Stimulus VS Webpacker

Compare Stimulus vs Webpacker and see what are their differences.

Stimulus

A modest JavaScript framework for the HTML you already have (by hotwired)

Webpacker

Use Webpack to manage app-like JavaScript modules in Rails (by rails)
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Stimulus Webpacker
111 54
12,456 5,310
0.5% -0.1%
6.4 4.1
7 days ago 14 days ago
TypeScript Ruby
MIT License MIT License
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Stimulus

Posts with mentions or reviews of Stimulus. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-27.

Webpacker

Posts with mentions or reviews of Webpacker. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-01.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Stimulus and Webpacker you can also consider the following projects:

turbo-rails - Use Turbo in your Ruby on Rails app

shakapacker - Use Webpack to manage app-like JavaScript modules in Rails

htmx - </> htmx - high power tools for HTML

esbuild - An extremely fast bundler for the web

hotwire-rails - Use Hotwire in your Ruby on Rails app

Asset Sync - Synchronises Assets between Rails and S3

django-unicorn - The magical reactive component framework for Django ✨

Sprockets

Alpine.js - A rugged, minimal framework for composing JavaScript behavior in your markup.

inertia - Inertia.js lets you quickly build modern single-page React, Vue and Svelte apps using classic server-side routing and controllers.

jsbundling-rails - Bundle and transpile JavaScript in Rails with esbuild, rollup.js, or Webpack.