⚡ Build Tools

Build tools are software utilities that automate repetitive development workflows to prepare web applications for production deployment.

They typically handle module bundling, code transformation, asset optimization, dependency processing, and development features such as hot module replacement and source map generation.

According to our data, build tools are detected on 10.1% of all websites.
97.6% of these sites use only one build tool, 2.3% use two, and 0.1% use three or more at the same time.

Statistics based on 3.8M+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the leading build tools in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Webpack, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 94.1% share.
It is followed by Gulp with 3.3% and Rollup with 2.4%.

Webpack 94.1%
Gulp 3.3%
Rollup 2.4%
Vite 1.9%
Grunt 0.5%
Parcel 0.3%
Stencil.js 0.03%
Expo 0.01%
Storybook <0.001%

You can also drill down by country:

🚀 Country Highlights

Here is a list of tools that are especially popular in certain countries.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

Rollup is #2 in Belgium ^(-1)

✨ Best Build Tools

Below is a more detailed list of 9 build tools we detect, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Webpack San Francisco, California, United States An open-source static module bundler for modern JavaScript applications that compiles modules and other project assets into optimized bundles. FreeOpen source	94.1%
2	Gulp San Francisco, California, United States An open-source JavaScript toolkit for automating repetitive development tasks using a code-based configuration and a streaming build system. FreeOpen source	3.3%
3	Rollup A module bundler for JavaScript which compiles small pieces of code into something larger and more complex, such as a library or application. FreeOpen source	2.4%
4	Vite A fast, framework-agnostic frontend build tool from the creator of Vue.js. FreeOpen source	1.9%
5	Grunt San Francisco, California, United States A JavaScript task runner, a tool used to automatically perform frequent tasks such as minification, compilation, unit testing, and linting. FreeOpen source	0.5%
6	Parcel A build tool for the web that compiles and transpiles JavaScript, compiles Sass and Less, has CSS module support, and automatically optimizes your entire app for production. FreeOpen source	0.3%
7	Stencil.js Madison, Wisconsin, United States A a tool for building scalable, enterprise-ready Web Components using TypeScript and JSX. FreeOpen source	0.03%
8	Expo Palo Alto, California, United States An open-source platform for building native apps for Android, iOS, and the web with React and JavaScript. FreeOpen source$19+/month	0.01%
9	Storybook A frontend workshop for building UI components and pages in isolation that has a built-in feature to export as a static website. FreeOpen source	<0.001%

👉 See Also

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 3,827,731 websites.
We currently track the presence of 9 build tools across the web.
Statistics were last calculated on October 7, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.