esbuild vs @swc/core
Build tools · npm download comparison · data as of 17 October 2026
esbuild is downloaded about 6.8× as often as @swc/core — 303,541,978 versus 44,802,919 downloads in the last 7 days.
Over the last 90 days, esbuild downloads changed +18.0% and @swc/core +9.4% compared with the 90 days before, so esbuild is growing faster.
● esbuild● @swc/coreweekly downloads, last 12 months
Log scale — each grid line is 10× the one below, so both packages stay readable.
| esbuild | @swc/core | |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 303,541,978 | 44,802,919 |
| Monthly downloads | 1,322,918,932 | 197,061,406 |
| Downloads, last 12 months | 9,067,435,451 | 1,507,315,296 |
| 90-day growth | +18.0% | +9.4% |
| Latest version | 0.28.2 | 1.16.18 |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Direct dependencies | 0 | 2 |
| Description | An extremely fast JavaScript and CSS bundler and minifier. | Super-fast alternative for babel |
Download counts come from the public npm registry API and include CI and mirror traffic, so treat them as a popularity signal, not a user count.