Broccoli

Spec sheet

Purpose

Broccoli is a browser compilation library and asset pipeline for applications that run in the browser.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Intended users

The README describes Broccoli as comparable in scope to the Rails asset pipeline and intended for browser application assets.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Integrations

The README lists broccoli-timepiece, grunt-broccoli, and grunt-broccoli-build for running Broccoli directly or through other tools.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Support

The README directs users to GitHub issues for general questions or the relevant plugin repository for plugin questions.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

Broccoli is licensed under the MIT license.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Build configuration

A project can specify its build in a Brocfile.js that exports a function returning a tree.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Build definitions

A Brocfile.js in the project root exports a function that returns a tree describing the build.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Builds

It is a fast, reliable asset pipeline that supports constant-time rebuilds and compact build definitions.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

CLI

The separate broccoli-cli package provides broccoli build and broccoli serve commands.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Command line

The project documents broccoli build and broccoli serve commands through broccoli-cli.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

JavaScript support

Brocfile.js supports ES modules and CommonJS syntax.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Plugins

Broccoli uses plugins to generate transformed trees, and the project points users to the broccoli-plugin keyword on npm to find them.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Programmatic API

The Builder API can build a graph of Broccoli nodes into a build artifact and returns a Promise when the build completes.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Programmatic use

The Builder class can build output from a graph of Broccoli nodes and returns a Promise when operations complete.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Rebuilds

The project describes Broccoli as supporting constant-time rebuilds and compact build definitions.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Runtime

Broccoli runs on Node and is backend-agnostic.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

Security guidance

The project advises against running broccoli serve on a production server and recommends precompiling assets with broccoli build for a web server to serve.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

TypeScript

Broccoli supports Brocfile.ts files and provides type information for the build options object.Read 11 Oct 2026 · github.com

TypeScript support

A Brocfile.ts can be parsed through ts-node, and Broccoli provides types for the build options object.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Who it is for

The project describes itself as an asset pipeline for applications that run in the browser.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Where Specifiction places it

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