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purgecss-webpack-plugin

PurgeCSS plugin for webpack - Remove unused css

v8.0.0, 24 Jan 2026MITESM + CommonJSTypes: BundledBundler plugins and loadersCSS-in-JS and styling
$ npm install purgecss-webpack-plugin

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
37.5k
-20% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
2
Direct, from package.json
Last release
7 months ago
v8.0.0
GitHub stars
8.1k
243 forks
Open issues / PRs
35 / 33
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
84

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
020k40k60k80kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 71.4k (10 Mar 2026)Low 25.7k (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

37,464 downloads last week, 189,557 in the last month. The 12-month change of -20% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
-
Latest version
8.0.0, 24 Jan 20267 months ago
First published
-
Last push to GitHub
20 Aug 202635 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
35
Open pull requests
33
Commits, last 52 weeks
84
Dependents on npm
86

Major versions

-

Recent releases

-

Module format
ESM + CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
21 kB
Dependencies (2)
webpackpurgecss
Peer dependencies (1)
webpack
npm install purgecss-webpack-plugin
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/purgecss-webpack-plugin@8.0.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/purgecss-webpack-plugin@8.0.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/purgecss-webpack-plugin@8.0.0
PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
css-minimizer-webpack-plugin7.2m-6 months agoCommonJS-
rollup-plugin-import-css62.5k-5 months agoESM + CommonJS-
css-loader24.6m-27 days agoCommonJS-
sonda122.8k-2 months agoESM only-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.