head to head · open source
webpack vs haskell.nix
webpack has 65,945 GitHub stars, 9,545 forks, 123 open issues and last shipped today. haskell.nix has 631 stars, 265 forks, 105 open issues and last shipped yesterday. webpack leads on adoption by 10,351% (65,945 vs 631 stars). webpack is written in JavaScript under MIT; haskell.nix is written in Nix under Apache-2.0. webpack has attracted 14% as many forks as stars, haskell.nix 42%. 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.
← all 8884 open source comparisons
Side by side
| webpack | haskell.nix | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 66K | ★ 631 |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | JavaScript | Nix |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 9.5K | ⑂ 265 |
| 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 haskell.nix if
- You want the haskell.nix feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches Nix
- You evaluated both and haskell.nix fits your workflow better
About webpack
webpack is an open source module bundler for JavaScript and related assets, distributed under the MIT license and published to npm. It lives in the JavaScript ecosystem, where the README describes its main purpose as bundling JavaScript files for use in a browser, while also being capable of transforming, bundling, or packaging just about any resource or asset. Loaders let modules arrive in many forms — CommonJS, AMD, ES6 modules, CSS, images, JSON, CoffeeScript, LESS, or custom formats — and the plugin system extends what the build can do.
read the full webpack overview →
About haskell.nix
haskell.nix is infrastructure for building Haskell packages with Nix haskell.nix can automatically translate your Cabal or Stack project and its dependencies into Nix code. Documentation Introduction Getting Started Troubleshooting Explore the documentation from there to find further topics. Help! Something isn't working The 1 problem that people have when using haskell.nix is that they find themselves building GHC. This should not happen, but you must follow the haskell.nix setup instructions properly to avoid it. If you find this happening to you, please check that you have followed the getting started instruct…
read the full haskell.nix overview →
More in Developer Tools
Related comparisons
More Build & Deployment projects
Compare either of these against the rest of the Build & Deployment field.
Frequently asked questions
Is webpack or haskell.nix more popular?
webpack has 65,945 GitHub stars and haskell.nix has 631. webpack has the larger community by that measure.
Are webpack and haskell.nix free?
Both are open source. webpack is licensed under MIT and haskell.nix under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between webpack and haskell.nix?
webpack is written in JavaScript and haskell.nix in Nix. 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 haskell.nix?
Choose webpack if you want the larger community (65,945 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose haskell.nix if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.