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JavaScript build tools: star history compared

Most starred

84k

vitejs/vite

Few categories have flipped as fast as JavaScript bundlers. webpack spent years as the unquestioned default, then esbuild proved builds could be two orders of magnitude faster, and Vite packaged that speed into an experience developers actually enjoyed — its star curve since 2021 is among the steepest of any devtool. SWC and Oxc are the Rust-powered next wave; watch their slopes, not their totals.

Ranked by current GitHub stars · growth = stars gained in the trailing 90 days · data updated Nov 2026

JavaScript build tools — star history
84k STARS14 YR 8 MOvitejs/vite84kwebpack/webpack66kevanw/esbuild40kswc-project/swc34krollup/rollup26koxc-project/oxc23k

vitejs/vite: 83,895 stars on November 13, 2026. webpack/webpack: 66,003 stars on November 14, 2026. evanw/esbuild: 40,130 stars on November 13, 2026. swc-project/swc: 34,216 stars on November 14, 2026. rollup/rollup: 26,301 stars on November 12, 2026. oxc-project/oxc: 23,440 stars on November 14, 2026.

Star history for vitejs/vite
DateStars
April 20, 202041
May 20, 20204432
June 19, 20206525
July 19, 20208254
August 18, 20209254
September 17, 202010272
October 17, 202011380
November 16, 202012111
December 16, 202012784
January 15, 202114421
February 20, 202118016
March 22, 202121161
April 21, 202122925
May 21, 202124653
June 20, 202126148
July 20, 202127501
August 19, 202128636
September 18, 202129692
October 18, 202130806
November 17, 202131925
December 18, 202133088
January 17, 202234275
February 16, 202235637
March 18, 202237141
April 17, 202238488
May 17, 202239583
June 16, 202240872
July 16, 202242310
August 15, 202243867
September 14, 202245115
October 20, 202246314
November 19, 202247307
December 19, 202248350
January 18, 202349384
February 17, 202350611
March 19, 202351704
April 18, 202352936
May 18, 202353995
June 17, 202354818
July 17, 202355605
August 17, 202356376
September 16, 202357357
October 16, 202358129
November 15, 202358805
December 15, 202359685
January 14, 202460339
February 13, 202461119
March 14, 202461779
April 13, 202462455
May 13, 202463092
June 18, 202463738
July 18, 202464342
August 17, 202464902
September 16, 202465465
October 16, 202466229
November 15, 202466912
December 15, 202467667
January 14, 202568349
February 13, 202569026
March 15, 202569808
April 15, 202570593
May 15, 202571218
June 14, 202571855
July 14, 202572752
August 13, 202573395
September 12, 202573963
October 12, 202574615
November 11, 202575366
December 11, 202575944
January 10, 202676477
February 15, 202677206
March 17, 202678169
April 16, 202679164
May 16, 202679941
June 15, 202680828
July 15, 202681457
August 14, 202681970
September 13, 202682525
October 13, 202683116
November 13, 202683895
Star history for webpack/webpack
DateStars
March 10, 201224
January 8, 2014117
March 15, 2014328
May 16, 2014590
July 18, 2014963
September 15, 20141397
November 13, 20141965
January 10, 20152458
March 10, 20153262
May 8, 20154251
July 18, 20155554
September 14, 20156906
November 12, 20158362
January 10, 201610024
March 9, 201611541
May 7, 201613062
July 5, 201614506
September 1, 201616143
October 30, 201617952
December 28, 201619845
February 25, 201722089
April 25, 201724134
June 23, 201726240
August 20, 201728068
October 18, 201729637
December 16, 201731563
February 13, 201833513
April 13, 201836063
June 11, 201837765
August 8, 201839210
October 18, 201840803
December 16, 201841986
February 13, 201943187
April 13, 201944370
June 10, 201945518
August 8, 201946626
October 6, 201947504
December 4, 201948351
February 1, 202049062
March 31, 202049865
May 28, 202050725
July 26, 202051444
September 23, 202052162
November 21, 202052974
January 19, 202153714
March 19, 202154321
May 16, 202154850
July 14, 202155382
September 11, 202156000
November 9, 202156562
January 19, 202257214
March 18, 202257697
May 16, 202258187
July 14, 202258624
September 11, 202259066
November 9, 202259454
January 7, 202359796
March 6, 202360209
May 4, 202360694
July 2, 202361042
August 31, 202361376
October 29, 202361675
December 28, 202361958
February 26, 202462226
April 25, 202462544
June 23, 202462773
August 21, 202463026
October 19, 202463354
December 17, 202463654
February 14, 202563870
April 28, 202564197
June 26, 202564411
August 26, 202564588
October 26, 202564809
December 28, 202564975
February 28, 202665178
May 4, 202665348
July 7, 202665512
September 13, 202665791
November 14, 202666003
Star history for evanw/esbuild
DateStars
June 21, 20161
February 26, 20203423
March 28, 20203883
April 28, 20204977
May 28, 20208287
June 28, 20209406
July 29, 202010215
August 29, 202010834
September 28, 202011891
October 29, 202013956
December 5, 202015025
January 5, 202115683
February 4, 202117335
March 7, 202119743
April 7, 202121691
May 8, 202122733
June 7, 202123507
July 8, 202124202
August 8, 202124879
September 7, 202125491
October 8, 202126182
November 8, 202127014
December 9, 202127614
January 8, 202228253
February 8, 202228835
March 11, 202229393
April 11, 202229844
May 11, 202230223
June 11, 202230582
July 12, 202230946
August 18, 202231432
September 17, 202231791
October 18, 202232171
November 18, 202232516
December 19, 202232778
January 18, 202333022
February 18, 202333317
March 21, 202333614
April 20, 202333883
May 21, 202334086
June 21, 202334316
July 22, 202334522
August 21, 202334719
September 21, 202334948
October 22, 202335154
November 21, 202335330
December 23, 202335519
January 23, 202435699
February 23, 202435877
March 24, 202436113
May 1, 202436401
June 1, 202436590
July 2, 202436761
August 1, 202436929
September 1, 202437073
October 3, 202437236
November 3, 202437400
December 3, 202437566
January 3, 202537706
February 3, 202537836
March 6, 202538001
April 5, 202538167
May 6, 202538305
June 6, 202538417
July 6, 202538552
August 6, 202538680
September 6, 202538796
October 7, 202538899
November 8, 202539003
December 10, 202539131
January 16, 202639264
February 16, 202639379
March 19, 202639485
April 22, 202639586
May 23, 202639677
June 26, 202639776
July 30, 202639862
September 4, 202639943
October 12, 202640031
November 13, 202640130
Star history for swc-project/swc
DateStars
January 13, 20181
December 31, 20182441
February 5, 20192950
March 12, 20194699
April 17, 20195011
May 23, 20195290
July 3, 20195399
August 15, 20195474
September 29, 20195557
November 13, 20195648
December 28, 20196079
February 2, 20206389
March 8, 20206912
April 15, 20207130
May 21, 20207431
June 25, 20207828
July 31, 20208069
September 4, 20208414
October 10, 20208669
November 15, 20209023
December 20, 20209405
January 25, 20219824
March 2, 202110306
April 6, 202110687
May 12, 202111183
June 17, 202111654
July 22, 202112099
August 27, 202113795
October 2, 202114552
November 6, 202116001
December 19, 202117595
January 24, 202218700
February 28, 202219614
April 5, 202220290
May 10, 202220846
June 15, 202221396
July 21, 202221921
August 25, 202222458
September 30, 202222893
November 5, 202223540
December 10, 202223955
January 15, 202324430
February 20, 202324962
March 27, 202325606
May 2, 202326052
June 7, 202326472
July 12, 202326794
August 17, 202327115
September 21, 202327460
October 27, 202327730
December 9, 202328088
January 13, 202428352
February 18, 202428674
March 25, 202428964
April 29, 202429217
June 4, 202429454
July 10, 202429803
August 14, 202430096
September 19, 202430291
October 25, 202430526
November 29, 202430707
January 5, 202530891
February 11, 202531100
March 18, 202531369
April 23, 202531601
May 28, 202531796
July 3, 202531975
August 8, 202532147
September 13, 202532300
October 20, 202532470
December 5, 202532656
January 10, 202632825
February 16, 202632946
March 26, 202633074
May 1, 202633184
June 8, 202633303
July 14, 202633956
August 20, 202634061
October 3, 202634145
November 14, 202634216
Star history for rollup/rollup
DateStars
May 27, 20156
August 19, 2015146
October 18, 2015564
December 6, 20152004
January 25, 20162608
March 15, 20163239
May 3, 20163814
June 22, 20164352
August 10, 20164851
September 29, 20165892
November 28, 20166633
January 16, 20177126
March 7, 20177606
April 25, 20178230
June 14, 20178691
August 3, 20179100
September 21, 20179440
November 10, 20179814
December 29, 201710335
February 17, 201810848
April 8, 201811294
May 27, 201811725
July 16, 201812150
September 3, 201812522
October 23, 201812842
December 12, 201813235
January 30, 201913678
March 21, 201914069
May 10, 201914438
June 28, 201914813
August 27, 201915265
October 15, 201915595
December 4, 201915992
January 23, 202016268
March 14, 202016617
May 3, 202016953
June 21, 202017259
August 10, 202017556
September 29, 202017837
November 17, 202018109
January 9, 202118370
February 27, 202118650
April 19, 202118957
June 9, 202119197
July 29, 202119458
September 18, 202119677
November 7, 202119873
December 27, 202120098
February 15, 202220311
April 5, 202220554
June 5, 202220814
July 24, 202221071
September 12, 202221310
November 1, 202221608
December 21, 202221872
February 10, 202322149
April 1, 202322416
May 21, 202322697
July 10, 202322930
August 28, 202323130
October 17, 202323330
December 6, 202323606
January 24, 202423839
March 14, 202424074
May 3, 202424279
June 22, 202424449
August 12, 202424640
October 2, 202424806
November 23, 202424965
January 13, 202525114
March 17, 202525290
May 12, 202525432
July 10, 202525560
September 6, 202525695
October 28, 202525825
December 29, 202525949
February 27, 202626055
May 11, 202626146
August 1, 202626228
November 12, 202626301
Star history for oxc-project/oxc
DateStars
February 10, 202315
February 27, 2023154
March 16, 2023321
April 2, 2023421
April 23, 2023743
May 14, 2023839
June 7, 2023893
June 25, 20231018
July 12, 20231235
July 29, 20231337
August 19, 20231461
September 5, 20231690
September 22, 20231785
October 10, 20231965
October 27, 20232859
November 13, 20233486
November 30, 20233942
December 18, 20235431
January 4, 20246356
January 21, 20246912
February 7, 20247163
February 24, 20247496
March 12, 20247934
March 29, 20248172
April 15, 20248400
May 2, 20248569
May 19, 20248768
June 5, 20248943
June 22, 20249094
July 9, 20249390
July 29, 20249773
August 15, 20249954
September 1, 202410109
September 18, 202410331
October 5, 202410940
October 22, 202411607
November 8, 202411921
November 25, 202412128
December 12, 202412355
December 29, 202412546
January 14, 202512735
January 31, 202512862
February 17, 202513048
March 6, 202513183
March 23, 202513590
April 9, 202513781
April 26, 202513930
May 13, 202514079
May 30, 202514217
June 16, 202514779
July 6, 202515192
July 23, 202515450
August 9, 202515642
August 26, 202515852
September 12, 202515999
September 29, 202516181
October 16, 202516459
November 2, 202516982
November 19, 202517186
December 6, 202517391
December 23, 202517683
January 9, 202618014
January 26, 202618351
February 12, 202618694
March 1, 202619296
March 18, 202619897
April 4, 202620299
April 21, 202620590
May 8, 202620840
May 25, 202621112
June 14, 202621421
July 1, 202621637
July 18, 202621868
August 4, 202622095
August 21, 202622313
September 7, 202622579
September 24, 202622807
October 11, 202622967
October 28, 202623239
November 14, 202623440

How each series was read

  • vitejs/vite

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • webpack/webpack

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • evanw/esbuild

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • swc-project/swc

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • rollup/rollup

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • oxc-project/oxc

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

Ranking

6 repositories

JavaScript build tools ranked by current total GitHub stars
#RepositoryStars+90dFirst starHealth
1vitejs/vite83,899~1.9k2020debt charts
2webpack/webpack66,003~2742012debt charts
3evanw/esbuild40,131~2352016debt charts
4swc-project/swc34,216~1702018debt charts
5rollup/rollup26,304~732015debt charts
6oxc-project/oxc23,440~1.2k2023debt charts

Repository health compared

Live analysis · unavailable data stays labelled

Popularity is only one axis. Compare technical scale, maintenance cadence, ownership resilience and change pressure against the same completed analysis that sits behind each report.

Reach

Popularity and real-world adoption

Signalvitejs/vitewebpack/webpackevanw/esbuildswc-project/swcrollup/rollupoxc-project/oxc
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 83,89966,00340,13134,21626,30423,440
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +1,925+274+235+170+73+1,235
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.6.6 years15 years10 years8.9 years12 years3.8 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalvitejs/vitewebpack/webpackevanw/esbuildswc-project/swcrollup/rollupoxc-project/oxc
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalvitejs/vitewebpack/webpackevanw/esbuildswc-project/swcrollup/rollupoxc-project/oxc
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalvitejs/vitewebpack/webpackevanw/esbuildswc-project/swcrollup/rollupoxc-project/oxc
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalvitejs/vitewebpack/webpackevanw/esbuildswc-project/swcrollup/rollupoxc-project/oxc
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Head to head

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Frequently asked

Which of these javascript build tools has the most GitHub stars?

vitejs/vite is the most-starred of the javascript build tools gitdebt compares, with 83,899 GitHub stars as of Nov 2026. It earned its first star in 2020.

Which of these javascript build tools is growing the fastest?

vitejs/vite added the most stars over the last 90 days of its cached history — about 1,925 new stars. 90-day figures are approximate for older repos, whose history is downsampled.

How is this comparison computed?

The table ranks public repository metadata by current total stars. Each curve is that repository's stored star series — read from GitHub's own star history, or from an older stargazer-list or historical-data read until gitdebt reads it again — drawn on shared axes, with trailing 90-day growth estimated from it. The legend under the chart names each series' own source and coverage date. Repo-health charts come independently from each repository's commit history.

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