| Feature | webpack/webpack | jrburke/requirejs | substack/node-browserify | jspm/jspm-cli | rollup/rollup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CommonJs require
|
yes | only wrapping in define
|
yes | yes | commonjs-plugin |
CommonJs require.resolve
|
yes | no | no | no | no |
CommonJs exports
|
yes | only wrapping in define
|
yes | yes | commonjs-plugin |
AMD define
|
yes | yes | deamdify | yes | no |
AMD require
|
yes | yes | no | yes | no |
AMD require loads on demand |
yes | with manual configuration | no | yes | no |
ES2015 import/export
|
no | no | no | yes | yes |
| Generate a single bundle | yes | yes? | yes | yes | yes |
| Load each file separate | no | yes | no | yes | no |
| Multiple bundles | yes | with manual configuration | with manual configuration | yes | no |
| Additional chunks are loaded on demand | yes | yes | no | System.import | no |
| Multi pages build with common bundle | with manual configuration | yes | with manual configuration | with bundle arithmetic | no |
Concat in require require("./fi" + "le")
|
yes | no? | no | no | no |
Indirect require var r = require; r("./file")
|
yes | no? | no | no | no |
Expressions in require (guided) require("./templates/" + template)
|
yes (all files matching included) | no? | no | no | no |
Expressions in require (free) require(moduleName)
|
with manual configuration | no? | no | no | no |
| Requirable files | file system | web | file system | through plugins | file system or through plugins |
| Plugins | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| Preprocessing | loaders, transforms | loaders | transforms | plugin translate | plugin transforms |
| Watch mode | yes | not required | yes | not needed in dev | no |
| Debugging support | SourceUrl, SourceMaps | not required | SourceMaps | SourceUrl, SourceMaps | SourceUrl, SourceMaps |
Node.js built-in libs require("path")
|
yes | no | yes | yes | npm-plugin |
| Other Node.js stuff | process, __dir/filename, global | - | process, __dir/filename, global | process, __dir/filename, global for cjs | global (commonjs-plugin) |
| Replacement for browser |
web_modules, .web.js, package.json field, alias config option |
alias option | package.json field, alias option | package.json, alias option | no |
| Minimizing | uglify | uglify, closure compiler | uglifyify | yes | no |
| Mangle path names | yes | no | partial | yes | not required (path names are not included in the bundle) |
| Runtime overhead | 243B + 20B per module + 4B per dependency | 14.7kB + 0B per module + (3B + X) per dependency | 415B + 25B per module + (6B + 2X) per dependency | 5.5kB for self-executing bundles, 38kB for full loader and polyfill, 0 plain modules, 293B CJS, 139B ES6 System.register before gzip | none for ES2015 modules (other formats may have) |
| Dependencies | 19MB / 127 packages | 11MB / 118 packages | 1.2MB / 1 package | 26MB / 131 packages | ?MB / 3 packages |
? in production mode (opposite in development mode)
X is the length of the path string
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