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rolldown vs plasmo

BundlersPackage data 25 Sept 2026
rolldownv1.2.11, 24 Sept 2026

Fast JavaScript/TypeScript bundler in Rust with Rollup-compatible API.

$ npm install rolldown
plasmov0.90.5, 17 May 2025

The Plasmo Framework CLI

$ npm install plasmo
MetricrolldownplasmoDifference
Weekly downloads68,940,932426,753rolldown 161.5x higher
12-month download growth+4814%+421%rolldown +4393 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies230plasmo 28 more
Unpacked size833 kB175 kBplasmo 4.8x smaller
Latest release1.2.11, 24 Sept 20260.90.5, 17 May 2025rolldown 16 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months220rolldown 22 more
First published1 Jan 20174 Mar 2022rolldown 5.2 years earlier
GitHub stars13,95913,158rolldown +6%
Open issues273347plasmo 74 more
Open pull requests15224rolldown 128 more
Contributors217--
Commits, last 52 weeks2,9070rolldown higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM onlyESM onlySame
Runtimes---
LicenseMITMITSame

Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.

rolldown68.9m latest weekplasmo426.8k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

rolldown

Major versions
  1. 0.1.01 Jan 2017
  2. 1.0.07 May 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 1.2.1124 Sept 2026
  2. 1.2.1023 Sept 2026
  3. 1.2.916 Sept 2026
  4. 1.2.89 Sept 2026
  5. 1.2.72 Sept 2026
51 releases in total, 22 in the last 12 months

plasmo

Major versions
  1. 0.0.04 Mar 2022
Last 5 releases
  1. 0.90.517 May 2025
  2. 0.90.313 Feb 2025
  3. 0.90.29 Feb 2025
  4. 0.90.19 Feb 2025
  5. 0.90.09 Feb 2025
247 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
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  • Module formatBoth ESM only
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementrolldown: ^20.19.0 || >=22.12.0; plasmo: none declared (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releaserolldown (1.2.11 on 24 Sept 2026 vs 0.90.5 on 17 May 2025)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsrolldown (68.9m vs 426.8k)

Each line is generated from the data above.

plasmo: plasmo npm registry, plasmo npm downloads, plasmo GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.