Browserify
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What both publish
| Fact | Browserify | Rolldown |
|---|---|---|
| API | The README documents using Browserify directly through its JavaScript API as well as from the command line. | Rolldown provides JavaScript APIs for bundling, watching, and building; the build() API is experimental and may change in patch releases. |
| License | The GitHub repository identifies its license as MIT. | Rolldown is free and open source; VoidZero states that it remains open source and MIT-licensed. |
| Purpose | Browserify lets you use Node-style require() in browser code by bundling dependencies. | Rolldown is a Rust-based bundler for JavaScript with a Rollup-compatible API and esbuild feature parity. |
Browserify plans
No prices published.
Rolldown plans
- Free & open sourceFree
Pick Browserify if…
Browserify suits developers who want Node-style module loading and npm dependencies in browser bundles. It is useful when source maps, plugins, UMD output, or tree-shaken builds are needed.
Pick Rolldown if…
Rolldown suits JavaScript developers looking for a bundler with TypeScript and JSX transforms and a Rollup-compatible plugin API. Its guidance points most application developers toward using it through Vite and library authors toward tsdown.