Best JavaScript Build Tools in 2026
27 javascript build tools ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
27ranked
25free plans on this page
3 Oct 2026last checked
| # | App | Score | From | Free plan | Paid from | TypeScript support | Code splitting | Tree shaking | Source maps | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | esbuild | 9.5 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| 2 | Rolldown | 9.3 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| 3 | SWC | 8.8 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| 4 | Vite | 8.1 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| 5 | webpack | 8.1 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| 6 | Parcel | 7.9 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| 7 | Rspack | 7.5 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| 8 | Rsbuild | 7.3 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| 9 |  Farm | 7.2 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| 10 | Rollup | 7.1 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| 11 |  Rslib | 7.0 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| 12 |  tsdown | 6.9 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| 13 |  Turbopack | 6.7 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| 14 |  Google Closure Compiler | 6.6 | Free | Yes | — | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| 15 |  unbuild | 6.5 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| 16 |  pkgroll | 6.4 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | View |
| 17 |  Oxc | 6.4 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | — | Yes | Yes | View |
| 18 |  ncc | 6.2 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | — | — | Yes | View |
| 19 |  Browserify | 6.2 | Free | Yes | — | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | View |
| 20 |  Gulp | 6.2 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | — | — | Yes | View |
| 21 |  Sucrase | 6.0 | Free | Yes | — | Yes | — | — | Yes | View |
| 22 |  UglifyJS | 5.6 | Free | Yes | — | — | — | — | Yes | View |
| 23 |  Grunt | 5.5 | Free | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | View |
| 24 |  TypeScript Playground | 5.4 | Free | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | View |
| 25 |  Jake | 5.3 | Free | Yes | — | — | — | — | — | View |
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Questions about this list
Which javascript build tool is ranked first on Samsung Mobile US Press?
esbuild is ranked #1 of 27 with a score of 9.5. Rolldown is second and SWC third.
How many of these have a free plan?
25 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked mobile-first: a phone app alongside the web or desktop product, a free tier and the depth of its documentation. Paid placements never change a rank.
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