{"id":25137,"library":"crunchicorn","title":"crunchicorn","description":"crunchicorn (v0.0.3) is an opinionated, zero-config CLI tool that bundles a complete frontend toolchain: ES2015+ transpilation via Babel, module bundling via Rollup, CSS preprocessing with PostCSS/cssnext, JS linting with StandardJS, minification via UglifyJS2 and cssnano, and font loading via Font Magician. Unlike Webpack or Gulp, it requires no config file and outputs a single JS file ready for the browser. The project appears to be in early development (v0.0.3) with a sparse GitHub repo and no recent releases. It is designed as a batteries-included alternative to piecing together multiple tools, but lacks active maintenance and ecosystem adoption.","status":"deprecated","version":"0.0.3","language":"javascript","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/joewalnes/crunchicorn","tags":["javascript","js","es6","es2015","compiler","transpiler","compressor","babel"],"install":[{"cmd":"npm install crunchicorn","lang":"bash","label":"npm"},{"cmd":"yarn add crunchicorn","lang":"bash","label":"yarn"},{"cmd":"pnpm add crunchicorn","lang":"bash","label":"pnpm"}],"dependencies":[{"reason":"used for ES2015+ transpilation","package":"babel-core","optional":false},{"reason":"bundles ES modules","package":"rollup","optional":false},{"reason":"minifies JavaScript output","package":"uglify-js","optional":false},{"reason":"CSS transformation framework","package":"postcss","optional":false},{"reason":"future CSS syntax support","package":"postcss-cssnext","optional":false},{"reason":"CSS minification","package":"cssnano","optional":false},{"reason":"JavaScript linting (StandardJS)","package":"standard","optional":true},{"reason":"automatic @font-face injection","package":"postcss-font-magician","optional":true}],"imports":[],"quickstart":{"code":"echo '// src/app.js\nimport { greet } from \"./greet.js\";\nimport \"./style.css\";\nconsole.log(greet(\"crunchicorn\"));' > src/app.js\necho '// src/greet.js\nexport function greet(name) { return `Hello, ${name}!`; }' > src/greet.js\necho '/* src/style.css */\nbody { background: #f0f0f0; }' > src/style.css\nnpx crunchicorn src/app.js out/bundle.js\nnode -e \"console.log(require('fs').readFileSync('out/bundle.js','utf8'));\"","lang":"javascript","description":"creates three source files, runs crunchicorn to build a single bundle, then prints the output."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Use a modern tool like Vite, esbuild, or webpack with Babel.","message":"Package has not been updated since 2017; no support for modern JS features (ES2018+, dynamic import, etc.).","severity":"deprecated","affected_versions":">=0.0.0"},{"fix":"Extract CSS separately with a tool like MiniCssExtractPlugin (webpack) or use a build system that outputs separate CSS files.","message":"crunchicorn bundles CSS directly into the JS output via injected <style> tags, which may break Content Security Policy (CSP) restrictions.","severity":"breaking","affected_versions":">=0.0.0"},{"fix":"If customization is needed, switch to a configurable bundler (e.g., webpack, Vite, or Rollup directly).","message":"No configuration file: all options are limited to CLI flags. Users cannot customize Babel presets, PostCSS plugins, or linting rules.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":">=0.0.0"},{"fix":"Disable linting with --no-lint flag, or use a linting tool like ESLint separately.","message":"crunchicorn uses StandardJS for linting by default, which imposes a strict coding style (no semicolons, etc.) that may conflict with project conventions.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":">=0.0.0"},{"fix":"Use a modern PostCSS setup with postcss-preset-env or similar.","message":"The underlying dependency postcss-cssnext is deprecated; it has been replaced by postcss-preset-env.","severity":"deprecated","affected_versions":">=0.0.0"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-05-01T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z","problems":[{"fix":"Run `npm install -g crunchicorn` to install globally, or install locally with `npm install --save-dev crunchicorn` and ensure node_modules/.bin is in PATH.","cause":"crunchicorn depends on Rollup but it is not installed. The package assumes global installation of all dependencies or that they are in node_modules.","error":"Error: Cannot find module 'rollup'"},{"fix":"Install caniuse-db directly: `npm install caniuse-db` or switch to postcss-preset-env.","cause":"The deprecated postcss-cssnext plugin requires caniuse-db, which may not be installed or outdated.","error":"Error: postcss-cssnext: Cannot find module 'caniuse-db'"},{"fix":"Use Node.js 12+ or ensure your code is properly transpiled. Actually, crunchicorn should handle this transformation; if it fails, consider upgrading Node or using a more modern bundler.","cause":"crunchicorn expects ES module syntax but may be running on an older Node version that doesn't support import/export without transpilation.","error":"SyntaxError: Unexpected token import"}],"ecosystem":"npm","meta_description":null,"install_score":null,"install_tag":null,"quickstart_score":null,"quickstart_tag":null}