Rome Alternatives

Rollup 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.

Babel is the next generation free and open-source JavaScript compiler and toolchain. The Babel toolchain is mainly used to convert ECMAScript 2015+ code into a backwards compatible version of JavaScript to be compatible with older browser versions. Babel can transform syntax, polyfill features that are missing for your targeted environments, perform source code transformations and more.

A toolkit to automate & enhance your workflow. Leverage gulp and the flexibility of JavaScript to automate slow, repetitive workflows and compose them into efficient build pipelines.

Webpack is an open-source module bundler for JavaScript. Its main purpose is to bundle JavaScript files for usage in a browser, yet it is also capable of transforming, bundling, or packaging just about any resource or asset. It can transform front-end assets like HTML, CSS, and images where corresponding loaders ar included and takes modules with dependencies and generates static assets representing those modules.

Grunt is an open-source JavaScript task runner, a tool used to automatically perform frequent tasks such as minification, compilation, unit testing, and linting. The Grunt ecosystem contains hundred of plugins that can be used to automate just about anything build related. With Grunt, you use the command-line interface to run custom tasks defined in a your config file to optimize your development workflow.

Bower provides hooks to facilitate using packages in your tools and development workflows. With Bower, you can optimize and build front-end code to follow the flat dependency graph and to help reduce page load. Bower is released free and open-source under the 

Snowpack enables frontend developers to enjoy a lightning-fast development experience. It's modern build tool that replaces heavier, more complex bundlers like Webpack or Parcel in your development workflow. Snowpack leverages JavaScript's native module system to increase performance and never builds the same file twice. Allowing you to enjoy a near instant hot module reload and refresh no matter how big your project grows. Snowpack supports JSX, TypeScript, React, Preact, CSS Modules and much more, while also provding an extensive plugin catalog with support for almost any technology in the JavaScript eco-system.