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Babel REPL vs Rspack

Babel REPL

babeljs.io

Rspack

rspack.rs

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FigureBabel REPLRspack
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source——
WebYesYes
Windows—Yes
macOS—Yes
Linux—Yes
Self-hosted—Yes
Plans published01
Spec score · JavaScript Build Tools7.7 (#12)7.8 (#11)
PurposeBabel describes its REPL as a playground for learning how Babel transpiles source code.Rspack is a fast Rust-based bundler for the web that modernizes the webpack API to support replacing webpack.

Plans

Babel REPL

No plans published.

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  • Free and open sourceFree

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Babel REPL

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Rspack

Rspack is a free, open-source bundler for web projects, built with Rust and TypeScript. Its parallelized architecture supports parallel builds, while incremental compilation is used to improve hot module replacement. Rspack updates the webpack API with the aim of supporting webpack replacement, but it does not promise full API compatibility; it prioritizes commonly used APIs and adds others based on user needs. It works with almost all community loaders, and over 85% of the 50 most downloaded webpack plugins can be used with it or have an alternative. Built-in capabilities include code splitting, tree shaking, asset management, a development server, SWC, Lightning CSS, and a JavaScript build API. Documented integrations cover React, React Server Components, Preact, Vue, Next.js, Node.js applications, NestJS, Solid, Svelte, and Rstest. Custom plugins and loaders can be written in JavaScript or Rust. Rspack 1.0 was released in August 2024 and is described as production-ready. It is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows, as well as web and self-hosted environments. The software is released under the MIT license; questions can be directed to Discord or GitHub Discussions.

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