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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

raw-loader

Webpack loader that imports files as raw strings.

Build tools and bundlers npm MIT

Used in agent projects
70
0.6% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in build tools and bundlers
#27 of 81
by use in those projects
Downloads
4.2M
npm, last 7 days, raw-loader
GitHub stars
839
last push Mar 8, 2021

How raw-loader is used

raw-loader is a dependency in 70 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.6%), #27 of 81 in build tools and bundlers. The most used alternative there is Vite. Projects that use it most often also use webpack (61.4%), Phaser (57.1%), Babel (JavaScript) (55.7%).

Often used with raw-loader

webpack61.4% of raw-loader projects · 30.6× more than average
Phaser57.1% of raw-loader projects · 14.0× more than average
Babel (JavaScript)55.7% of raw-loader projects · 14.6× more than average
webpack CLI51.4% of raw-loader projects · 32.5× more than average
webpack-dev-server51.4% of raw-loader projects · 44.4× more than average
Babel Loader50.0% of raw-loader projects · 44.1× more than average
html-webpack-plugin45.7% of raw-loader projects · 42.7× more than average
file-loader41.4% of raw-loader projects · 64.1× more than average

By coding agent

Claude Code0.3% of projects set up for it
Cursor0.4% of projects set up for it

Share of public repos configured for each agent that list raw-loader as a dependency.

Install

Packagenpm install raw-loader
Main stacksTypeScript / JavaScript (51), Next.js (19)
Example projectsMatthewGreenberg/shoe-finder, anapdh/js-capstoneproject, phaserjs/template-webpack-ts, aliiscripts/next-three-fiber, fedgut/JS-platform-Game

Alternatives to raw-loader

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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