Farm

Spec sheet

Product

Farm describes itself as a Rust based web build tool for web programs and JavaScript libraries.Read 5 Oct 2026 · farm-fe.github.io

License

The project's GitHub page identifies its license as MIT.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Browser compatibility

Farm says it supports both legacy ES5 and modern browsers and aims for development output to match production output.Read 5 Oct 2026 · farm-fe.github.io

Bundling

Farm partially bundles projects into a few bundles while retaining caching granularity.Read 5 Oct 2026 · farm-fe.github.io

Community and support

The official site links to WeChat and Discord community groups.Read 5 Oct 2026 · farm-fe.github.io

Community support

The site links to community support through WeChat and Discord.Read 4 Oct 2026 · farm-fe.github.io

Development server

The Quick Start guide says a new project starts at http://localhost:9000 by default.Read 4 Oct 2026 · farm-fe.github.io

Framework plugins

The site lists official plugins for Sass, Less, PostCSS, Vue, React and Solid.Read 4 Oct 2026 · farm-fe.github.io

Frameworks and plugins

Official plugins support Sass, Less, PostCSS, Vue, React, and Solid, and Farm supports Rust and JavaScript plugins plus Vite plugins.Read 5 Oct 2026 · farm-fe.github.io

Getting started

The quick start guide says Farm requires Node 16.18.0 or later and documents project creation with npm, yarn, pnpm, or bun.Read 5 Oct 2026 · farm-fe.github.io

Incremental builds

Farm supports persistent caching and enables module level caching by default.Read 5 Oct 2026 · farm-fe.github.io

Languages and assets

Farm compiles HTML, CSS, CSS Modules, JavaScript, JSX, TypeScript, TSX, JSON, and static assets out of the box.Read 5 Oct 2026 · farm-fe.github.io

Maintainer

The GitHub repository names brightwu as author and ErKeLost and shulandmimi as maintainers.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Partial bundling

Farm bundles projects into a few bundles intended to speed resource loading while preserving caching granularity.Read 4 Oct 2026 · farm-fe.github.io

Performance

The site says Farm can start React or Vue projects in milliseconds and perform most HMR updates within 10ms.Read 5 Oct 2026 · farm-fe.github.io

Plugin ecosystem

Farm supports Rust and JavaScript plugins and Vite plugins out of the box.Read 4 Oct 2026 · farm-fe.github.io

Production output

The Quick Start guide says production builds are downgraded to ES2017 by default, compressed and tree-shaken.Read 4 Oct 2026 · farm-fe.github.io

Project setup

The Quick Start guide requires Node 16.18.0 or above and provides project creation commands for npm, yarn, pnpm and bun.Read 4 Oct 2026 · farm-fe.github.io

Speed

The homepage says Farm can start React or Vue projects in milliseconds and perform HMR updates within 10ms in most situations.Read 4 Oct 2026 · farm-fe.github.io

Supported inputs

Farm compiles HTML, CSS, CSS Modules, JavaScript, JSX, TypeScript, TSX, JSON and static assets out of the box.Read 4 Oct 2026 · farm-fe.github.io

Where Specifiction places it

• JavaScript Build Tools#24 of 277.2