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Description:
Extremely fast JavaScript bundler and minifier

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 0.27.2@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | @evanwallace | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: javascript bundler typescript build-tool minifier web-development

Install: brew install esbuild

About:
esbuild is an extremely fast JavaScript bundler and minifier written in Go. It packages up JavaScript and TypeScript code for deployment to production environments. Its primary value proposition is performance, offering 10-100x faster builds compared to older bundlers like Webpack or Rollup.

Key Features:

Extreme speed (10-100x faster than alternatives)
Native support for TypeScript and JSX
Zero-config defaults with extensive API options
Parallel processing leveraging multiple CPU cores

Use Cases:

Bundling modern web applications for production
Speeding up development server build times
Compiling TypeScript/JSX to vanilla JavaScript

Alternatives:

webpack – Webpack is highly configurable but significantly slower due to its JavaScript-based plugin architecture.
rollup – Rollup excels at library bundling and tree-shaking but is generally slower than esbuild for application builds.

License: MIT

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Change	Commit
Dec 17, 2025 2:31am	VERSION_BUMP	7d6be781
Nov 9, 2025 7:54pm	VERSION_BUMP	212d0577
Oct 15, 2025 2:30am	VERSION_BUMP	c15e714f
Sep 17, 2025 6:24pm	VERSION_BUMP	d580ac1b
Sep 17, 2025 5:02pm	VERSION_BUMP	42b5c2a3
Sep 13, 2025 2:20pm	VERSION_BUMP	0d135afd
Dec 11, 2024 11:49am	VERSION_BUMP	17ed79d4
Nov 19, 2024 12:01am	VERSION_BUMP	89b9908f
Sep 11, 2024 4:27am	VERSION_BUMP	59417d8f
May 15, 2024 9:32pm	VERSION_BUMP	aad779ce
May 12, 2024 9:26pm	VERSION_BUMP	74c98964
May 7, 2024 4:06am	VERSION_BUMP	a15cdbe2
May 7, 2024 3:28am	VERSION_BUMP	36e36d1e
Jan 27, 2024 6:34pm	VERSION_BUMP	16ab67db
Jan 23, 2024 6:36pm	VERSION_BUMP	78e1ffcc
Dec 19, 2023 12:46am	VERSION_BUMP	1efb7e3d
Dec 10, 2023 6:40am	VERSION_BUMP	770e3fec
Nov 27, 2023 1:37am	VERSION_BUMP	3a807905
Nov 19, 2023 12:42pm	VERSION_BUMP	b417074b
Sep 28, 2023 5:09am	VERSION_BUMP	e7c42f74
Aug 9, 2023 1:12am	VERSION_BUMP	09988c43
Aug 8, 2023 6:23pm	VERSION_BUMP	5b349396
Aug 5, 2023 6:27pm	VERSION_BUMP	0083d154
Jun 16, 2023 3:56pm	VERSION_BUMP	20314751
Jun 15, 2023 8:45am	VERSION_BUMP	42961935
May 12, 2023 9:13pm	VERSION_BUMP	83283844
Apr 10, 2023 4:36pm	VERSION_BUMP	f4177703
Apr 10, 2023 11:04am	VERSION_BUMP	c71a287e
Apr 2, 2023 5:08am	VERSION_BUMP	dad637f3
Mar 17, 2023 1:09pm	VERSION_BUMP	176673f1
Mar 17, 2023 1:09pm	VERSION_BUMP	1244210c
Mar 4, 2023 2:20am	VERSION_BUMP	7040bb16
Mar 4, 2023 2:20am	VERSION_BUMP	6e4601c1
Feb 21, 2023 2:39am	VERSION_BUMP	99516f45
Feb 21, 2023 2:39am	VERSION_BUMP	edafbe9d
Feb 20, 2023 1:41am	VERSION_BUMP	c48e2395
Feb 20, 2023 1:41am	VERSION_BUMP	7663be5c
Feb 13, 2023 2:05pm	VERSION_BUMP	652e6b7f
Feb 13, 2023 2:05pm	VERSION_BUMP	6bcb7a89
Feb 10, 2023 7:05am	VERSION_BUMP	f5e521fc
Feb 10, 2023 7:05am	VERSION_BUMP	e6fa8ed5
Feb 7, 2023 1:32am	VERSION_BUMP	57ccd4c1
Feb 7, 2023 1:32am	VERSION_BUMP	5fb5656f
Jan 27, 2023 8:05pm	VERSION_BUMP	37272712
Jan 27, 2023 8:05pm	VERSION_BUMP	87dc1518
Jan 22, 2023 1:07pm	VERSION_BUMP	d694ada0
Jan 22, 2023 1:07pm	VERSION_BUMP	3b287e2c
Jan 18, 2023 9:05pm	VERSION_BUMP	551f05b0
Jan 18, 2023 9:05pm	VERSION_BUMP	244ef6da
Jan 17, 2023 9:04am	VERSION_BUMP	32754c3a
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Jan 17, 2023 2:25am	VERSION_BUMP	3056de0e
Jan 17, 2023 2:25am	VERSION_BUMP	9ddebbfc
Jan 14, 2023 5:05pm	VERSION_BUMP	86967d46
Jan 14, 2023 5:05pm	VERSION_BUMP	e39b946e
Jan 12, 2023 1:10pm	VERSION_BUMP	c207db74
Jan 9, 2023 1:32am	VERSION_BUMP	80f03a9a
Jan 9, 2023 1:32am	VERSION_BUMP	67e9fe2f
Jan 7, 2023 12:06pm	VERSION_BUMP	133cdacc
Jan 7, 2023 12:06pm	VERSION_BUMP	9a186954
Jan 5, 2023 9:06am	VERSION_BUMP	796514ce
Jan 5, 2023 9:06am	VERSION_BUMP	8c1c8022