# webpack-contrib/extract-text-webpack-plugin

[DEPRECATED] Please use https://github.com/webpack-contrib/mini-css-extract-plugin Extracts text from a bundle into a separate file

Repository: https://github.com/webpack-contrib/extract-text-webpack-plugin
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/extract-text-webpack-plugin
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: webpack-plugin
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-05-29T11:48:46+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4601, "days_push": 2653, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3991, forks 506 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:31.831964+00:00)

## What it is
A deprecated webpack plugin that extracts text (primarily CSS) from a JavaScript bundle into a separate file. It has been superseded by mini-css-extract-plugin for webpack 4 and later.

## Use cases
- extract css from webpack bundle into a separate stylesheet file
- avoid inlining styles into the javascript bundle
- load css in parallel with js for faster page loads
- generate css source maps with webpack
- split css into its own cacheable file
- migrate legacy webpack 1-3 builds

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy webpack 1, 2, or 3 project that already uses it
- reading or patching an old build configuration that cannot be upgraded yet

## When to avoid
- starting any new project
- using webpack 4 or later - use mini-css-extract-plugin instead
- needing hot module replacement for styles
- needing runtime public path modification

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: build-tool, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: webpack-plugin, css-extraction, deprecated, bundler-plugin, nodejs

## Member repositories
- webpack-contrib/extract-text-webpack-plugin (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:31.831964+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:24:13.217211+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/webpack-contrib/extract-text-webpack-plugin (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:31.831964+00:00, sha 243ad0f52687)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/extract-text-webpack-plugin (fetched 2026-08-29T09:17:45.572838+00:00, sha bb56a84af044)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.