Harp vs Brunch

Harp

Static Web Server/Generator/Bundler (by sintaxi)

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harpjs.com

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Brunch

:fork_and_knife: Web applications made easy. Since 2011. (by brunch)

Bundlers JavaScript Workflow Build Automation Pipeline Brunch

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Harp		Brunch
	Project
3	Mentions	5
4,988	Stars	6,838
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	1.4
over 1 year ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
JavaScript	Language	JavaScript
MIT License	License	MIT License

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

Harp

Posts with mentions or reviews of Harp. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-14.

Is there a technology for reusing HTML components?
4 projects | /r/webdev | 14 Aug 2022

Sounds like what you want is a static site generator. I've used Harp for a long time but I'm not sure it's really maintained these days, so you might also look at 11ty.
SSGs through the ages: The ‘Reinvention’ era
11 projects | dev.to | 12 Feb 2022

Harp
Harp.js
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 24 Sep 2021

Brunch

Posts with mentions or reviews of Brunch. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-13.

5 Different Tools to Bundle Node.js Apps
8 projects | dev.to | 13 Jun 2023

Brunch is a lightweight JavaScript bundler focusing on simplicity and speed. Although it is less popular than Webpack or Browsify, it has an effortless learning curve with fantastic features to help developers focus on feature implementation rather than configuration. Brunch has more than 6.8K GitHub stars.
Comparing Static and Dynamic Websites
4 projects | dev.to | 9 Aug 2022

Brunch
🕵️Something new every now and then: Trying Brunch🍴
4 projects | dev.to | 20 Mar 2021

So, the website looks promising:

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Harp and Brunch you can also consider the following projects:

Jekyll - :globe_with_meridians: Jekyll is a blog-aware static site generator in Ruby

parcel - The zero configuration build tool for the web. 📦🚀

Hexo - A fast, simple & powerful blog framework, powered by Node.js.

webpack - A bundler for javascript and friends. Packs many modules into a few bundled assets. Code Splitting allows for loading parts of the application on demand. Through "loaders", modules can be CommonJs, AMD, ES6 modules, CSS, Images, JSON, Coffeescript, LESS, ... and your custom stuff.

Hugo - The world’s fastest framework for building websites.

Rollup - Next-generation ES module bundler

Pelican - Static site generator that supports Markdown and reST syntax. Powered by Python.

Broccoli - Browser compilation library – an asset pipeline for applications that run in the browser

PineDocs - A fast and lightweight site for viewing files

FuseBox - A blazing fast js bundler/loader with a comprehensive API :fire:

Metalsmith - An extremely simple, pluggable static site generator for Node.js

InversifyJS - A powerful and lightweight inversion of control container for JavaScript & Node.js apps powered by TypeScript.