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webpack-dev-server

npm · v6.1.0 · MIT

Serves a webpack app. Updates the browser on changes.

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Technologies

Install

npm install webpack-dev-server

Adoption

Downloads (30 days): 62.4M; Observeddownloads / 30 days
Popularity: Top 25% on npm; Derived89th percentile within npm
Dependents: 11.6K; Observedpackages that depend on it
Maintenance: 0.73; DerivedRelease cadence and recency, 0 to 1
Releases per year: Not reported; Over the package’s life

Growth by period

Derived by Crest of Tech from two observations of npm’s own figure, a period apart. Nothing is stored or estimated: without an observation near the period’s start, the period is still collecting.

7 days: Collectinghistory; Collecting
30 days: −13.8% · 30d; Derived−10M downloads / 30 days, SEP 24 → OCT 24
90 days: −13.5% · 90d; Derived−9.7M downloads / 30 days, JUL 26 → OCT 24
1 year: −0.7% · 1y; Derived−438.6K downloads / 30 days, NOV 10 → OCT 24

Adoption historydownloads / 30 days · 14 observations

Table of observations (14)

Day	downloads / 30 days	Dependents
OCT 24, 2026	62,415,805	11,568
OCT 6, 2026	73,621,807	Not observed
OCT 5, 2026	72,504,883	Not observed
OCT 4, 2026	73,621,807	Not observed
OCT 3, 2026	75,490,648	Not observed
OCT 2, 2026	74,351,362	Not observed
OCT 1, 2026	74,870,067	Not observed
SEP 30, 2026	74,586,419	Not observed
SEP 29, 2026	73,867,418	Not observed
SEP 28, 2026	71,137,240	Not observed
SEP 27, 2026	68,527,129	Not observed
SEP 26, 2026	70,183,492	Not observed
SEP 25, 2026	72,334,965	Not observed
SEP 24, 2026	72,434,787	Not observed

Facts from the registry

Latest version: v6.1.0
First published: Not reported
Last release: OCT 18, 2026; 5d ago
Licence: MIT
Links: npm page (opens in a new tab); Homepage · github.com (opens in a new tab); Source · github.com (opens in a new tab)

Repository

In the Crest catalog

webpack/webpack-dev-server

Serves a webpack app. Updates the browser on changes. Documentation https://webpack.js.org/configuration/dev-server/.

Stars: 7.8K
Forks: 1.5K
Language: JavaScript
Last push: 22d ago
Last release: 4mo ago

Linked by the package’s own registry metadata.GitHub (opens in a new tab)

Dependencies latest version · v6.1.0

Runtime 24

@types/bonjour^3.5.13
@types/connect-history-api-fallback^1.5.4
@types/express^5.0.6
@types/express-serve-static-core^5.1.1
@types/serve-index^1.9.4
@types/serve-static^2.2.0
@types/ws^8.18.1
bonjour-service^1.3.0
chokidar^5.0.0
compression^1.8.1
connect-history-api-fallback^2.0.0
express^5.2.1
graceful-fs^4.2.11
http-proxy-middleware^4.1.1
ipaddr.js^2.3.0
launch-editor^2.14.1
open^11.0.0
p-retry^8.0.0
schema-utils^4.3.3
selfsigned^5.5.0
serve-index^1.9.2
tinyglobby^0.2.15
webpack-dev-middleware^8.4.0
ws^8.20.0

Peer 1

webpack^5.101.0

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