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webpack-dev-server

Serves a webpack app. Updates the browser on changes.

v6.0.0, 3 Jul 2026MITESM + CommonJSTypes: BundledBundlers
$ npm install webpack-dev-server
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
15.3m
+1% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
25
Direct, from package.json
Last release
2 months ago
v6.0.0
GitHub stars
7.8k
1.5k forks
Open issues / PRs
17 / 21
Contributors
-
Commits, last 52 weeks
64

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
05m10m15m20mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 19.2m (16 Jun 2026)Low 7.2m (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.

15,283,944 downloads last week, 59,496,568 in the last month. The 12-month change of +1% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
5196 in total
Latest version
6.0.0, 3 Jul 20262 months ago
First published
18 Sept 2012
Last push to GitHub
22 Sept 20263 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
17
Open pull requests
21
Commits, last 52 weeks
64
Dependents on npm
11,577

Major versions

  1. v6 first release 6.0.0, 3 Jul 2026
  2. v5 first release 5.0.0, 12 Feb 2024
  3. v4 first release 4.0.0, 18 Aug 2021
  4. v3 first release 3.0.0, 25 Feb 2018
  5. v2 first release 2.2.0, 17 Jan 2017
  6. v1 first release 1.0.0, 17 Dec 2013
  7. v0 first release 0.6.0, 18 Sept 2012

Recent releases

VersionPublished
6.0.03 Jul 2026
5.2.62 Jul 2026
5.2.512 Jun 2026
5.2.411 May 2026
5.2.312 Jan 2026
5.2.23 Jun 2025
5.2.126 Mar 2025
5.2.011 Dec 2024
5.1.03 Sept 2024
4.15.220 Mar 2024
5.0.419 Mar 2024
5.0.312 Mar 2024
5.0.216 Feb 2024
5.0.113 Feb 2024

Compatibility

Module format
ESM + CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
Bundled
Node.js engine range
>= 22.15.0
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
456 kB
Dependencies (25)
wsopenexpressp-retrychokidar@types/wsipaddr.jsselfsignedtinyglobbycompressiongraceful-fsserve-indexschema-utilslaunch-editor@types/bonjour@types/expressbonjour-service@types/serve-index@types/serve-staticansi-html-communityhttp-proxy-middlewarewebpack-dev-middlewareconnect-history-api-fallback@types/express-serve-static-core@types/connect-history-api-fallback
Peer dependencies (1)
webpack

Install

npm install webpack-dev-server

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/webpack-dev-server@6.0.0/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/webpack-dev-server@6.0.0/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/webpack-dev-server@6.0.0
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.