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Rspack Has a Free API That Builds Webpack Projects 10x Faster With Rust
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Rspack Has a Free API That Builds Webpack Projects 10x Faster With Rust

via Dev.to JavaScriptAlex Spinov2h ago

Rspack is a Webpack-compatible bundler written in Rust. Drop-in replacement — same config format, same plugin API, same loaders. Just 10x faster. Quick Start npm install -D @rspack/core @rspack/cli // rspack.config.js — looks exactly like webpack.config.js module . exports = { entry : ' ./src/index.js ' , output : { filename : ' bundle.js ' }, module : { rules : [ { test : / \. tsx ? $/ , use : ' builtin:swc-loader ' }, { test : / \. css$/ , use : [ ' style-loader ' , ' css-loader ' ] } ] } } Speed Comparison Bundler Cold Build HMR Webpack 30s 1-5s Rspack 3s <100ms Vite 2s (dev) <50ms Webpack Compatibility Most webpack plugins and loaders work with Rspack: css-loader, style-loader, postcss-loader html-webpack-plugin mini-css-extract-plugin Most custom loaders Migration from Webpack Install Rspack Rename webpack.config.js to rspack.config.js Replace webpack imports with @rspack/core Run rspack build That's it for most projects. Built-in Features (No Extra Plugins) TypeScript (via SWC) C

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