Comparison

esbuild vs Turbopack

On the evidence we track, Turbopack leads this comparison with a composite score of 63/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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esbuild54
★Turbopack63
Score
vioscaleAI score
esbuild54 / 100medium · 66%
Turbopack63 / 100medium · 60%
Pricing
Model
esbuild–
Turbopackcommercial
Integrations
Count
esbuild–
Turbopack2
Reliability
Status page
esbuild–
Turbopack✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
esbuild491,246
Turbopack304,007
Github stars
esbuild40,078
Turbopack143,006
Activity
Commits last 30d
esbuild0
Turbopack100
Release
Cadence days
esbuild21
Turbopack–
History
esbuild20 items
Turbopack20 items
License
Spdx
esbuildMIT
TurbopackMIT
Language
Primary
esbuildGo
TurbopackJavaScript
Market
Availability
esbuild–
Content
Faq
esbuild3 items
Turbopack5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for bundlers. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Dev server hmr
esbuild-
Turbopack-
Native esm dev
esbuild-
Turbopack-
Code splitting
esbuild-
Turbopack-
Tree shaking
esbuild✓
Turbopack-
Css bundling
esbuild✓
Turbopack✓
Zero config
esbuild-
Turbopack✓
Webpack plugin compat
esbuild-
Turbopack✗
Rollup plugin compat
esbuild-
Turbopack-
Monorepo aware
esbuild-
Turbopack-
Source maps
esbuild✓
Turbopack-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

esbuild

A fast bundler that combines JavaScript and other web assets into optimized output, with built-in TypeScript support and APIs accessible through command-line, JavaScript, and Go interfaces.

Independently observed

Turbopack

Leader

A bundler integrated into Next.js that prioritizes development speed and ease of setup, with built-in support for CSS, React, and TypeScript.

Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
macOS
esbuild✗
Turbopack✓
Windows
esbuild✗
Turbopack✓
Linux
esbuild✗
Turbopack✓
CLI
esbuild✓
Turbopack✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

esbuild

Not documented yet.

Turbopack

Leader
5 total
  • SWC
  • Lightning CSS
  • Sass
  • ESLint
  • VSCode
Independently observed
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esbuild or Turbopack: which one depends on you

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