Grunt vs webpack
Grunt
gruntjs.com
webpack
webpack.js.orgSide by side
| Figure | Grunt | webpack |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · JavaScript Build Tools | 8.0 (#7) | 7.3 (#23) |
| Plugins | The Grunt ecosystem offers hundreds of plugins, and developers can publish their own Grunt plugins to npm. | Plugins can customize the build process and access the compilation lifecycle through hooks. |
Plans
In their own words
webpack
webpack is a free, open-source static module bundler for modern JavaScript applications. It builds a dependency graph and combines modules into bundles, with code splitting for on-demand loading. Built-in support covers JavaScript, JSON, WebAssembly, CSS and HTML. Loaders transform sources such as Sass into CSS or TypeScript into JavaScript, while plugins customize compilation through lifecycle hooks. ModuleFederationPlugin lets independently built applications share modules at runtime. Since version 4.0.0, webpack can run without a configuration file, although it remains highly configurable. Interfaces include the CLI, Node API, loader API and plugin API, and documentation covers integrations with Browserify, Brunch, Grunt, Gulp, Mocha and Karma. The project recommends local npm installation and a fresh Node.js installation; command-line use from webpack v4 onward also requires webpack-cli. The MIT-licensed software supports tree shaking and source maps. CSP is not enabled by default, and native CSS and HTML support are experimental.