Open issues

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