webpack-merge provides a clean, concise API for merging webpack configurations. It simplifies combining common configurations with environment-specific or feature-specific overrides. This is crucial for managing complex projects, allowing developers to maintain DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principles across different build scenarios like development, production, or testing. Use it to chain configuration objects, handle different loader settings, and append or prepend entries in arrays within your webpack configuration. An essential tool for scaling webpack configurations.
Webpack-merge's release frequency is highly variable. There were bursts of releases in 2015-2017, and 2020. The most recent release was in July 2024. There have been no releases in 2025 as of August 26, 2025. Overall, the release frequency has significantly decreased in recent years.
Webpack-merge downloads surged from February 2024 (9M) to a peak in July 2025 (69M). Downloads remained around 50M-60M between September 2024 and May 2025 with a spike in June and July 2025. August 2025 currently shows a significant drop, due to incomplete data for the current month.