# Browserify

Bundler that lets browser code use Node.js-style require() calls to load npm modules into a single script.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/browserify/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-28
Listed since: 2026-10-28

## Record

### Links

- home: https://browserify.org/
- repository: https://github.com/browserify/browserify
- docs: https://github.com/browserify/browserify-handbook
- plugins: https://github.com/browserify/browserify/wiki/browserify-tools
- x: https://twitter.com/browserify
- discord: https://discord.gg/V5atDTQSc7

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: James Halliday
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2011
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: build-tool
- hosting: not applicable
- language: javascript
- runtime: node
- runtimeMin: not applicable
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: not applicable
- adminUi: not applicable
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: local
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: npm

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 17
- latestReleaseDate: 2024-10-03

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 14693
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 1617558
- contributors: 170
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 365847
- dependentPackages: 31322

### Sources

- urls: https://browserify.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/browserify/browserify (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://browserify.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/browserify/browserify/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- category: https://browserify.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/browserify/browserify (read 2026-10-28)
- runtime: https://browserify.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- runsAs: https://browserify.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://github.com/browserify/browserify/blob/master/readme.markdown (read 2026-10-28)
- installMethod: https://browserify.org/ (read 2026-10-28)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/browserify/browserify (read 2026-10-28)
- licenseModel: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/browserify/browserify/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-28)
- firstRelease: https://registry.npmjs.org/browserify (read 2026-10-28)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/browserify/browserify/releases/tag/v17.0.1 (read 2026-10-28)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/browserify/browserify/releases/latest (read 2026-10-28)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/browserify/browserify (read 2026-10-28)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/browserify/browserify/contributors?per_page=1 (read 2026-10-28)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/range/2026-09-28:2026-10-04/browserify (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/browserify (read 2026-10-28)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/browserify (read 2026-10-28)
- urls: https://github.com/browserify/browserify/blob/master/readme.markdown (read 2026-10-28)

## Notes

Browserify is a bundler that reads the `require()` calls in a project and combines the modules they load, including npm packages, into one bundle for the browser. It runs from the command line on the developer's machine, and it is installed with npm. The README describes the build as a recursive walk of the `require()` graph starting at an entry file, and the project keeps a wiki page that lists the tools built around it.

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