Version Details and Security Vulnerabilities

HtmlWebpackPlugin is a crucial tool for webpack users, simplifying HTML file creation to serve bundled assets. Comparing versions 5.1.0 and 5.0.0 reveals subtle but important differences. Both versions share the same core dependencies ensuring continued compatibility with Lodash, Tapable, loader-utils, pretty-error, and html-minifier-terser, maintaining consistent HTML minification capabilities. The development dependencies also remain identical, indicating no significant changes to the build process or testing environment. This means developers upgrading won't face disruptions in their typical workflow, retaining familiar tools like Pug, Jest, Rimraf, Webpack, Typescript, and various loaders and plugins.

Both versions explicitly declare webpack: "^5.20.0" as a peer dependency. This highlights the plugin's intended compatibility with webpack v5 and ensures users have the correct webpack version installed to avoid potential conflicts. While the core functionality and dependencies are consistent, the key difference lies in smaller factors such as the package size, unpacked size and the release date. Version 5.1.0 was released on February 12, 2021, while 5.0.0 was released a week earlier, February 3, 2021. The file count remains stable at 15 for both, but the unpacked size slightly increased from 148887 to 149332 in v5.1.0 hinting minor code adjustments.

For developers, this suggests the upgrade from 5.0.0 to 5.1.0 should be seamless, primarily involving bug fixes or small enhancements that don't alter existing configurations or require code modifications. The consistent dependency versions ensure a smooth transition within established webpack 5 projects.