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description: Modern, lighter alternatives to established tools and libraries.
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# Levelup

Modern runtimes provide features that enable packages to be leaner, faster, and more focused.

Just like esbuild offers a lean alternative when you don't need webpack's full customizability, these packages are designed to be **fast and small**.

Projects contributing significantly to this effort include:

* [Tinylibs](https://github.com/tinylibs)
* [unjs](https://github.com/unjs/)
* [es-tooling](https://github.com/es-tooling/)

The levelup and cleanup efforts frequently intersect, as these focused packages reduce install size while delivering performance improvements.