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Most starred

83k

vitejs/vite

Few categories have flipped as fast as JavaScript bundlers. webpack spent years as the unquestioned default, then esbuild proved builds could be two orders of magnitude faster, and Vite packaged that speed into an experience developers actually enjoyed — its star curve since 2021 is among the steepest of any devtool. SWC and Oxc are the Rust-powered next wave; watch their slopes, not their totals.

Ranked by current GitHub stars · growth = stars gained in the trailing 90 days · data updated Sep 2026

JavaScript build tools — star history
79k STARS14 YRvitejs/vite79kwebpack/webpack77kevanw/esbuild41kswc-project/swc34krollup/rollup29koxc-project/oxc17k

vitejs/vite: 79,163 stars on September 15, 2026. webpack/webpack: 77,011 stars on September 11, 2026. evanw/esbuild: 41,006 stars on September 12, 2026. swc-project/swc: 33,543 stars on September 12, 2026. rollup/rollup: 28,654 stars on September 12, 2026. oxc-project/oxc: 16,768 stars on September 15, 2026.

Star history for vitejs/vite
DateStars
April 21, 2020607
May 19, 20204673
June 16, 20206880
July 14, 20208842
August 11, 20209977
September 9, 202010892
October 7, 202012206
November 4, 202013038
December 3, 202013736
December 31, 202014464
February 2, 202117369
March 3, 202121620
March 31, 202123886
April 28, 202125575
May 29, 202127171
June 26, 202128679
July 24, 202130043
August 21, 202131216
September 21, 202132321
October 19, 202133138
November 19, 202134075
December 17, 202135257
January 14, 202236450
February 11, 202237782
March 11, 202239342
April 8, 202240697
May 7, 202241887
June 4, 202243106
July 2, 202244141
July 30, 202245853
September 2, 202247507
September 30, 202248573
October 28, 202249554
November 25, 202250506
December 23, 202251461
January 20, 202352469
February 18, 202353757
March 18, 202354821
April 15, 202355988
May 13, 202357002
June 10, 202357827
July 8, 202358603
August 5, 202359305
September 2, 202360250
October 1, 202361021
October 29, 202361782
November 26, 202362598
December 24, 202363325
January 21, 202464032
February 18, 202464782
March 23, 202465629
April 20, 202466290
May 18, 202466913
June 15, 202467444
July 14, 202468098
August 11, 202468678
September 8, 202469270
October 6, 202469971
November 3, 202470681
December 1, 202471350
December 29, 202472055
January 26, 202572733
February 24, 202573465
March 24, 202574231
April 21, 202574876
May 19, 202575448
June 16, 202575848
July 14, 202576387
August 11, 202576752
September 9, 202577081
October 17, 202577462
November 14, 202577754
December 13, 202577987
January 10, 202678218
February 7, 202678437
March 7, 202678633
April 5, 202678859
May 4, 202679012
June 9, 202679090
September 15, 202679163
Star history for webpack/webpack
DateStars
September 28, 20121
November 25, 201378
February 15, 2014294
April 16, 2014552
June 13, 2014879
August 9, 20141281
October 4, 20141908
November 29, 20142460
January 24, 20153073
March 21, 20154133
May 28, 20155508
July 23, 20156697
September 17, 20158313
November 12, 20159921
January 8, 201611842
March 4, 201613560
April 29, 201615354
June 24, 201616968
August 19, 201618810
October 14, 201620729
December 10, 201622928
February 4, 201726110
April 1, 201729025
May 27, 201731222
July 22, 201733803
September 16, 201735704
November 11, 201737677
January 6, 201839782
March 3, 201842557
April 29, 201844795
July 6, 201846779
August 31, 201848210
October 26, 201849485
December 21, 201850735
February 15, 201951910
April 12, 201953288
June 7, 201954629
August 2, 201955881
September 27, 201956927
November 22, 201957849
January 18, 202058757
March 14, 202059552
May 9, 202060605
July 4, 202061479
August 30, 202062271
October 25, 202063176
December 20, 202063959
February 14, 202164785
April 11, 202165433
June 9, 202166046
August 16, 202166877
October 15, 202167441
December 15, 202167924
February 9, 202268581
April 6, 202269090
June 1, 202269590
July 27, 202270021
September 21, 202270507
November 16, 202270904
January 12, 202371267
March 10, 202371750
May 5, 202372192
June 30, 202372534
August 25, 202372876
October 21, 202373206
December 17, 202373479
February 11, 202473766
April 7, 202474125
June 2, 202474387
July 29, 202474711
October 5, 202475180
November 30, 202475514
January 25, 202575779
March 22, 202576064
May 18, 202576316
July 16, 202576483
September 17, 202576637
November 24, 202576789
February 2, 202676885
September 11, 202677011
Star history for evanw/esbuild
DateStars
June 14, 20161
February 20, 20203182
March 19, 20204260
April 16, 20205211
May 13, 20207800
June 10, 20209575
July 8, 202010694
August 4, 202011488
September 2, 202011969
September 30, 202013160
November 2, 202015603
November 30, 202016387
December 27, 202017040
January 24, 202118339
February 21, 202120858
March 20, 202122633
April 17, 202123785
May 18, 202124712
June 14, 202125361
July 12, 202126046
August 9, 202126730
September 7, 202127304
October 5, 202127968
November 7, 202128360
December 4, 202128946
January 1, 202229588
January 29, 202230220
February 25, 202230794
March 25, 202231199
April 22, 202231592
May 25, 202232015
June 22, 202232302
July 19, 202232658
August 16, 202233021
September 13, 202233364
October 10, 202233740
November 7, 202234095
December 5, 202234333
January 1, 202334545
January 29, 202334808
February 26, 202335116
March 26, 202335399
April 22, 202335622
May 20, 202335812
June 17, 202336021
July 14, 202336213
August 11, 202336408
September 8, 202336572
October 5, 202336806
November 2, 202336989
December 5, 202337191
January 2, 202437342
January 30, 202437563
February 26, 202437713
March 25, 202437937
April 22, 202438173
May 19, 202438339
June 17, 202438503
July 15, 202438698
August 11, 202438882
September 8, 202439056
October 6, 202439203
November 2, 202439354
November 30, 202439495
December 28, 202439633
January 24, 202539774
February 22, 202539929
March 23, 202540095
April 19, 202540218
May 18, 202540335
June 22, 202540423
July 23, 202540515
August 21, 202540587
September 20, 202540652
November 5, 202540712
December 7, 202540774
January 7, 202640832
February 12, 202640891
March 22, 202640969
September 12, 202641006
Star history for swc-project/swc
DateStars
January 14, 20181
December 30, 20182298
February 1, 20192809
March 5, 20194771
April 7, 20195080
May 9, 20195376
June 15, 20195604
July 18, 20195696
August 28, 20195779
October 11, 20195868
November 29, 20195993
January 2, 20206555
February 4, 20206804
March 7, 20207388
April 10, 20207594
May 14, 20207844
June 16, 20208175
July 18, 20208525
August 20, 20208993
September 24, 20209204
October 27, 20209487
November 28, 20209886
December 31, 202010261
February 2, 202110797
March 6, 202111191
April 8, 202111525
May 13, 202112002
June 15, 202112450
July 17, 202112777
August 19, 202114545
September 29, 202115448
November 6, 202116214
December 9, 202117690
January 10, 202218704
February 12, 202219750
March 17, 202220494
April 18, 202221043
May 21, 202221584
June 22, 202222043
July 25, 202222544
August 26, 202223104
September 28, 202223523
October 30, 202224061
December 2, 202224540
January 3, 202324966
February 5, 202325433
March 10, 202326079
April 11, 202326515
May 14, 202326882
June 15, 202327239
July 24, 202327605
August 26, 202327934
September 27, 202328250
October 30, 202328513
December 1, 202328808
January 4, 202429056
February 5, 202429366
March 9, 202429641
April 11, 202429897
May 13, 202430156
June 15, 202430387
July 17, 202430774
August 19, 202431070
September 20, 202431275
October 23, 202431507
November 25, 202431704
December 28, 202431874
January 29, 202532054
March 3, 202532299
April 5, 202532544
May 14, 202532754
June 15, 202532905
July 20, 202533042
August 25, 202533132
October 3, 202533227
November 17, 202533281
December 24, 202533366
February 2, 202633439
April 9, 202633483
September 12, 202633543
Star history for rollup/rollup
DateStars
May 27, 20157
August 13, 2015156
October 9, 2015384
November 25, 20152192
January 12, 20162864
February 28, 20163591
April 15, 20164247
June 1, 20164844
July 18, 20165337
September 3, 20166317
October 29, 20167421
December 15, 20167987
January 31, 20178535
March 19, 20179038
May 5, 20179706
June 21, 201710201
August 8, 201710652
September 24, 201711023
November 10, 201711431
December 27, 201711972
February 12, 201812529
March 31, 201812979
May 18, 201813418
July 5, 201813832
August 21, 201814204
October 7, 201814535
November 24, 201814912
January 10, 201915323
February 26, 201915676
April 14, 201916083
June 9, 201916567
July 26, 201916942
September 11, 201917374
October 29, 201917746
December 15, 201918125
January 31, 202018416
March 19, 202018812
May 5, 202019179
June 21, 202019526
August 7, 202019875
September 25, 202020180
November 11, 202020465
December 28, 202020738
February 13, 202121032
April 1, 202121345
May 23, 202121614
July 9, 202121878
August 28, 202122110
October 16, 202122311
December 11, 202122518
February 5, 202222800
March 25, 202223041
May 11, 202223284
June 28, 202223483
August 14, 202223745
September 30, 202223984
November 16, 202224263
January 2, 202324494
February 19, 202324788
April 7, 202325040
May 24, 202325298
July 10, 202325530
August 27, 202325728
October 13, 202325942
November 30, 202326197
January 17, 202426445
March 4, 202426652
April 21, 202426887
June 7, 202427091
July 24, 202427310
September 20, 202427556
November 8, 202427748
December 27, 202427903
February 12, 202528051
April 4, 202528198
May 29, 202528319
July 22, 202528421
September 24, 202528519
December 28, 202528591
September 12, 202628654
Star history for oxc-project/oxc
DateStars
February 11, 202359
February 26, 2023158
March 13, 2023308
March 29, 2023387
April 17, 2023607
May 4, 2023767
May 22, 2023838
June 12, 2023903
June 27, 20231010
July 13, 20231228
July 31, 20231348
August 16, 20231439
August 31, 20231634
September 15, 20231734
September 30, 20231799
October 15, 20232104
October 30, 20233020
November 14, 20233493
November 29, 20233916
December 14, 20234330
December 30, 20236259
January 14, 20246842
January 29, 20247095
February 13, 20247437
February 28, 20247643
March 14, 20248052
March 29, 20248244
April 13, 20248440
April 28, 20248606
May 13, 20248730
May 31, 20248958
June 15, 20249089
June 30, 20249287
July 15, 20249540
July 30, 20249858
August 14, 202410030
August 29, 202410150
September 13, 202410372
September 28, 202410522
October 13, 202411463
October 29, 202411856
November 13, 202412094
November 28, 202412259
December 13, 202412434
December 28, 202412605
January 12, 202512785
January 27, 202512893
February 11, 202513023
February 26, 202513151
March 13, 202513342
March 31, 202513698
April 15, 202513807
April 30, 202513939
May 15, 202514061
May 30, 202514154
June 14, 202514393
June 29, 202514674
July 14, 202514825
July 29, 202514948
August 13, 202515037
August 29, 202515159
September 13, 202515227
September 28, 202515332
October 18, 202515408
November 2, 202515598
November 17, 202515687
December 3, 202515746
December 18, 202515820
January 2, 202615977
January 17, 202616077
February 4, 202616195
February 19, 202616284
March 6, 202616449
March 21, 202616563
April 5, 202616619
April 21, 202616660
May 9, 202616694
May 30, 202616721
July 1, 202616739
September 15, 202616768

How each series was read

  • vitejs/vite

    Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026

  • webpack/webpack

    Historical star data · Covers through September 11, 2026

  • evanw/esbuild

    Historical star data · Covers through September 12, 2026

  • swc-project/swc

    Historical star data · Covers through September 12, 2026

  • rollup/rollup

    Historical star data · Covers through September 12, 2026

  • oxc-project/oxc

    Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026

Ranking

6 repositories

JavaScript build tools ranked by current total GitHub stars
#RepositoryStars+90dFirst starHealth
1vitejs/vite82,823~732020debt charts
2webpack/webpack65,948~162012debt charts
3evanw/esbuild40,061~82016debt charts
4swc-project/swc34,191~202018debt charts
5rollup/rollup26,308~102015debt charts
6oxc-project/oxc22,743~382023debt charts

Repository health compared

Live analysis · unavailable data stays labelled

Popularity is only one axis. Compare technical scale, maintenance cadence, ownership resilience and change pressure against the same completed analysis that sits behind each report.

Reach

Popularity and real-world adoption

Signalvitejs/vitewebpack/webpackevanw/esbuildswc-project/swcrollup/rollupoxc-project/oxc
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 82,82365,94840,06134,19126,30822,743
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +73+16+8+20+10+38
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.No resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved package
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.6.4 years15 years10 years8.7 years11 years3.6 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalvitejs/vitewebpack/webpackevanw/esbuildswc-project/swcrollup/rollupoxc-project/oxc
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalvitejs/vitewebpack/webpackevanw/esbuildswc-project/swcrollup/rollupoxc-project/oxc
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalvitejs/vitewebpack/webpackevanw/esbuildswc-project/swcrollup/rollupoxc-project/oxc
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalvitejs/vitewebpack/webpackevanw/esbuildswc-project/swcrollup/rollupoxc-project/oxc
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Head to head

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Frequently asked

Which of these javascript build tools has the most GitHub stars?

vitejs/vite is the most-starred of the javascript build tools gitdebt compares, with 82,823 GitHub stars as of Sep 2026. It earned its first star in 2020.

Which of these javascript build tools is growing the fastest?

vitejs/vite added the most stars over the last 90 days of its cached history — about 73 new stars. 90-day figures are approximate for older repos, whose history is downsampled.

How is this comparison computed?

The table ranks public repository metadata by current total stars. Each curve is that repository's stored star series — read either from GitHub's stargazer list or rebuilt from historical star data — drawn on shared axes, with trailing 90-day growth estimated from it. The legend under the chart names each series' own source and coverage date. Repo-health charts come independently from each repository's commit history.

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