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Browserify vs gulp: What are the differences?

Browserify: Browser-side require() the node.js way. Browserify lets you require('modules') in the browser by bundling up all of your dependencies; gulp: The streaming build system. Build system automating tasks: minification and copying of all JavaScript files, static images. More capable of watching files to automatically rerun the task when a file changes.

Browserify and gulp are primarily classified as "Front End Package Manager" and "JS Build Tools / JS Task Runners" tools respectively.

"Node style browser code" is the top reason why over 73 developers like Browserify, while over 454 developers mention "Build speed" as the leading cause for choosing gulp.

Browserify and gulp are both open source tools. It seems that gulp with 31.3K GitHub stars and 4.41K forks on GitHub has more adoption than Browserify with 12.8K GitHub stars and 1.12K GitHub forks.

Typeform, PedidosYa, and Myntra are some of the popular companies that use gulp, whereas Browserify is used by Typeform, Accenture, and Avocode. gulp has a broader approval, being mentioned in 1163 company stacks & 705 developers stacks; compared to Browserify, which is listed in 111 company stacks and 42 developer stacks.

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Pros of Browserify

Pros of gulp

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Node style browser code
52
Load modules installed by npm
45
Works great with gulp.js
38
NPM modules in the brower
34
Open source
16
Node streams
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Easy setup

451
Build speed
277
Readable
244
Code-over-configuration
210
Open source
175
Node streams
107
Intuitive
83
Lots of plugins
66
Works great with browserify
45
Easy to Learn
17
Laravel-elixir
4
build workflow
3
Simple & flexible
3
Great community
2
Stylus intergration
2
Clean Code
2
jade intergration
0
Well documented

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What is Browserify?

Browserify lets you require('modules') in the browser by bundling up all of your dependencies.

What is gulp?

Build system automating tasks: minification and copying of all JavaScript files, static images. More capable of watching files to automatically rerun the task when a file changes.

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What are some alternatives to Browserify and gulp?

Bower

Bower is a package manager for the web. It offers a generic, unopinionated solution to the problem of front-end package management, while exposing the package dependency model via an API that can be consumed by a more opinionated build stack. There are no system wide dependencies, no dependencies are shared between different apps, and the dependency tree is flat.

Webpack

A bundler for javascript and friends. Packs many modules into a few bundled assets. Code Splitting allows to load parts for the application on demand. Through "loaders" modules can be CommonJs, AMD, ES6 modules, CSS, Images, JSON, Coffeescript, LESS, ... and your custom stuff.

Babel

Babel will turn your ES6+ code into ES5 friendly code, so you can start using it right now without waiting for browser support.

rollup

It is a module bundler for JavaScript which compiles small pieces of code into something larger and more complex, such as a library or application. It uses the new standardized format for code modules included in the ES6 revision of JavaScript, instead of previous idiosyncratic solutions such as CommonJS and AMD.

RequireJS

RequireJS loads plain JavaScript files as well as more defined modules. It is optimized for in-browser use, including in a Web Worker, but it can be used in other JavaScript environments, like Rhino and Node. It implements the Asynchronous Module API. Using a modular script loader like RequireJS will improve the speed and quality of your code.

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