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Decision brief
Brunch is a JavaScript build tool designed for web applications that provides an asset pipeline coupled with a fast development server.
Good fit when
- - Opt for Brunch if you aim to streamline the development workflow and asset management in your JavaScript-heavy projects, ensuring faster development cycles.
- - Suitable when you seek simplicity in configuration, as Brunch aims to reduce setup overhead compared to more complex alternatives.
Avoid when
- - Avoid using brunch if your project requires a highly customizable pipeline that can be finely tuned with various third-party tools or plugins not aligned well with its default features.
- - Not recommended for projects where you desire direct control over every build process detail, as brunch abstracts certain configurations to ease use.
- Requirements:
- - No Docker containerization required for usage with brunch.
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Adoption
Package downloads where a registry match exists. GitHub stars (6,759) are secondary evidence.
- npm downloads (30d)
- 29,005·npm downloads API·Sep 15, 2026
Maintenance and security
Full trust report- Maintenance
- Slowing (148d since push)
- As of Sep 15, 2026
- Provenance
- Not a fork · Organization account
- As of Sep 15, 2026
- Security (OSV)
- No lockfile
- As of Jul 15, 2026
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Install
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Overview
A build tool for web applications offering an asset pipeline with a fast development server and more.
Capability facts
- CLI
- CLI entrypoint
Source: package.json:bin|scripts · Sep 15, 2026
- MCP server
- No MCP server detected
Source: repo_scan · Sep 15, 2026
- Languages
- javascript
Source: github.language+package.json · Sep 15, 2026
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README
License MIT license (c) 2021 Paul Miller paulmillr.com, Elan Shanker, Nik Graf, Thomas Schranz, Allan Berger, Jan Monschke, Martin Schürrer See LICENSE file.
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