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Rspack vs webpack
The same facts for both, read from GitHub every night, and the relation a person reviewed.
| Fact | Rspack | webpack |
|---|---|---|
| Language | Rust | JavaScript |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Stars | 13k | 66k |
| Latest | v2.2.8 | v5.111.1 |
| Last push | 2026-10-06 | 2026-10-06 |
| Release cadence | about 4 days between releases | about 4 days between releases |
| Active contributors | 35+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days | 11+ commit authors on the default branch in the last 90 days |
| Flags | none | none |
How they relate
Rspack replaces webpack. Alternatives to webpack →
Drop-inAccepts webpack configuration and most of its loaders and plugins.
Published benchmarks, each linked to its source. The numbers depend on the hardware and the workload they were measured on.
React app with 10,000 components (react-10k)
Production build, no cache: Rspack 2.2.7 3644ms, webpack 5.111.1 22756ms. Dev startup, no cache: 989ms vs 21701ms.
Rspack
- v2.2.82026-09-28feat: support JavaScript URL entries with factory type probes
- v2.2.72026-09-23The new optimization.splitChunks.dedupDepth option lets Rspack spend more build time finding shared code and reducing d…
- v2.2.62026-09-17feat(loader): support buildInfo custom fields in parallel loaders
- v2.2.52026-09-16feat: expose new cache options and enable cache store in rebuild
- v2.2.42026-09-14CSS-only entries using native CSS support now emit standalone stylesheets without an unnecessary JavaScript bundle. Sta…
webpack
- v5.111.12026-09-18Throw on a write to an imported binding without losing concatenation. (by @alexander-akait in #22141)
- v5.111.02026-09-14Enable output.module by default with futureDefaults on ESM-capable targets. (by @alexander-akait in #22088)
- v5.110.32026-09-01Fix import() options, circular reexport severity and namespace writes. (by @alexander-akait in #21867)
- v5.110.22026-08-30Fix analyzable ESM baking around cycles, mixed-served wasm and style url maps. (by @alexander-akait in #21851)
- v5.110.12026-08-27Fix a capture-group-less snapshot.managedPaths RegExp; speed up cache writes. (by @alexander-akait in #21843)
Rspack
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webpack
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