Used in agent projects
31
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in build tools and bundlers
#53 of 81
by use in those projects
Downloads
1.7M
npm, last 7 days, gulp
GitHub stars
32.9K
last push Feb 9, 2026
How Gulp is used
Gulp is a dependency in 31 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #53 of 81 in build tools and bundlers. The most used alternative there is Vite. Projects that use it most often also use Browsersync (35.5%), Lodash (25.8%), Phaser (25.8%).
Often used with Gulp
| Browsersync | 35.5% of Gulp projects · 150.2× more than average |
|---|---|
| Lodash | 25.8% of Gulp projects · 12.2× more than average |
| Phaser | 25.8% of Gulp projects · 6.3× more than average |
| Express | 22.6% of Gulp projects · 3.5× more than average |
| webpack | 19.4% of Gulp projects · 9.6× more than average |
| Babel (JavaScript) | 19.4% of Gulp projects · 5.1× more than average |
| Moment.js | 16.1% of Gulp projects · 15.3× more than average |
| moment-timezone | 16.1% of Gulp projects · 93.1× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.3% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Gulp as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install gulp |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (26), Python (2), PHP (1), React Native / Expo (1) |
| Example projects | zkoss/zk, jojoee/phaser-examples, englercj/phaser-debug, berta-cms/berta, appsbu-de/phaser_plugin_pathfinding |
Alternatives to Gulp
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vite npm Fast native-ESM powered web development build tool and dev server. |
2,897 (22.8%) | 194M | 83.3K | MIT |
| Babel (JavaScript) npm JavaScript compiler for transforming modern JavaScript to compatible code. |
484 (3.8%) | 187M | 44.1K | MIT |
| Turborepo npm High-performance build system for monorepos with task parallelization. |
399 (3.1%) | 29.5M | 31.2K | MIT |
| esbuild npm Extremely fast JavaScript and CSS bundler and minifier written in Go. |
342 (2.7%) | 3M | 40.1K | MIT |
| webpack npm Module bundler that packages JavaScript, assets and dependencies for browser deployment. |
255 (2.0%) | 54.9M | 66.1K | MIT |
| react-scripts npm Build configuration and scripts for Create React App zero-configuration setup. |
231 (1.8%) | 2.4M | 103K | MIT |
| React Compiler Babel Plugin npm Babel plugin for React Compiler that optimizes React component rendering. |
202 (1.6%) | 17.8M | 251K | MIT |
| webpack CLI npm Command-line interface for webpack bundler and related build tools. |
201 (1.6%) | 10.4M | 2,617 | MIT |