---
title: "Why You Should Not Use Webpack"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-you-should-not-use-webpack-ilje0zw90
source_url: https://javascript.plainenglish.io/why-you-should-not-use-webpack-f07f4fd7c116
type: article
source: "JavaScript in Plain English"
published: 2021-04-19T10:46:41.245Z
updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z
tags: ["webpack", "vite"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 11
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# Why You Should Not Use Webpack

**[JavaScript in Plain English](https://daily.dev/sources/jsPlainEnglish)** · 3 min read · 11 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

Webpack is one of the most popular bundlers around today. Tons of production apps and frameworks, such as Next.js, use it for bundling and building. However, times have changed since Webpack’s inception, and now it is not the best tool for lots of cases.

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**@itsmnthn** · 4 upvotes

> Congratulations on your first article! Read new perspectives over the bundlers. Most people go with the popular one to rely on the community to solve problems and find thats already solved, but there are times where it is cardinal to look for the best. Will surely try these new bundlers and take advantages of feature they serve. Again Thanks.

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