--- title: webpack | daily.dev description: Webpack 5.108 introduces an experimental universal target that compiles a single bundle adaptable at runtime to browsers, web workers, Node.js, Electron, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/webpack-pzfjqoalb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: webpack | daily.dev og:description: Webpack 5.108 introduces an experimental universal target that compiles a single bundle adaptable at runtime to browsers, web workers, Node.js, Electron, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/webpack-pzfjqoalb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/PZfjQoAlb.png og:image:alt: webpack og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # webpack **[webpack](https://daily.dev/sources/webpack-blog)** · 13 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Webpack 5.108 introduces an experimental universal target that compiles a single bundle adaptable at runtime to browsers, web workers, Node.js, Electron, and NW.js, replacing manual target: ["web", "node"] setups. It also adds dedicated bun and deno targets, continues native HTML support started in 5.107 (HTML files as entry points, HTML output for JS entries, and HMR for HTML modules), and ships a large round of tree-shaking improvements including optimization.inlineExports, cross-module dead-branch skipping, cross-module purity propagation, and CommonJS re-export analysis via Object.defineProperty. Other additions include automatic ESM detection via top-level await/import.meta, modernized runtime output syntax, output.strictModuleResolution, a [uniquename] template placeholder, worker chunk filenames, and a typed defineConfig helper. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What does the new universal target do in webpack 5.108? Webpack 5.108's universal target compiles a single bundle that adapts at runtime to the browser, web workers, Node.js, Electron, and NW.js, replacing hand-written target: ["web", "node"] setups. It defaults experiments.outputModule to true, sets output.globalObject to globalThis, and makes workers, externals, and CSS handling platform-aware so the same bundle runs correctly everywhere. _Teams weighing whether to adopt universal builds can track webpack's evolving bundler config on daily.dev._ ### How do I use an HTML file directly as a webpack entry point? Enable experiments.html and point entry directly at an .html file; its