Webpacker VS Compass

Compare Webpacker vs Compass and see what are their differences.

Webpacker

Use Webpack to manage app-like JavaScript modules in Rails (by rails)

Compass

Compass is no longer actively maintained. Compass is a Stylesheet Authoring Environment that makes your website design simpler to implement and easier to maintain. (by Compass)
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Webpacker Compass
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5,311 6,736
-0.2% -0.1%
4.6 0.0
8 days ago 11 months ago
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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.
  • Asset Pipeline JS Migration
    2 projects | dev.to | 1 Feb 2023
    Using Webpacker in Rails provides several advantages over the traditional asset pipeline. First, Webpacker uses JavaScript modules, which allows for better code organization and improved code reusability. Second, it offers modern frontend build tools, such as Babel and PostCSS, for transforming and compiling assets. Third, it provides faster build times and faster runtime performance through code splitting and lazy loading. Fourth, it offers better integration with JavaScript frameworks such as React, Vue, and Angular. Overall, Webpacker offers a more flexible and modern asset management solution for Rails applications. And while Webpacker is being retired, this initiative is to consolidate our code accordingly before moving our bundler to another solution.
  • Thank you Webpacker, Goodbye Webpacker
    6 projects | dev.to | 14 Dec 2022
    This article is replace Webpacker with Simpacker and webpack.
  • Moving from BS4 to BS5 in Rails 6, having unexpected results
    2 projects | /r/rails | 5 Feb 2022
    Took me 2 days to find this bug report: https://github.com/rails/webpacker/issues/3188 (thanks again tagliala)
  • Webpacker 6 development continues as shakacode/shakapacker
    4 projects | /r/rails | 19 Jan 2022
    But it's there in the webpacker README now, if anyone hasn't seen it. https://github.com/rails/webpacker
  • Webpacker Has Been Retired
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Jan 2022
  • Webpacker Retired
    9 projects | /r/rails | 19 Jan 2022
  • Unable to build and deploy Rails 6.0.4.1 app on heroku - Throws gyp verb cli error
    7 projects | /r/Heroku | 17 Dec 2021
    source 'https://rubygems.org' git_source(:github) { |repo| "https://github.com/#{repo}.git" } ruby '2.7.3' # Bundle edge Rails instead: gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails' gem 'rails', '~> 6.0.3', '>= 6.0.3.7' gem 'mongoid', git: 'https://github.com/mongodb/mongoid.git' # Use Puma as the app server gem 'puma', '~> 4.1' # Use SCSS for stylesheets gem 'sass-rails', '>= 6' # Transpile app-like JavaScript. Read more: https://github.com/rails/webpacker gem 'webpacker', '~> 4.0' # Turbolinks makes navigating your web application faster. Read more: https://github.com/turbolinks/turbolinks gem 'turbolinks', '~> 5' # Build JSON APIs with ease. Read more: https://github.com/rails/jbuilder gem 'jbuilder', '~> 2.7' # Use Redis adapter to run Action Cable in production # gem 'redis', '~> 4.0' # Use Active Model has_secure_password # Use Active Storage variant # gem 'image_processing', '~> 1.2' gem 'axlsx' gem 'caxlsx_rails' #Bootstrap for UI gem 'bootstrap', '~> 5.1.0' gem 'bootstrap-timepicker-rails', '~> 0.1.3' gem 'bootstrap-select-rails', '~> 1.6', '>= 1.6.3' #JQuery Rails gem 'jquery-rails' gem 'rails_12factor', group: :production # Reduces boot times through caching; required in config/boot.rb gem 'bootsnap', '>= 1.4.2', require: false group :development, :test do # Call 'byebug' anywhere in the code to stop execution and get a debugger console gem 'byebug', platforms: [:mri, :mingw, :x64_mingw] end group :development do # Access an interactive console on exception pages or by calling 'console' anywhere in the code. gem 'web-console', '>= 3.3.0' gem 'listen', '~> 3.2' gem 'pry' # Spring speeds up development by keeping your application running in the background. Read more: https://github.com/rails/spring gem 'spring' gem 'spring-watcher-listen', '~> 2.0.0' end group :test do # Adds support for Capybara system testing and selenium driver gem 'capybara', '>= 2.15' gem 'selenium-webdriver' # Easy installation and use of web drivers to run system tests with browsers gem 'webdrivers' gem 'cucumber-rails', require: false gem 'database_cleaner' end # Windows does not include zoneinfo files, so bundle the tzinfo-data gem gem 'tzinfo-data', platforms: [:mingw, :mswin, :x64_mingw, :jruby] #HTTParty for RESTful API calls gem 'httparty' #Paperclip for storing files gem 'paperclip' gem "mongoid-paperclip", :require => "mongoid_paperclip" gem "letter_opener", :group => :development r
  • Live reloading with Ruby on Rails and esbuild
    11 projects | dev.to | 6 Nov 2021
    As you may have heard by now, Rails 7 comes out of the box with importmap-rails and the mighty Webpacker is no longer the default for new Rails applications.
  • 10 Awesome Ruby Gems for Ruby on Rails Web Development
    7 projects | dev.to | 21 Aug 2021
    Webpacker
  • Modern web apps without JavaScript bundling or transpiling
    3 projects | /r/ruby | 15 Aug 2021
    i mean the webpacker gem is core rails though. unless you are saying that is not supported very well? https://github.com/rails/webpacker

Compass

Posts with mentions or reviews of Compass. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-02-11.
  • SSGs through the ages: The ‘After Jekyll’ era
    8 projects | dev.to | 11 Feb 2022
    Soon after, Chris Epstein, the creator of Compass and co-creator of Sass, forked Brandon’s repository and asked for some help with the design. Being a big fan of Chris’s, Brandon jumped on the opportunity straight away. He pulled out the content, made the theme more generic, and named his creation Octopress.
  • How to use scss in drupal theme?
    2 projects | /r/drupal | 19 Nov 2021
    I use a CLI tool to compile it as changes are made. I use http://compass-style.org/
  • CSS Deep
    2090 projects | dev.to | 26 Feb 2021
    Compass/compass - Compass is a Stylesheet Authoring Environment that makes your website design simpler to implement and easier to maintain.

What are some alternatives?

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

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

esbuild - An extremely fast bundler for the web

Asset Sync - Synchronises Assets between Rails and S3

Sprockets

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

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

Wicked Pdf - PDF generator (from HTML) plugin for Ruby on Rails

Sass - Sass makes CSS fun!

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.

vite_ruby - ⚡️ Vite.js in Ruby, bringing joy to your JavaScript experience

Autoprefixer - Autoprefixer for Ruby and Ruby on Rails