Rolldown
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VisitRolldown vs unbuild
What both publish
| Fact | Rolldown | unbuild |
|---|---|---|
| License | Rolldown is free and open source; VoidZero states that it remains open source and MIT-licensed. | The repository is released under the MIT license. |
| Purpose | Rolldown is a Rust-based bundler for JavaScript with a Rollup-compatible API and esbuild feature parity. | unbuild is a unified JavaScript build system. |
Rolldown plans
- Free & open sourceFree
unbuild plans
- MIT-licensed open-source softwareFree
- unbuildFree
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.
Pick unbuild if…
unbuild suits JavaScript and TypeScript developers building packages who want generated declarations, build checks, or bundleless output. It may also fit projects that need a stub-based development workflow or plugin API.