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RequireJS vs Verdaccio: What are the differences?
What is RequireJS? JavaScript file and module loader. RequireJS loads plain JavaScript files as well as more defined modules. It is optimized for in-browser use, including in a Web Worker, but it can be used in other JavaScript environments, like Rhino and Node. It implements the Asynchronous Module API. Using a modular script loader like RequireJS will improve the speed and quality of your code.
What is Verdaccio? A lightweight private npm proxy registry. A simple, zero-config-required local private npm registry. Comes out of the box with its own tiny database, and the ability to proxy other registries (eg. npmjs.org), caching the downloaded modules along the way.
RequireJS and Verdaccio belong to "Front End Package Manager" category of the tech stack.
RequireJS and Verdaccio are both open source tools. RequireJS with 12.2K GitHub stars and 2.3K forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Verdaccio with 7.19K GitHub stars and 656 GitHub forks.
Pros of RequireJS
- Open source79
- Modular script loader69
- Asynchronous66
- Great for AMD49
- Fast30
- Free14
Pros of Verdaccio
- "Easy to setup"2
- Open Source1
- "A lightweight NPM registry"1