webpack-obfuscator
javascript-obfuscator plugin for webpack 5.
Build tools and bundlers npm BSD-2-Clause
How webpack-obfuscator is used
webpack-obfuscator joined the catalog on its public numbers (60,357 downloads a week on npm and 930 GitHub stars), not on our project count: it is a dependency in 17 public GitHub projects of our scan, 4 of them set up for AI coding agents. Projects that use it most often also use html-webpack-plugin (88.2%), webpack (88.2%), webpack CLI (88.2%).
webpack-obfuscator popularity over time
Gid Score 30: downloads 38, use in agent projects 25, GitHub stars 10, downloads trend 50 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with webpack-obfuscator
| html-webpack-plugin | 88.2% of webpack-obfuscator projects · 498.0× more than average |
|---|---|
| webpack | 88.2% of webpack-obfuscator projects · 101.4× more than average |
| webpack CLI | 88.2% of webpack-obfuscator projects · 111.8× more than average |
| webpack-dev-server | 76.5% of webpack-obfuscator projects · 316.5× more than average |
| webpack-merge | 76.5% of webpack-obfuscator projects · 949.5× more than average |
| ts-loader | 70.6% of webpack-obfuscator projects · 125.2× more than average |
| Copy Webpack Plugin | 70.6% of webpack-obfuscator projects · 273.9× more than average |
| Phaser | 70.6% of webpack-obfuscator projects · 365.2× more than average |
How webpack-obfuscator is funded
Open Collective: javascript-obfuscator
| Received, last 12 months | $4 Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| Estimated annual budget | $5 Open Collective's estimate |
| Balance | $22 |
| Raised since the start | $2,844 · $2,821 paid out |
| Typical month median, last 12 months | $0 · $0 over 24 months |
| Last 12 months vs the 12 before | -78% |
| Contributors, last 12 months | 1 |
Top company backers all time, 11 companies in total
| 123apps.com | $100 since Jul 2018 |
|---|---|
| Westcoast Technology limited | $100 since Sep 2020 |
| FSCmap.COM | $30 since Apr 2020 |
| Motif Markets | $25 since Jan 2020 |
| Koodinurk Ltd | $20 since Sep 2020 |
Oct 2021Sep 2026
Money by month, last five years. First money received in Jun 2017. The typical month is the median: one big one-off donation does not move it.
The same collective is named by 1 more tool in our catalog: JavaScript Obfuscator.
USD after payment processor fees, as Open Collective reports it; fiscal host Open Source Collective. Source
Ways to fund webpack-obfuscator
Open Collective
As the maintainers list them in the npm package. Checked Oct 20, 2026.
Install
| Package | npm install webpack-obfuscator |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (16), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | jneums/basic-fantasy-rpg, FiniteSingularity/jern-gets-a-haircut, climax-solution/darkcorners, Game3DEE/adoom |
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