Angular CLI vs Webpacker: What are the differences?

Angular CLI: A command line interface for Angular. A command-line interface tool that you use to initialize, develop, scaffold, and maintain Angular applications. You can use the tool directly in a command shell, or indirectly through an interactive UI such as Angular Console; Webpacker: Use Webpack to manage app-like JavaScript modules in Rails (by Rails). Webpacker makes it easy to use the JavaScript preprocessor and bundler Webpack to manage application-like JavaScript in Rails. It coexists with the asset pipeline, as the purpose is only to use Webpack for app-like JavaScript, not images, css, or even JavaScript Sprinkles (that all continues to live in app/assets).

Angular CLI and Webpacker are primarily classified as "JavaScript Framework Components" and "JS Build Tools / JS Task Runners" tools respectively.

Angular CLI and Webpacker are both open source tools. It seems that Angular CLI with 21.9K GitHub stars and 7.02K forks on GitHub has more adoption than Webpacker with 4.29K GitHub stars and 894 GitHub forks.

Ivolutia, Modularity, and Payfactors are some of the popular companies that use Angular CLI, whereas Webpacker is used by Cambridge Brain Sciences, JetThoughts LLC, and Gratify Commerce. Angular CLI has a broader approval, being mentioned in 8 company stacks & 18 developers stacks; compared to Webpacker, which is listed in 7 company stacks and 5 developer stacks.