⚡ Build Tools in Japan

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.

Japan is an East Asian country with a population of around 125 million people.

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

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Gulp, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 73.8% share.
It is followed by Vite with 13% and Swagger with 3.6%.

🚀 Highlights

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

✨ Best Build Tools

Below is a more detailed list of 16 build tools used on sites from Japan, ranked by their market share.

RankNameMarket share
1
Gulp

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

FreeOpen source
2
Vite

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

FreeOpen source
3
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
4
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
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
6
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.

$$$
7
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
8
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
9
Vite PWA
Paris, France

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

FreeOpen source
10
Oracle APEX
Austin, Texas, United States

An enterprise low-code development platform for developing and deploying cloud, mobile, and desktop applications.

Free$122+/month
11
Replit
Foster City, California, United States

A browser-based coding platform with real-time collaboration, project sharing, and AI coding assistants that can build apps and websites with natural language prompts.

Free$25+/month
12
Stencil.js
Madison, Wisconsin, United States

A a tool for building scalable, enterprise-ready Web Components using TypeScript and JSX.

FreeOpen source
13
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
14
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
15
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
16
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

👉 See Also

Data is based on the analysis of 157,205 websites from Japan.
Statistics were last calculated on .
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.