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Install webpack-dev-server with npm

Serves a webpack app. Updates the browser on changes. Version 6.0.0 via npm; verified 2026-07-03.

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npm install -g webpack-dev-server

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overview

Package summary

Serves a webpack app. Updates the browser on changes.

Commands and aliases

  • webpack-dev-server

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  • npm lifecycle scripts are declared: prepare.
  • No npm postinstall script is recorded in package metadata.
  • npm package metadata declares a prepare script.
  • No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
  • Installs with 25 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 61 build dependencies.

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page generated2026-08-04
manager version6.0.0
manager updated2026-07-03
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server

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Package metadata

Package keynpm:webpack-dev-server
Version6.0.0
Package managernpm
Package manager pagehttps://www.npmjs.com/package/webpack-dev-server
Homepagehttps://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server#readme
Repositoryhttps://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server
Upstream docshttps://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server#readme
LicenseMIT
Source archivehttps://registry.npmjs.org/webpack-dev-server/-/webpack-dev-server-6.0.0.tgz
Issue trackerhttps://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/issues
Last updated2026-07-03T03:21:22.875Z
Published2026-07-03T03:21:22.875Z
Pulseupdated
Dependencies@types/bonjour, @types/connect-history-api-fallback, @types/express, @types/express-serve-static-core, @types/serve-index, @types/serve-static, @types/ws, ansi-html-community, bonjour-service, chokidar, compression, connect-history-api-fallback, express, graceful-fs, http-proxy-middleware, ipaddr.js, launch-editor, open, p-retry, schema-utils, selfsigned, serve-index, tinyglobby, webpack-dev-middleware, ws
Build dependencies@babel/cli, @babel/core, @babel/eslint-parser, @babel/plugin-transform-object-assign, @babel/preset-env, @changesets/cli, @changesets/get-github-info, @commitlint/cli, @commitlint/config-conventional, @eslint/markdown, @hono/node-server, @types/compression, @types/graceful-fs, @types/node, @types/node-forge, @types/picomatch, @types/trusted-types, acorn, babel-loader, babel-plugin-transform-import-meta, connect, core-js, cspell, css-loader, eslint, eslint-config-prettier, eslint-config-webpack, eslint-plugin-import, eslint-plugin-jsdoc, eslint-plugin-n, execa, expect, hono, html-webpack-plugin, httpxy, husky, jest-mock, jsdom, klona, less, less-loader, lint-staged, marked, memfs, npm-run-all, prettier, pretty-format, puppeteer, readable-stream, require-from-string, rimraf, simple-git, style-loader, supertest, tcp-port-used, typescript, typescript-eslint, wait-for-expect, webpack, webpack-cli, webpack-merge
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Source Databasenpm registry
Dist Tags
Beta
3.0.1-beta.0
Latest
6.0.0
Next
4.0.0-rc.1
Version 3
3.11.3
Version 4
4.15.2
Webpack 1
1.16.5
Webpack 3
2.11.5
Version Count226
Maintainers
  • 15000621931
  • ev1stensberg
  • __hai
  • sokra
  • avivkeller
  • evilebottnawi
  • jhnns
  • hiroppy
AuthorTobias Koppers @sokra
PublisherGitHub Actions
Engines
Node
>= 22.15.0
Peer Dependencies
  • webpack
Fundinghttps://opencollective.com/webpack
Integritysha512-q9SD4ItOGhZLeU6EGT10caDZdHjF50Pz1DtkRZZOPsfluMXOkacWKKOtSBSLVkPqKiF67eFUC0rI88U/tSFPEw==
Shasumaf30f80cd4bc1c5b2c6224e4c7903adcd9514dcd
Unpacked Size467,333
File Count0
Created At2012-09-18T15:45:14.544Z
Latest Published At2026-07-03T03:21:22.875Z
Modified At2026-07-03T03:21:23.268Z

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Related tools

  • webpack-servePackage names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: cli, dev, dev-server, dev-servers, developer.

Same workflow

  • umi-serveLocal metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, compression, core, dev, dev-server.
  • polyserveBoth packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: browser, cli, compression, dev, developer.

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