shellscape/webpack-manifest-plugin

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1442 stars · 186 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A Webpack plugin that generates an asset manifest mapping source filenames to hashed build output files. It emits a manifest.json (customizable) during webpack builds to support caching and asset lookup.

Use cases

• generate a manifest mapping source files to hashed webpack output filenames
• track build assets for server-side rendering or CDN deployment
• integrate webpack build output with a backend that needs asset paths
• filter or prefix manifest keys for a custom deployment layout
• consume emitted assets in another webpack plugin via asset hooks

When to choose

• you use Webpack 5 and need a reliable mapping of original files to emitted, hashed assets
• you deploy assets to a CDN or cache-bust and need a manifest consumed by your server
• you need fine-grained control over manifest keys, filtering, and generation stage

When to avoid

• you have migrated off webpack to Vite, esbuild, or another bundler with native manifest support
• you need a runtime asset loader rather than a build-time manifest file
• you are on Node.js older than v20.19 or webpack below v5

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plugin · maturity active

build-tool developer-tools web-development frontend developer-tools cli webpack asset-manifest build-pipeline typescript nodejs

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