comparison

Feature	webpack/webpack	jrburke/requirejs	substack/node-browserify
CommonJs require	yes	only wrapping in define	yes
CommonJs require.resolve	yes	no	no
CommonJs exports	yes	only wrapping in define	yes
AMD define	yes	yes	deamdify
AMD require	yes	yes	no
AMD require loads on demand	yes	with manual configuration	no
generate a single bundle	yes	yes♦	yes
load each file separate	no	no♦	no
multiple bundles	yes	with manual configuration	with manual configuration
additional chunks are loaded on demand	yes	yes	no
multi pages build with common bundle	with manual configuration	yes	with manual configuration
concat in require require("./fi" + "le")	yes	no♦	no
indirect require var r = require; r("./file")	yes	no♦	no
expressions in require (guided) require("./templates/" + template)	yes (all files matching included)	no♦	no
expressions in require (free) require(moduleName)	with manual configuration	no♦	no
requirable files	file system	web	file system
plugins	yes	yes	yes
preprocessing	loaders, transforms	loaders	transforms
watch mode	yes	not required	yes
debugging support	SourceUrl, SourceMaps	not required	SourceMaps
node.js built-in libs require("path")	yes	no	yes
other node.js stuff	process, __dir/filename, global	-	process, __dir/filename, global
replacement for browser	web_modules, .web.js, package.json field, alias config option	alias option	package.json field, alias option
minimizing	uglify	uglify, closure compiler	no
mangle path names	yes	no	partial
Runtime overhead	243b + 20b per module + 4b per dependency	14.7kb + 0b per module + (3b + X) per dependency	415b + 25b per module + (6b + 2X) per dependency s

♦ in production mode (opposite in development mode)

X is the length of the path string

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