# esbuild

JavaScript and TypeScript bundler and minifier, shipped as a native binary with a JavaScript API.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/esbuild/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-19
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-19

## Record

### Links

- home: https://esbuild.github.io/
- repository: https://github.com/evanw/esbuild
- docs: https://esbuild.github.io/getting-started/

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: unknown
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: unknown
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: build-tool
- hosting: not applicable
- language: go
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: node 18
- 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: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-08-08

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 40099
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: 183109275
- contributors: unknown
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 491246
- dependentPackages: 15949

### Sources

- urls: https://esbuild.github.io/ (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://github.com/evanw/esbuild (read 2026-10-19)
- urls: https://esbuild.github.io/getting-started/ (read 2026-10-19)
- category: https://esbuild.github.io/ (read 2026-10-19)
- language: https://github.com/evanw/esbuild (read 2026-10-19)
- runtimeMin: https://registry.npmjs.org/esbuild/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- license: https://github.com/evanw/esbuild (read 2026-10-19)
- installMethod: https://esbuild.github.io/getting-started/ (read 2026-10-19)
- currentMajor: https://registry.npmjs.org/esbuild/latest (read 2026-10-19)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/evanw/esbuild (read 2026-10-19)
- githubStargazers: https://github.com/evanw/esbuild (read 2026-10-19)
- npmWeeklyDownloads: https://api.npmjs.org/downloads/point/last-week/esbuild (read 2026-10-19)
- runsAs: https://esbuild.github.io/getting-started/ (read 2026-10-19)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/esbuild (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/npmjs.org/packages/esbuild (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

esbuild bundles and minifies JavaScript and TypeScript for the web. It is written in Go and ships as a native binary with a JavaScript API. The [getting-started guide](https://esbuild.github.io/getting-started/) shows how a first build runs.

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