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Install webpack-dev-server with npm

Serves a webpack app. Updates the browser on changes. Version 5.2.5 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

security posture

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Install behavior

  • 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 28 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 63 build dependencies.

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webpack-dev-servercliglobal executable

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page generated2026-07-08
manager version5.2.5
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
Version5.2.5
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-5.2.5.tgz
Issue trackerhttps://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-server/issues
Last updated2026-07-03T03:21:22.875Z
Published2026-06-12T21:39:35.856Z
Pulseupdated
Dependencies@types/bonjour, @types/connect-history-api-fallback, @types/express, @types/express-serve-static-core, @types/serve-index, @types/serve-static, @types/sockjs, @types/ws, ansi-html-community, bonjour-service, chokidar, colorette, compression, connect-history-api-fallback, express, graceful-fs, http-proxy-middleware, ipaddr.js, launch-editor, open, p-retry, schema-utils, selfsigned, serve-index, sockjs, spdy, webpack-dev-middleware, ws
Build dependencies@babel/cli, @babel/core, @babel/eslint-parser, @babel/plugin-transform-object-assign, @babel/plugin-transform-runtime, @babel/preset-env, @babel/runtime, @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/sockjs-client, @types/trusted-types, acorn, babel-jest, babel-loader, connect, core-js, cspell, css-loader, eslint, eslint-config-prettier, eslint-config-webpack, eslint-plugin-import, eslint-plugin-jest, eslint-plugin-jsdoc, eslint-plugin-n, execa, hono, html-webpack-plugin, http-proxy, husky, jest, jest-environment-jsdom, klona, less, less-loader, lint-staged, marked, memfs, npm-run-all, prettier, puppeteer, readable-stream, require-from-string, rimraf, simple-git, sockjs-client, style-loader, supertest, tcp-port-used, typescript, typescript-eslint, wait-for-expect, webpack, webpack-cli, webpack-merge
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npm postinstallnot defined
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Source database details

Source Databasenpm registry
Dist Tags
Beta
3.0.1-beta.0
Latest
5.2.5
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 Count224
Maintainers
  • 15000621931
  • ev1stensberg
  • __hai
  • sokra
  • avivkeller
  • evilebottnawi
  • jhnns
  • hiroppy
AuthorTobias Koppers @sokra
PublisherGitHub Actions
Engines
Node
>= 18.12.0
Peer Dependencies
  • webpack
Fundinghttps://opencollective.com/webpack
Integritysha512-4wZtCquSuv9CKX8oybo+mqxtxZqWz47uM1Ch94lxowBztOhWCbhqvRbfC/mODOwxgV2brY+JGZpHq58/SuVFYg==
Shasum648fceaac6a5736b0935e5c1e55d6aa1d0626119
Unpacked Size562,705
File Count0
Created At2012-09-18T15:45:14.544Z
Latest Published At2026-06-12T21:39:35.856Z
Modified At2026-06-12T21:39:36.152Z

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Related tools

  • webpackPackage names and metadata indicate a similar tool family. Shared terms: browser, graceful, graceful-fs, schema, schema-utils.

Same workflow

  • polyserveBoth packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: browser, compression, dev, express, html.
  • budoBoth packages work with overlapping file formats or content types. Shared terms: ansi, browser, chokidar, connect, dev.

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