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Bower vs Bundler: What are the differences?
What is Bower? A package manager for the web. Bower is a package manager for the web. It offers a generic, unopinionated solution to the problem of front-end package management, while exposing the package dependency model via an API that can be consumed by a more opinionated build stack. There are no system wide dependencies, no dependencies are shared between different apps, and the dependency tree is flat.
What is Bundler? *A consistent environment for tracking and installing gems and versions *. It provides a consistent environment for Ruby projects by tracking and installing the exact gems and versions that are needed. It is an exit from dependency hell, and ensures that the gems you need are present in development, staging, and production.
Bower belongs to "Front End Package Manager" category of the tech stack, while Bundler can be primarily classified under "Dependency Management".
Bower is an open source tool with 15.2K GitHub stars and 1.97K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Bower's open source repository on GitHub.
According to the StackShare community, Bower has a broader approval, being mentioned in 1069 company stacks & 2508 developers stacks; compared to Bundler, which is listed in 4 company stacks and 9 developer stacks.
Pros of Bower
- Package management483
- Open source214
- Simple142
- Great for for project dependencies injection53
- Web components with Meteor27
- Portable dependencies Management8
Pros of Bundler
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Cons of Bower
- Deprecated2
- Front end only1