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Agents tracked: 378 Downloads (7d): 244M down 5.7% GitHub stars: 8.4M VS Code installs: 151M Releases (7d): 407 Agent status: 1 with issues Updated Oct 10, 2026

html-webpack-plugin

Webpack plugin that automatically generates HTML files to serve bundles.

Build tools and bundlers npm MIT

Used in agent projects
136
1.1% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in build tools and bundlers
#15 of 81
by use in those projects
Downloads
14.1M
npm, last 7 days, html-webpack-plugin
GitHub stars
10.7K
last push Sep 7, 2026

How html-webpack-plugin is used

html-webpack-plugin is a dependency in 136 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (1.1%), #15 of 81 in build tools and bundlers. The most used alternative there is Vite. Projects that use it most often also use webpack (94.9%), webpack CLI (83.1%), webpack-dev-server (79.4%).

Often used with html-webpack-plugin

webpack94.9% of html-webpack-plugin projects · 47.2× more than average
webpack CLI83.1% of html-webpack-plugin projects · 52.5× more than average
webpack-dev-server79.4% of html-webpack-plugin projects · 68.6× more than average
Phaser73.5% of html-webpack-plugin projects · 18.1× more than average
Babel Loader64.7% of html-webpack-plugin projects · 57.1× more than average
Babel (JavaScript)58.1% of html-webpack-plugin projects · 15.2× more than average
Copy Webpack Plugin56.6% of html-webpack-plugin projects · 66.6× more than average
clean-webpack-plugin41.9% of html-webpack-plugin projects · 85.8× more than average

By coding agent

Claude Code0.2% of projects set up for it
Cursor0.3% of projects set up for it
GitHub Copilot0.2% of projects set up for it

Share of public repos configured for each agent that list html-webpack-plugin as a dependency.

Install

Packagenpm install html-webpack-plugin
Main stacksTypeScript / JavaScript (135), Python (1)
Example projectsultrabolido/PrinceJS, meta-quest/webxr-first-steps, Aristona/react-phaser-three-game, huszy/badgun, oliverbenns/phaser-starter

Alternatives to html-webpack-plugin

All build tools and bundlers

Tool Used in agent projectsDownloads / wk GitHub starsLicense
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
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