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nock 14.0.17 vs msw 2.15.0 on 2,000 sequential mocked fetch calls in Node 20: 2.85 ms vs 0.49 ms per request (~5.8x); via axios 3.80 ms vs 1.41 ms (~2.7x). nock sets up faster (97 vs 208 ms), crossover near 50 requests per process.
webpack-bundle-analyzer 5.4.0 vs source-map-explorer 2.5.3 on one webpack 5.111 production build (148,569 B): date-fns 44,313 B vs 19,196 B (2.3x) because of module concatenation estimates; lodash 70,136 vs 70,312 B. CLI medians 313 ms vs 224 ms (JSON).
syncpack 15.3.3 lint vs npm-check 6.0.1 on a 12-package npm workspaces fixture: syncpack median 491 ms offline with 21 version mismatches; npm-check --skip-unused median 1.54 s at root (registry).
size-limit 11.2.0 (@size-limit/file) vs bundlesize 1.0.0-beta.2 on 3 prebuilt dist JS files: brotli median 761 ms vs gzip 604 ms; size-limit gzip mode 621 ms. App reported 57.69 kB brotli / 62.20 kB gzip / 60.74 kB bundlesize gzip.
volta 2.0.2 vs fnm 1.39.0 switching Node 20.19.2 ↔ 22.14.0: session A-then-B median 13.9 ms vs 17.0 ms; steady node -v 7.4 ms vs 6.4 ms (direct 4.7 ms).
husky 9.1.7 + lint-staged 16.2.3 vs lefthook 1.13.6 on a 40-file prettier pre-commit: local-bin medians 478 ms vs 615 ms (~1.29x); npx path 651 ms vs 765 ms; install 283 ms vs 256 ms.
tsup 8.5.1 vs unbuild 3.6.1 on a 150-module TypeScript library (ESM+CJS): median 931 ms vs 2034 ms (~2.2x); with .d.ts 3213 ms vs 3740 ms (~1.16x). unbuild ESM 4.9% smaller, CJS 8.3% smaller; tsup README says not actively maintained.
c8 12.0.0 vs nyc 18.0.0 on 80 CommonJS modules / 480 mocha tests: coverage-run median 4222 ms vs 7415 ms (~1.76x; no-coverage baseline 1734 ms). Same code, different totals: branches 81.3% (c8) vs 47.9% (nyc).
Madge 8.0.0 vs dependency-cruiser 16.10.2 on 116 JS files: median wall 679 ms vs 1122 ms (~1.65x). Both found the same 2 circular dependency groups. Depcruise also reported 120 modules / 193 dependencies.
Turbo 2.11.7 vs Nx 23.2.1 on 7 packages / 336 JS files: cold median 1177 ms vs 3378 ms (~2.9x). Warm both 7/7 local cache hits (Turbo wall ~138 ms / tool ~16 ms; Nx wall ~668 ms with daemon / tool ~31 ms).
Knip 6.39.0 vs depcheck 1.4.7 on 95 JS files: median wall 574.574 ms vs 581.463 ms (wash). Knip: 26 unused files, 8 unused deps, 56 unused exports. Depcheck: 8 unused deps only. Both agreed on unused production deps.
Rolldown 1.2.12 vs Rollup 4.64.0 on 501 ESM files (197380 B source): median wall 245.617 ms vs 964.3 ms (~3.9x). Output 130522 vs 126894 B. Direct node bin, 5 interleaved warm runs, no minify.