About this project
esbuild is an open-source bundler for the web whose stated goal is to improve build tool performance and provide an easy-to-use modern bundler. According to the README, existing web build tools are described as 10-100x slower than they could be, and esbuild aims to address that gap.
Key capabilities listed in the README:
- Extreme speed without needing a cache
- Built-in support for JavaScript, CSS, TypeScript and JSX
- A straightforward API for CLI, JavaScript and Go
- Bundling of ESM and CommonJS modules
- CSS bundling, including CSS modules
- Tree shaking, minification and source maps
- Local server, watch mode and a plugin system
The project provides a website with getting started instructions, API documentation, a plugins page and an FAQ. It is written in Go and distributed as a repository under evanw/esbuild. The README does not include licensing, installation commands or detailed configuration examples; those are directed to the linked documentation site.
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