parcel vs vite
Build tools · npm download comparison · data as of 17 October 2026
vite is downloaded about 574× as often as parcel — 195,261,248 versus 340,450 downloads in the last 7 days.
Over the last 90 days, parcel downloads changed -6.1% and vite +32.9% compared with the 90 days before, so vite is growing faster.
● parcel● viteweekly downloads, last 12 months
Log scale — each grid line is 10× the one below, so both packages stay readable.
| parcel | vite | |
|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 340,450 | 195,261,248 |
| Monthly downloads | 1,580,113 | 855,229,675 |
| Downloads, last 12 months | 16,738,478 | 5,303,885,529 |
| 90-day growth | -6.1% | +32.9% |
| Latest version | 2.16.4 | 8.3.4 |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Direct dependencies | 15 | 5 |
| Description | Blazing fast, zero configuration web application bundler | Native-ESM powered web dev build tool |
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.