An extremely fast JavaScript and CSS bundler and minifier.
Esbuild is an extremely fast JavaScript and CSS bundler and minifier. Licensed under MIT, it is extremely popular in the JavaScript ecosystem with 173.8M weekly downloads.
Esbuild has an excellent overall health score of 85/100. Its strongest dimension is maintenance (100/100), while quality (50/100) is the area with most room for improvement. This package is well-maintained and actively used.
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