snowpack VS Rollup

Compare snowpack vs Rollup and see what are their differences.

snowpack

ESM-powered frontend build tool. Instant, lightweight, unbundled development. ✌️ (by FredKSchott)

Rollup

Next-generation ES module bundler (by rollup)
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snowpack Rollup
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19,546 24,641
- 0.8%
0.0 9.4
about 1 year ago 5 days ago
JavaScript JavaScript
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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snowpack

Posts with mentions or reviews of snowpack. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-25.
  • Build a Vite 5 backend integration with Flask
    11 projects | dev.to | 25 Feb 2024
    Once you build a simple Vite backend integration, try not to complicate Vite's configuration unless you absolutely must. Vite has become one of the most popular bundlers in the frontend space, but it wasn't the first and it certainly won't be the last. In my 7 years of building for the web, I've used Grunt, Gulp, Webpack, esbuild, and Parcel. Snowpack and Rome came-and-went before I ever had a chance to try them. Bun is vying for the spot of The New Hotness in bundling, Rome has been forked into Biome, and Vercel is building a Rust-based Webpack alternative.
  • Node.js vs. Deno vs. Bun: JavaScript runtime comparison
    9 projects | dev.to | 6 Sep 2023
    Additional features for Bun include a transpiler and package manager. As hinted at in the name, it also includes bundling features, giving you the functionality that would otherwise require another tool, such as Snowpack or rollup.js. It also has a dead code elimination feature through its JavaScript minifier.
  • Exploring Vite.js: The Lightning-Fast Build Tool for Modern Web Apps
    3 projects | dev.to | 30 Apr 2023
    Even, there are several bundling tools available, including popular ones like Webpack and Snowpack.
  • Should I migrate from create-react-app?
    4 projects | /r/reactjs | 24 Mar 2023
    once upon a time there was this thing called Snowpack: https://www.snowpack.devwhich had a lot of promises as vite (rollup w/ esm). So I migrated a project over from CRA to this thing.While startup speed was much much faster, it actually didn't make the app useable. I timed it meticulously for both CRA and snowpack build and found that the TTI was almost identical. I am not claiming the same to be vite but it's possible and I don't have a large app to prove it..
  • Justifying a Backwards Design Decision for My Programming Language
    2 projects | /r/programming | 24 Feb 2023
    Snowpack.
  • Vercel announces Turbopack, the successor to Webpack
    21 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Oct 2022
    > special snowflake build toolchains

    That reminds me, wasn't there a build tool called Snowflake?

    Oh, it was called Snowpack [1]. And it's no longer being actively maintained. Yeesh.

    [1]: https://www.snowpack.dev/

  • Rocket and web components
    5 projects | dev.to | 11 Oct 2022
    Snowpack app - a single HTML page with Snowpack configuration
  • Building an offline-first app with React and CouchDB
    2 projects | dev.to | 26 Aug 2022
    The first thing we need is a JavaScript project for our app. We'll use Snowpack as our bundler. Open a terminal located in a directory for the project and type npx create-snowpack-app react-couchdb --template @snowpack/app-template-minimal. Snowpack will create a skeleton for our React application and install all dependencies. Once it's done doing its job, type cd react-couchdb to get into the newly created project directory. create-snowpack-app is very similar to create-react-app in how it sets-up your project, but it's a lot less intrusive (You don't even need to use eject at any point).
  • Alternatives to CRA?
    2 projects | /r/reactjs | 15 Aug 2022
    Snowpack appears to be no longer maintained.
  • Creating an express app and using Snowpack as a build tool
    2 projects | /r/learnjavascript | 1 Jul 2022
    Before you get too deep into Snowpack, be aware that they recommend using other tools now because it’s no longer maintained.

Rollup

Posts with mentions or reviews of Rollup. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-08.
  • Rolldown
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Mar 2024
    Doesn't Rollup already use quite a bit of rust[0]? It's actually why I had to abandon it for a project, where they didn't offer binaries for our build platform and I needed to bundle, like 2 ES6 javascript libraries so I just grabbed esbuild instead.

    [0] https://github.com/rollup/rollup/tree/master/rust

  • Build a Vite 5 backend integration with Flask
    11 projects | dev.to | 25 Feb 2024
    Unlike Webpack, the Vite DevServer only compiles files when they are requested. It leverages ES module imports, which allow JS files to import other files without needing to bundle them together during development. When one file changes, only that file needs to be re-compiled, and the rest can remain unchanged. Project files are compiled with Rollup.js. Third-party dependencies in node_modules are pre-compiled using the ultra-fast esbuild bundler for maximum speed, and they are cached until the dependency version changes. Vite also provides a client script for hot module reloading.
  • 11 Ways to Optimize Your Website
    12 projects | dev.to | 12 Nov 2023
    Besides Webpack, there are many other popular web bundlers available, such as Parcel, Esbuild, Rollup, and more. They all have their own unique features and strengths, and you should make your decision based on the needs and requirements of your specific project. Please refer to their official websites for details.
  • Bun vs Node.js: Everything you need to know
    7 projects | dev.to | 21 Sep 2023
    In the Node.js ecosystem, bundling is typically handled by third-party tools rather than Node.js itself. Some of the most popular bundlers in the Node.js world include Webpack, Rollup, and Parcel, offering features like code splitting, tree shaking, and hot module replacement.
  • My opinionated JavaScript package template repository - zero config, start immediately
    8 projects | dev.to | 8 Aug 2023
    📦 Rollup for bundling
  • How To Secure Your JavaScript Applications
    11 projects | dev.to | 14 Jun 2023
    Bundling: Webpack, Parcel, Rollup
  • 5 Different Tools to Bundle Node.js Apps
    8 projects | dev.to | 13 Jun 2023
    Rollup is another popular JavaScript module bundler focusing on high performance. It excels at tree-shaking and uses ES module syntax to generate more performant bundles than traditional module bundlers. In addition to JavaScript, Rollup supports bundling CSS and JSON as well. Rollup has more than 12 million weekly NPM downloads.
  • How to build and publish React TypeScript NPM packages with Vite
    4 projects | dev.to | 4 Jun 2023
    Vite (read as vit) is actually a combination of two great frontend tools - an immensely fast development server and a build command for shipping heavily optimized static assets using Rollup. Many developers have encountered the process of setting up a project using Create React App. While CRA can be useful for beginners due to its simplicity and abstraction of configuration, it has some drawbacks that outweigh its benefits, particularly its tendency to be bloated. Don't get me wrong, Vite is opinionated as well, but it's highly extensible through its Plugin API.
  • Building a modern gRPC-powered microservice using Node.js, Typescript, and Connect
    15 projects | dev.to | 20 Apr 2023
    As we iterate on the definition, we are going to want a better developer experience for rebuilding the package on changes. Typically, for a “library” or “utility” style package, I’d reach for either unbuild’s stub concept or use esbuild/tsup/rollup to implement a more traditional watch/rebuild, but in this case, I’m watching a proto file that lives outsides of the source, which breaks assumptions of those tools.
  • Buildless workflow through import maps (featuring Lit, Shoelace and more)
    2 projects | dev.to | 12 Apr 2023
    As we can see, we have two external dependencies and one internal tool. In the modern way of packaging our application, we would be of course required to package this project using some bundler like ESBuild or Rollup. But with import maps, we can instead utilize CDN's to deliver our packages and completely eliminate the bundling step.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing snowpack and Rollup you can also consider the following projects:

esbuild - An extremely fast bundler for the web

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

tsup - The simplest and fastest way to bundle your TypeScript libraries.

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.

gulp - A toolkit to automate & enhance your workflow

Snowpack - ESM-powered frontend build tool. Instant, lightweight, unbundled development. ✌️ [Moved to: https://github.com/FredKSchott/snowpack]

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

Microbundle - 📦 Zero-configuration bundler for tiny modules.

browserify - browser-side require() the node.js way

Speed Measure Plugin - ⏱ See how fast (or not) your plugins and loaders are, so you can optimise your builds

swc - Rust-based platform for the Web

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