# laravel-mix/laravel-mix

The power of webpack, distilled for the rest of us.

Repository: https://github.com/laravel-mix/laravel-mix
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/laravel-mix
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: laravel, webpack
Last push: 2024-01-24T20:48:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3543, "days_push": 952, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5220, forks 799 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:13.207764+00:00)

## What it is
Laravel Mix is a fluent API wrapper around webpack that simplifies defining asset compilation and module bundling steps. It supports common CSS and JavaScript pre-processors with minimal configuration.

## Use cases
- bundle javascript assets with webpack without writing webpack config
- compile sass or less to css
- minify and version assets for production
- set up asset pipeline for a laravel app
- simplify module bundling for beginners

## When to choose
- you want simple webpack-based asset compilation with minimal config
- you work in the laravel ecosystem
- you need css and js preprocessor support out of the box

## When to avoid
- you need modern tooling like vite with faster dev servers
- you require advanced webpack customization beyond what mix exposes
- you are starting a new non-laravel project where vite or esbuild is a better fit

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: build-tool, developer-tools
- domain: web-development, frontend, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: webpack, asset-compilation, css-preprocessors, javascript-preprocessors, laravel, bundler-wrapper, nodejs, javascript

## Member repositories
- laravel-mix/laravel-mix (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:13.207764+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 2026-08-29T18:00:09.201603+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/laravel-mix/laravel-mix (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:13.207764+00:00, sha 1c4bc5002fbe)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.