⚡ Build Tools in France

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.

France is a Western European country with a population of around 69 million people.

According to our data, build tools are detected on 0.8% of websites from France.

Statistics based on 112K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Gulp with an impressive share of 39.8%, followed by Swagger with 33.1% and Vite with 6.8%.

Gulp 39.8%
Swagger 33.1%
Vite 6.8%
Grunt 4.2%
Parcel 4.1%
Lovable 3.1%
PWABuilder 1.9%
WeWeb 1.7%
Bubble 1.6%
Stencil.js 1.1%
Postman 0.5%
Vite PWA 0.5%
Magento PWA Studio 0.4%
JHipster 0.4%
Other 0.8%

🚀 Highlights

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

8. WeWeb ^(-8)
10. Stencil.js ^(-5)
11. Postman ^(-1)
14. JHipster ^(-9)
17. Expo ^(-3)
18. Adalo ^(-3)
21. Storybook ^(-4)

✨ Best Build Tools

Below is a more detailed list of 21 build tools used on sites from France, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	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	39.8%
2	Swagger Somerville, Massachusetts, United States A suite of open-source tools built around the OpenAPI that enables developers to design, build, and document REST APIs through a standardized, machine- and human-readable interface. FreeOpen source$19+/month	33.1%
3	Vite A fast, framework-agnostic frontend build tool from the creator of Vue.js. FreeOpen source	6.8%
4	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	4.2%
5	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	4.1%
6	Lovable Dover, Delaware, United States An AI-powered platform that enables users to build full-stack web applications by describing their ideas in plain English. Free$25+/month	3.1%
7	PWABuilder Redmond, Washington, United States An open-source tool that helps developers create, validate, and package Progressive Web App for distribution across major platforms. FreeOpen source	1.9%
8	WeWeb Paris, France A no-code, AI-powered web application builder that allows users to create full-stack web applications by describing what they want in plain English. Free$20+/month	1.7%
9	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	1.6%
10	Stencil.js Madison, Wisconsin, United States A a tool for building scalable, enterprise-ready Web Components using TypeScript and JSX. FreeOpen source	1.1%
11	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	0.5%
12	Vite PWA Paris, France A plugin for Vite that enables developers to build Progressive Web App with minimal configuration. FreeOpen source	0.5%
13	Magento PWA Studio San Jose, California, United States A set of tools that enable developers to build complex Progressive Web App on top of Magento 2 stores. FreeOpen source	0.4%
14	JHipster A full-stack development tool for rapidly generating, developing, and deploying front-end (Angular/React) and back-end code.	0.4%
15	AWS Amplify Seattle, Washington, United States A set of cloud services and libraries that enable developers to quickly and easily build full-stack web and mobile apps. $$$	0.3%
16	Replit Foster City, California, United States A browser-based development platform that enables users to build, run, and deploy applications with real-time collaboration and integrated AI tools. Free$20+/month	0.3%
17	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	0.2%
18	Adalo St. Louis, Missouri, United States A no-code app builder that allows you to build cross-platform apps and publish them as native apps, web apps, and progressive web apps. Free$45+/month	0.2%
19	Plasmic San Francisco, California, United States An open-source visual editing and content platform for building websites and apps. Free$49+/month	0.1%
20	Wappler Enschede, Netherlands A low-code software development platform that allows users to visually build responsive websites, mobile and desktop apps with no vendor lock-ins and complete hosting freedom. €19+/month	0.1%
21	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	0.1%

👉 See Also

🌎 Build Tools in other countries

🗃️ 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 112,653 websites from France.
We currently track the presence of 25 build tools across the web.
Of these, 21 were detected on websites from France.
Statistics were last calculated on April 11, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.