esbuild-loader VS webpack-dev-server

Compare esbuild-loader vs webpack-dev-server and see what are their differences.

webpack-dev-server

Serves a webpack app. Updates the browser on changes. Documentation https://webpack.js.org/configuration/dev-server/. (by webpack)
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esbuild-loader webpack-dev-server
14 10
3,511 7,739
0.7% 0.2%
7.8 9.0
22 days ago 4 days ago
TypeScript JavaScript
MIT License MIT License
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esbuild-loader

Posts with mentions or reviews of esbuild-loader. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-16.

webpack-dev-server

Posts with mentions or reviews of webpack-dev-server. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-14.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing esbuild-loader and webpack-dev-server you can also consider the following projects:

ts-loader - TypeScript loader for webpack

nodemon-webpack-plugin - A webpack plugin that uses Nodemon to start and reload the server.

vite - Next generation frontend tooling. It's fast!

esbuild - An extremely fast bundler for the web

vite-plugin-vue2 - Vue2 plugin for Vite

webpack-cli - Webpack's Command Line Interface

Next.js - The React Framework

fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin - Webpack plugin that runs typescript type checker on a separate process.

purgecss - Remove unused CSS

html-webpack-plugin - Simplifies creation of HTML files to serve your webpack bundles

source-map-explorer - Analyze and debug space usage through source maps

cross-env