Front-end Builder Benchmark

Standard

The front-end builder must match the following standard

• It is actively maintained. (at least 1 release in last 6 month)
• It is able to build production assets.
• It has a dev server with HMR.
• It supports common technology like Sass, LESS, CSS modules, code splitting.
• It supports plugins.
• It does NOT restrict UI framework to use.
• It does NOT bundle unnecessary runtime, like Redux.

Candidates

• webpack
• parcel
• vite
• rspack

Unqualified

• esbuild, doesn't support HMR.
• swc/swcpack, doesn't support HMR.
• create-react-app/react-scripts, only supports React.
• icejs and umijs, only supports React and has too many runtime.
• turbopack, only supports Next.js.

Test Code Base

• 420 React components
• 420 css files
• 20 code splitting bundles
• react & react-dom 18
• react-router-dom 6
• @mui/material 5
• echarts 5
• typescript 5

Test Script

node scripts/benchmark.js

Test Device

$ npx envinfo --system --npmPackages @rspack/cli,vite,parcel,webpack,@swc/core,esbuild
  System:
    OS: macOS 13.2.1
    CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz
    Memory: 1.07 GB / 16.00 GB
    Shell: 5.8.1 - /bin/zsh
  npmPackages:
    @rspack/cli: ^0.1.2 => 0.1.2
    @swc/core: ^1.3.42 => 1.3.42
    parcel: ^2.8.3 => 2.8.3
    vite: ^4.2.1 => 4.2.1
    webpack: ^5.76.3 => 5.76.3