webpack vs requirejs

Overview

webpack

Stacks6.7K

Followers19

Votes0

GitHub Stars63.7K

Forks8.9K

requirejs

Stacks504

Followers0

Votes0

GitHub Stars2.6K

Forks698

requirejs vs webpack: What are the differences?

What is requirejs? Node adapter for RequireJS, for loading AMD modules. Node adapter for RequireJS, for loading AMD modules. Includes RequireJS optimizer.

What is webpack? Packs CommonJs/AMD modules for the browser. Packs CommonJs/AMD modules for the browser. Allows to split your codebase into multiple bundles, which can be loaded on demand. Support loaders to preprocess files, i.e. json, jsx, es7, css, less, ... and your custom stuff.

requirejs and webpack can be primarily classified as "npm Packages" tools.

requirejs and webpack are both open source tools. webpack with 59.4K GitHub stars and 8.02K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than requirejs with 2.56K GitHub stars and 689 GitHub forks.

According to the StackShare community, webpack has a broader approval, being mentioned in 890 company stacks & 558 developers stacks; compared to requirejs, which is listed in 63 company stacks and 62 developer stacks.

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Detailed Comparison

webpack	requirejs
Packs CommonJs/AMD modules for the browser. Allows to split your codebase into multiple bundles, which can be loaded on demand. Support loaders to preprocess files, i.e. json, jsx, es7, css, less, ... and your custom stuff.	Node adapter for RequireJS, for loading AMD modules. Includes RequireJS optimizer.
Statistics
GitHub Stars 63.7K	GitHub Stars 2.6K
GitHub Forks 8.9K	GitHub Forks 698
Stacks 6.7K	Stacks 504
Followers 19	Followers 0
Votes 0	Votes 0