react-native-esbuild

A fast bundler and dev server for React Native that leverages esbuild instead of Metro. Current stable version is 0.6.0, with updates supporting React Native 0.72. Typically released every few months. Key differentiators: 10-50x faster bundling, tree shaking resulting in ~21% smaller bundles, drop-in replacement for Metro, support for custom transformers and environment variables. Peer dependencies include @babel/core >=7.0.0 and esbuild >=0.17. Compatible with out-of-tree platforms (macOS, Windows) and offers interactive mode.