postcss-loader processes CSS files with PostCSS. It enables the use of PostCSS plugins within your webpack workflow, allowing you to transform your CSS with tools like autoprefixer, cssnano, and more. Integrating seamlessly with webpack's module system, it accepts various options to configure your PostCSS environment, like custom plugins and parser/stringifier. This facilitates modern CSS development and optimization directly within your build pipeline, supporting sourcemaps and other webpack features.
The postcss-loader package had frequent releases from 2014 to 2018, with peaks in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Release frequency significantly decreased after 2018, with occasional releases in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. There have been no releases in the first seven months of 2025.
Postcss-loader downloads show a significant surge from February 2024. Downloads peaked in June 2025 at 77 million. Overall, monthly downloads remained high throughout 2024 and the first half of 2025, with a noticeable dip in August 2025 which isn't complete yet.