requirejs/almond

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2410 stars · 160 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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Almond is a minimal AMD module loader API implementation intended as a tiny replacement for RequireJS in optimized/bundled builds. It is roughly 1KB minified and gzipped, supports loader plugins, and does not perform dynamic module loading.

Use cases

• replace RequireJS in optimized single-file builds to reduce bundle size
• ship a library using AMD modules without forcing users to include a full AMD loader
• reduce JavaScript payload size for size-sensitive apps like mobile web
• bundle AMD modules with loader plugins like text templates into one file
• wrap optimized AMD builds so the AMD API does not leak to consumers

When to choose

• your project uses AMD modules and the RequireJS optimizer to produce a single bundled file
• you need a tiny loader footprint and do not need dynamic code loading
• you are building a distributable library and want to hide the AMD API behind a closure

When to avoid

• you need dynamic or lazy module loading at runtime
• you use RequireJS multiversion support, contexts, packages config, or require.toUrl()
• you are starting a new project - modern bundlers and ES modules are the standard today

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

build-tool developer-tools web-development frontend developer-tools browser amd module-loader requirejs javascript bundling

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