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webpack vs corrosion
webpack has 65,979 GitHub stars, 9,617 forks, 123 open issues and last shipped yesterday. corrosion has 1,518 stars, 157 forks, 71 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. webpack leads on adoption by 4,246% (65,979 vs 1,518 stars). webpack is written in JavaScript under MIT; corrosion is written in CMake under MIT. webpack has attracted 15% as many forks as stars, corrosion 10%. webpack was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 1 topic tag (build-tool), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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Side by side
| webpack | corrosion | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 66K | ★ 1.5K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | JavaScript | CMake |
| Last push | 2026-11-02 | 2026-10-30 |
| Forks | ⑂ 9.6K | ⑂ 157 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick webpack if
- You weight community size — 66K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick corrosion if
- You want the corrosion feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches CMake
- You evaluated both and corrosion fits your workflow better
About webpack
[![npm][npm]][npm url] [![node][node]][node url] [![builds1][builds1]][builds1 url] [![dependency review][dependency review]][dependency review url] [![coverage][cover]][cover url] [![PR's welcome][prs]][prs url] webpack Webpack is a module bundler. Its main purpose is to bundle JavaScript files for usage in a browser, yet it is also capable of transforming, bundling, or packaging just about any resource or asset. Table of Contents Install Introduction Concepts Contributing Support Current project members TSC (Technical Steering Committee) Core Collaborators Sponsoring Premium Partners Gold Sponsors Silver…
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About corrosion
Corrosion Corrosion, formerly known as cmake cargo, is a tool for integrating Rust into an existing CMake project. Corrosion can automatically import executables, static libraries, and dynamic libraries from a workspace or package manifest ( Cargo.toml file). Features Automatic Import of Executable, Static, and Shared Libraries from Rust Crate Easy Installation of Rust Executables Trivially Link Rust Executables to C/C++ Libraries in Tree Multi Config Generator Support Simple Cross Compilation Sample Usage with FetchContent Using the CMake FetchContent module allows you to easily integrate corrosion into your…
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Frequently asked questions
Is webpack or corrosion more popular?
webpack has 65,979 GitHub stars and corrosion has 1,518. webpack has the larger community by that measure.
Are webpack and corrosion free?
Both are open source. webpack is licensed under MIT and corrosion under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between webpack and corrosion?
webpack is written in JavaScript and corrosion in CMake. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, webpack or corrosion?
Choose webpack if you want the larger community (65,979 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose corrosion if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.