⚡ Build Tools in China

Build tools help web developers to build web, progressive web, and native apps and automate tasks such as code compilation, asset optimization, and dependency management.

China is an East Asian country with a population of around 1.4 billion people.

According to our data, build tools are detected on 0.3% of websites from China.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top build tools on websites in China in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Vite with an impressive share of 45.9%, followed by Gulp with 25.1% and Parcel with 23%.

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top tools that are more popular in China than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

✨ Best Build Tools

Below is a more detailed list of 10 build tools used on sites from China, ranked by their market share.

RankNameMarket share
1
Vite

A fast, framework-agnostic frontend build tool from the creator of Vue.js.

FreeOpen source
2
Gulp

A toolkit that helps you automate painful or time-consuming tasks in your development workflow.

FreeOpen source
3
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
4
Swagger
Somerville, Massachusetts, United States

A set of open-source tools built around the OpenAPI Specification that can help you design, build, document, and consume REST APIs.

FreeOpen source$19+/month
5
Vite PWA
Paris, France

A zero-config plugin for Vite that enables the creation of Progressive Web Apps.

FreeOpen source
6
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
7
Postman
San Francisco, California, United States

A cloud-based collaboration platform for API development that allows users to build, test, design, modify, and document APIs.

Free$19+/user/month
8
PWABuilder
Redmond, Washington, United States

An open-source tool that allows developers to package their Progressive Web Apps for publishing to various stores, including Microsoft, Google Play, Meta Quest, and the iOS App Store.

FreeOpen source
9
Magento PWA Studio
San Jose, California, United States

A set of tools that enable developers to build complex Progressive Web Applications on top of Magento 2 stores.

FreeOpen source
10
Bubble
New York, United States

A full-stack, no-code app development builder that lets you build websites and mobile apps using visual development tools.

Free$32+/month

👉 See Also

Data is based on the analysis of 82,655 websites from China.
Statistics were last calculated on .
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.